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Pub. Date
2019.
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From the earliest corrals of the mid-1800s (Union Grounds in Brooklyn was a "saloon in the open air"), to the much mourned parks of the early 1900s (Detroit's Tiger Stadium, Cincinnati's Palace of the Fans), to the stadiums we fill today, Paul Goldberger makes clear the inextricable bond between the American city and America's favorite pastime. In the changing locations and architecture of our ballparks, Goldberger reveals the manifestations of a...
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Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From the first ballpark converted from an ice rink in 1862 to the space-aged Houston Astrodome to the league's newest state-of-the-art stadiums, this book tells the history of baseball through its ballparks. As America changed so did its ballparks, and their various architectural forms helped shape the game we know today.
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Forget peanuts and Cracker Jacks! American League Ballparks now offer a dizzying array of edible options. These make-like stadium recipes give young chefs and sports fans a culinary road trip at home. From Chicago-style hot dogs at the White Sox's U.S. Cellular Field to a mouthwatering Cuban sandwich at the Tampa Bay Rays's Tropicana Field, these diamond dishes are perfect for any seventh-inning stretch."--
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Pub. Date
c2006
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Baseball season is almost here, and Danny Dozer and his friends have a great idea. "Let's make a baseball diamond for the kids," says Danny. "It'll be a surprise!" But how do you keep a big new baseball field a secret? Shhhh! Danny Dozer and his friends know how to do that, too!
5) The Sandlot
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Fifth-grader Scotty Smalls has just moved into town with his parents. The local kids call him a Dork because he can't even throw a baseball. That changes when the leader of the neighborhood gang recruits him to play on the nearby sandlot field. It's the beginning of a magical summer of baseball, wild adventures, first kisses, and fearsome confrontations with the dreaded Beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence. Soon nine boys have...
7) The Sandlot
Description
Fifth-grader Scotty Smalls has just moved into town with his parents. The local kids call him a Dork because he can't even throw a baseball. That changes when the leader of the neighborhood gang recruits him to play on the nearby sandlot field. It's the beginning of a magical summer of baseball, wild adventures, first kisses, and fearsome confrontations with the dreaded Beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence. Soon nine boys have...