A review by bflat809
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger

4.0

Fascinating trip through time on the evolution of baseball park architecture, and its changing relationship to the surrounding urban environment. My appreciation colored somewhat by the fact that Goldberger seems to love Camden Yards as much as I do. Also influencing my opinion is the random factoid that the story of the "modern" ballpark has origins heavily rooted in the development of Sportsman's Park in St. Louis where I attended my first major league game back in 1965 (for the record the result was LA Dodgers over the Cardinals 1-0 on a complete game by Sandy Koufax--https://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196509180SLN). I also learned a bit more about the role that Eli Jacobs played in making Camden Yards the gem that it is. I'll have to go read more about that. Almost makes me want to overlook a bit the fact that Jacobs pretty much destroyed the O's farm system during his brief tenure as owner.