101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out

By Josh Pahigian

Book Overview

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 America's greatest baseball museums, shrines, sports bars, pop culture landmarks and ballpark sites. From sandlots and skyboxes to TV rooms and sports bars, America's love for baseball has inspired countless memories, discussions, and tributes. Josh Pahigian takes us across America to explore the places where the game's 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 places--including 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 Ruth's 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493004786
• ISBN13: 9781493004782
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A fine survey of history and existing tourist destinations baseball fans will relish

101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out reviews the very best baseball places, from the Ted Williams Museum to Babe Ruth's gravesite and dozens of landmarks representing baseball highlights. The blend of travel tips and baseball moments offers a fine survey of history and existing tourist destinations baseball fans will relish.

Baseball Nut

I bought this book for my son for Christmas. It turns out that the entire family enjoyed it. We keep it on the coffee table in the living room and everyone is drawn to it and can't put it down once they start perusing it's pages! Great book of baseballs shrines and places everyone should take the time to see.

former minor leaguer gives it a THUMBS UP!

Okay, every man's dream is to visit as many ballparks as possible before we get the hook from the greatest coach in the sky. This book will help you plot your journey. What are you waiting for?

Must get to places!!!

This book is a must read for those who love to travel and see various sites that relate to the national pastime.

What a Fun Book

I just received a copy of this book a few days ago and I've really enjoyed looking at all of the colorful pictures and reading the interesting and sometimes funny essays. Some of the sites I'll visit (like the Field of Dreams Movie Site), others I think I'll skip (like the courthouse where Joe Jackson couldn't say it wasn't so) but it's fun learning about them all. Good book for a snowy day.