Ballpark: Camden Yards and the Building of an American Dream [Paperback]

Named one of the Ten Best Sports Books byThe Sporting News, Ballparkis the compelling story of how Baltimore's magnificent Camden Yards ballpark was born, and the effects it has had on the city, the team, and the whole course of stadiumbuilding across the country. It's both an examination of the city's psyche and a close look behind the scenes at our national pastime. This is a quintessentially American story of progress, movement, change, triumph, and of an eternal renewal of hope.Peter Richmondis a senior writer forGentlemen's Quarterlymagazine. He covered the national baseball scene as a sports feature writer -- briefly -- forThe National Sports Daily.A veteran of the sports staffs ofThe Washington Post, The Miami Herald, The San Diego Union,andThe New Haven Register,he was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in journalism by Harvard College for the academic year of 1988-89. His work has also appeared inThe New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, New England Monthly,andGlamour.Contents

1. Opening Day

2. Once an Oriole...

3. Hizzoner and the Lion

4. To the Camden Station

5. America's Architects

6. The Warehouse

7. Legacies

8. Design Concurrence and the Woman of Steel

9. Red and Green

10. Working Men

11. Countdown

12. Opening Day

IndexMark HymanBaltimore SunRichmond is simply one of the most gifted sportswriters around. He could make a visit to an Eastern Shore sod farm into an exhilerating moment. And in this book, he has.Jonathan YardleyWashington PostA subtle and revealing book about the making of Camden Yards...Clear-eyed, unsentimental and candid.Daniel Okrent author ofNine InningsandBaseball AnecdotesBallparkis a captivating book-the reporting terrific, the writing superb, the subject far more complex than its quiet title. Richmond has managed to combine baseball, architecture, pl-