Philadelphia's Old Ballparks (Baseball In America) - Hardcover

Westcott, Rich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1566394546 ISBN 13: 9781566394543

Publisher: Temple University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Features Philadelphia's rich baseball heritage as seen through its baseball parks. This book takes us back in time to an era when Philadelphia's ballparks were as famous and as much a part of the game as the teams that took the field.

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From the Publisher

"An old ballpark has an allure that cannot be dismissed. It evokes warm memories while suggesting another era when baseball was a kinder, gentler game. One cannot simply forget it. It's grip is far to strong."

From the Back Cover

Philadelphia's baseball history goes beyond Shibe Park. Philadelphia's Old Ballparks is both a documentary and an oral history, providing colorful descriptions of all the old professional parks and the many teams that played in them. Baker Bowl, with its right field wall so close to home plate, for instance, prompted sports writer Red Smith to quip, "It might be exaggerating to say the outfield wall casts a shadow across the infield. But if the right fielder had eaten onions at lunch, the second baseman knew it". Shibe Park's idiosyncrasies are also well-documented, as are the others. The recollections of dozens of people: players, owners, vendors, ushers, groundskeepers, and fans have been called upon in recreating the world that was held within those walls.

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1566394546
• ISBN 13: 9781566394543
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 206