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NEW THIS SEASON | 33 RELATED TITLES ISBN: 978-0-7643-7012-0 Size: 9" x 11 1/2" (229 x 292 mm) Pages: 304 Price: $45.00 / £40.99 / 62.00 CAD UK Pub Date: November 2025 Illustrations: 756 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports America’s Ballparks A Trip Across the Country to Visit Baseball’s Playing Fields, Old and New By Nancy J. Hajeski In this richly illustrated volume, experience the visual panorama of America’s great ballparks—with photos, vintage postcards, illustrations, and team mementos, all displayed in a lively scrapbook style. Nothing stirs the soul of a baseball fan like the crack of a bat against a ball . . . or the sight of a fielder leaping high into the air to snatch that ball out of play. What would these fans be without their favorite sport, and what would baseball be without those high-tiered, impossibly beautiful temples to the sport called ballparks? North Americans have treasured some wonderful venues from bygone eras but, sadly, lost so many as well. Within the pages of this book, readers can revel in the new builds—the retro-modern fields inspired by Baltimore’s Camden Yards, while looking fondly back at the older, more traditional ballparks often referred to as Jewel Boxes. In America’s Ballparks, all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums are covered in detail, along with a brief history of their teams and background on any previous ballparks in which they played. Special features throughout the book include • the design evolution and anatomy of ballparks, • the home fields of the Negro Leagues, and • the top venues of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. • There is even a section that examines the long partnership between baseball and corporate branding. • Each ballpark entry provides cumulative team stats, as well as lists of stadium firsts and club achievements. Nancy J. Hajeski is a lifelong baseball fan, as well as the author of the biography of a sports legend— Ali, The Official Story of the Greatest of All Time . She lives in New York. ISBN 978-0-7643-7012-0 AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2025 DICK ALLEN, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A BASEBALL IMMORTAL 978-0-7643-5284-3 288 pp. | 6" x 9" (152 x 229 mm) | HC $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD COLLECTIBLES 101: BASEBALL 978-0-7643-0759-1 160 pp. | 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) | HC $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD