- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Citadel Press; 2nd Ed edition (Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0806521937
- ISBN-13: 978-0806521930
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 17.5 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,173,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Details every ballpark's physical characteristics, history, food selection, best seats, and parking, with ways to avoid traffic, and a list of hotels, restaurants, and points of interest in the vicinity.
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In response to one of the earlier reviews, I have also read "Dodger Dogs to Fenway Franks" and found it to be a much better book. Fields of Dreams definitely has entertainment value and is fun to look through, but hardly a ground-breaking or thought-provoking publication. Most dissapointing was a disturbing number of flaws and factual errors in the book. I counted four errors alone in the section on the history of Toronto's SkyDome, including an incorrect year on when the stadium opened and the mention that Joe Carter's series-winning homer in game six of the 1993 World Series "prevented the Series from returning to Philadelphia for a seventh game." Every baseball fan should know that when you're in one town for game six, you stay there for game seven--- this isn't the NHL playoffs. Overall, I got some enjoyment out of this book, but the errors and the fact that I had seen this topic treated better before detracted from it.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Mixture bag of stadium and tourist industy
26 Aug 2004
Format:Paperback
This book proves to be mildly informative about the main subject matter, the baseball stadiums of the major league. However, I believed that the author spent too much time being a tour guide of the city of each stadium instead of the stadium itself. I wanted a lot more information about the stadium of each city instead of the city itself. I can find other books on the city if I need to. I don't need to read about it in a book I thought would be about major league baseball stadiums.
Each stadium is given a very short review and rest of the chapter centered around the sights, sound and places to stay. I really wanted to know bit more about the stadium, best seats, worst seats, food, and that sort of thing.
I got the 2001 edition and it does feel dated already. I think this book have been effectively replaced by "The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip" book that came out this year and contain a huge wealth of information about each stadium and its suroundings. But in that book, the stadium and baseball remains the main focus; in "Fields of Dreams", it seem to be the city. In many ways, "Fields of Dreams" should have read like the "The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip" but the author wasn't ambitious enough to do it right.
Overall, it does have useful information but they are rather minor and its dated. The "other" book have effective replaced it so I don't see why any one wants to buy this book any more.
Each stadium is given a very short review and rest of the chapter centered around the sights, sound and places to stay. I really wanted to know bit more about the stadium, best seats, worst seats, food, and that sort of thing.
I got the 2001 edition and it does feel dated already. I think this book have been effectively replaced by "The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip" book that came out this year and contain a huge wealth of information about each stadium and its suroundings. But in that book, the stadium and baseball remains the main focus; in "Fields of Dreams", it seem to be the city. In many ways, "Fields of Dreams" should have read like the "The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip" but the author wasn't ambitious enough to do it right.
Overall, it does have useful information but they are rather minor and its dated. The "other" book have effective replaced it so I don't see why any one wants to buy this book any more.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
nice format, needs update
12 April 2000
Format:Paperback
Like other reviewers said, much of the information is outdated, but I like what the book tried to do: collect both baseball and nonbaseball information in one volume. The 'closest major league city' section are a nice touch for someone planning a road trip, and the top ten lists scattered throughout the book are a nice touch
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Ahuja does a nice job...
29 Aug 2002
Format:Paperback
of reviewing the major league ballparks in the United States. I enjoyed reading this book and finding out more about the cities that the ballparks were in. A good book for any fan interested in traveling to the games.
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