101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out [Paperback]

Completely revised and updated since the critically acclaimed and successful 2008 edition, a gorgeously illustrated trip across America to honor the games players, fans, and ballparks with 101 of the very best baseball placeslike the Ted Williams Museum, the remnants of Forbes Field, Babe Ruths gravesite, and McCovey Coveplus with all new sites like Beyond the Vines Columbarium in Chicago, the National Ballpark Museum in Denver, and the Baseball Bobblehead Museum in Miami.A brand new edition of the finalist for the 2008 Casey Award, presented annually to the best baseball book, 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out profiles Americas greatest baseball museums, shrines, sports bars, pop culture landmarks and ballpark sites. From sandlots and skyboxes to TV rooms and sports bars, Americas love for baseball has inspired countless memories, discussions, and tributes. Josh Pahigian takes us across America to explore the places where the games history, culture, and lore come to life.Whether we travel by car or sit in the comfort of our favorite armchair, the book guides us to 101 amazing baseball placesincluding Ted Williams boyhood home, the Field of Dreams movie site, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Chicago bar where the Cubs Curse of the Billy Goat was born, Babe Ruths grave, and scores of other captivating landmarks and curios. Replacing the now-extinct sites from the previous edition, updating entries for attractions that have moved, re-assigning coveted chapters to more inspiring baseball venues that have since opened, and including stunning color photos for nearly all of them, Josh Pahigian has created the perfect gift for any baseball fan.Josh Pahigian is the author of The Seventh Inning Stretch: Baseball's Most Essential and Inane Debates, 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out (finalist for the 2008 Casey Award), The Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip, first and second editions, and?The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road-Trip, flƒ½