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Finding America in a Minor League Ballpark

Author : Harris Cooper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510778616
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Finding America in a Minor League Ballpark written by Harris Cooper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over forty million people attend minor league baseball games each season. Who are they? Why do they come? Let’s find out! Noted social scientist Harris Cooper took a job as a Seating Bowl Host for the most famous minor league baseball team, the Durham Bulls. As a host, he helped fans find seats and other stadium amenities, made sure everyone was safe, took pictures, and chased kids from the aisles. He got to talk with a wide-ranging assortment of people, from regular attendees to those at their very first baseball game, from retired judges to middle school students. Minor league baseball games draw a broader array of Americans than any sport. The fleeting moments spent talking baseball with the fan sitting next to you or with a ballpark employee disguise the remarkable variety of people who call themselves “baseball fans.” Dr. Cooper brings these people to life. In addition, the book presents a brief history of minor league baseball, the Bulls, and the city of Durham, so typical of small American cities. It profiles the ballplayers, focusing not on their on-field statistics but on who they are and where they come from. The book also profiles twelve baseball movies, all of which focus on baseball not played in the major leagues. Throughout the book, Dr. Cooper draws on his knowledge of social science to extract from his experiences a description of the inhabitants and goings-on at a ballpark. It illuminates not just baseball writ large, but also provides a compelling portrait of Americans as a people and their shared love of our national pastime.

Fodor's Baseball Vacations

Author : Bruce Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780679001898
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Fodor's Baseball Vacations written by Bruce Adams and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball Vacations34 Unforgettable Family Trips to 110 of America's Most Fan-Friendly Minor League and Classic Major League Ballparks "Jam-packed with suggestions in a user-friendly format that guides the reader to the diamond-shaped heart of America." -- David Lynch, "The Cedar Rapids Gazette "One of the finest travel books of the season...a terrific selection of the best baseball around the country." - Everett Potter, "The New York Times News Service Want to know which team has the funniest mascot? Which ballpark has the best contests for fans? Which stadiums serve loganberry juice, buck-a-bone BBQ, and buttermilk pie? And what you can do before and after the game? (How about whitewater rafting, rollercoastering, listening to live country music, or riding the steepest passenger railway in the world?) The authors cover the Baseball Hall of Fame and travel from the Cape Cod Leagues to California's Rancho Cucamonga. The fresh, lively anecdotes and compelling baseball lore that fill every chapter are sure to amuse -- even if the family favorite doesn't win. To help you create years of great ballpark vacations, the Adams family, parents, and children tell all: How to get foul balls, collect autographs, and save money on ticketsFamily-friendly diners, cafeterias, and restaurantsWhere the visiting team staysWhere to sit, where to park, what to eatThe best giveaways and contests

Our Game Too

Author : Dr Jennifer a. Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781943904112
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Our Game Too written by Dr Jennifer a. Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OUR GAME TOO: Asian Pacific Americans in Major League Baseball targets millions of baseball fans around the world who will be captivated by what has, until now, been somewhat invisible in baseball literature. OUR GAME TOO provides a thought-provoking look into the history of Asians and Asian Pacific-Americans in Major League baseball through anecdotes, stories, and narrative timelines.

Wild and Outside

Author : Stefan Fatsis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802719511
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Wild and Outside written by Stefan Fatsis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time of despair about our national pastime, the Northern League of Professional Baseball is a beacon of hope - an independent league, unaffiliated with the majors, where the games are for the fans and not between the owners and players. In his memorable debut book, Stefan Fatsis takes you inside the Northern League, and in the process discovers how very much baseball still means to America. Commentator Peter Gammons calls the Northern League "the past and future of grassroots baseball in America." Revived in 1993 by a group of minor league executives fed up with the politics of their sport, it has restored baseball to six communities in the upper Midwest and Canada, which have embraced their teams with a fervor any major league team would envy. More than that, the league has breathed new life into a game that, at the major league level, has lost its way and abandoned its fans. The Northern League's startling success has inspired a movement that could, in time, change the face of baseball, as other independent leagues are forming rapidly in its wake. Wild and Outside tells the Northern League's story, from the events that created it through its tumultuous and triumphant second season. Fatsis writes with the authority of a trusted insider, having closely followed the league since its inception. The result is a book as rich in insights into baseball's problems as it is full of indelible portraits of the people who make the Northern League special; a book that blends the texture and history of grassroots baseball with the many dramas of the league's 1994 season.

Ballpark

Author : Lynn Curlee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416953604
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Ballpark written by Lynn Curlee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author provides a tour through baseball history with this tribute to America's favorite ballparks.

Big League Ballparks

Author : Gary Gillette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781435114524
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Big League Ballparks written by Gary Gillette and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensive guide to all 30 big-league ballparks detailing the best and worst seats in the park, inside scoop on concessions, where to stay, and how to make the most out of your baseball experience.

Small-Town Heroes

Author : Hank Davis
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803266391
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Small-Town Heroes written by Hank Davis and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993 successful psychologist and journalist Hank Davis undertook an epic journey exploring the atmosphere and culture of both minor league baseball and the small towns that embrace it. Davis shows us the warmth, quirkiness, and desperate energy of minor league ball, from encounters with future stars to those who would never make it to the ?show?; from the kids selling Cracker Jacks outside the park to the aging coaches who persevere out of sheer love for the game. As Davis says, ?the minor leagues are full of stories,? and he tells some of the best of them here. A new afterword by the author dis-cusses where the minor league players are now.

Rickwood Field: A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark

Author : Allen Barra
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393069338
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Rickwood Field: A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark written by Allen Barra and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-07-26 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rickwood Field’s Hall of Fame Lineup: Babe Ruth, John McGraw, Rogers Hornsby, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Grove, Dizzy Dean, Joe DiMaggio, Casey Stengel, Yogi Berra, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Hank Aaron, Carl Yastremski, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, “Cool Papa” Bell, Josh Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente, Pete Rose, Mike Schmidt, Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner, and Grover Cleveland Alexander. Best-selling sports historian Allan Barra takes us on an unforgettable journey to Birmingham, Alabama, where America’s oldest ballpark, would look—were it not for the new paint job—almost identical to when the gates first opened almost a century ago. Evoking such classics as Shoeless Joe and The Boys of Summer, Rickwood Field recalls a simpler, bygone era when a weathered ballpark was, and still is, a rare beacon of hope.

Diamonds Sparkling Across America

Author : Jesse Ellis
Publisher : PublishAmerica
ISBN 13 : 1630842869
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Diamonds Sparkling Across America written by Jesse Ellis and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional baseball in America is a source of pride and enjoyment for millions of Americans. As of 2013, 48 of our 50 states had some level of professional baseball. Author Jesse Ellis has visited at least one professional ballpark in each of those states. Travel with Jesse across this great land to over 230 ballparks from Maine to Arizona, Washington, DC, to Seattle, Washington, and beyond the U.S. borders. Visit parks at every level from independent leagues to the major leagues. Check out which parks are classic and which parks are state of the art. Find out which parks have the best accessibility and which are the most fan friendly. Learn a little professional baseball history along the way. Most of all, learn how much fun it can be for you to discover the many great parks that make up the Diamonds Sparkling Across America.

The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip

Author :
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781599216270
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip written by and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthusiastic, irreverent, but exhaustive guidebook to all the stadiums of Minor League Baseball, following up on the success of the first Ultimate Baseball Road Trip book, which was dedicated to Major League stadiums.

Where Nobody Knows Your Name

Author : John Feinstein
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307949583
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Where Nobody Knows Your Name written by John Feinstein and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minor league baseball is quintessentially American: small towns, small stadiums, $5 tickets, $2 hot dogs, the never-ending possibility of making it big. But looming above it all is always the real deal: Major League Baseball. John Feinstein takes the reader behind the curtain into the guarded world of the minor leagues, like no other writer can. Where Nobody Knows Your Name explores the trials and travails of the inhabitants of Triple-A, focusing on nine men, including players, managers and umpires, among many colorful characters, living on the cusp of the dream. The book tells the stories of former World Series hero Scott Podsednik, giving it one more shot; Durham Bulls manager Charlie Montoya, shepherding generations across the line; and designated hitter Jon Lindsey, a lifelong minor leaguer, waiting for his day to come. From Raleigh to Pawtucket, from Lehigh Valley to Indianapolis and beyond, this is an intimate and exciting look at life in the minor leagues, where you’re either waiting for the call or just passing through.

Brit at the Ballpark

Author : Peter Taylor
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786486473
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Brit at the Ballpark written by Peter Taylor and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work follows the journey Peter Taylor undertook during the summer of 2007 (and a bit of 2009), when he set out to achieve a long held ambition and see a baseball game in every major league ballpark, a minor league game in those states without a major league franchise, plus the All-Star game and the post-season. His adventures along the way include throwing out a first pitch in Connecticut, becoming a TV reporter for the post-season, and undergoing an eye operation. It also looks whimsically at America's pastime, and America, through the eyes of an Englishman, and how we are, in the words of George Bernard Shaw, "two nations separated by a common language."

Baseball Between Us

Author : Mike Luery
Publisher : Slueth Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780983274407
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Baseball Between Us written by Mike Luery and published by Slueth Pub. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the journey the father and son authors took around the United States visiting thirty-two major league baseball ballparks.

Pickle It!

Author : John Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971220416
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Pickle It! written by John Bell and published by . This book was released on 2002-08-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PICKLE IT! is a history of minor league baseball of Carrollton, Georgia from 1920 to 1950. Complete with statistics, photographs, illustrations, team records, and more, PICKLE IT! summarizes each year the city of Carrollton, Georgia fielded a team in organized baseball in either the Georgia State League or the Georgia-Alabama League.

Baseball As America

Author : Kevin Mulroy
Publisher : National Geographic
ISBN 13 : 9780792238980
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Baseball As America written by Kevin Mulroy and published by National Geographic. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official companion, filled with stunning original and archival photographs, to the National Baseball Hall of Fame's groundbreaking four-year travelling exhibition pays tribute to America's favorite national pasttime by featuring more than thirty essays by writers, players, scholars, and fans, revealing how baseball has had a profound impact on the evolution of American culture. Reprint.

Field of Schemes

Author : Neil deMause
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803285485
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Field of Schemes written by Neil deMause and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Baseball America 2007 Directory

Author : Baseball America (Firm)
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1932391150
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Baseball America 2007 Directory written by Baseball America (Firm) and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2007 Baseball America Directory is the definitive reference guide for the upcoming season. The Directory features major, minor, and independent league schedules, ballpark directions, and how to get in touch with anyone in the game-by phone, fax or on the web. From schedules to personnel to addresses to phone numbers and websites, the Directory is the guide to finding information in baseball, from the majors to the minors to college, high school, and amateur baseball.