Keywords

Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Baseball, Stadiums, MLB, Tiger Stadium, Rogers Centre, Turner Field

Subjects

Stadiums; Major League Baseball (Organization); Tiger Stadium (Detroit, Mich.); Rogers Centre (Toronto, Ont.); Turner Field (Atlanta, Ga.)

Introduction

Philip Lowry chose the title Green Cathedrals for his book on the baseball parks of America because of the religious devotion that baseball fans seem to bring to the sport, and the majesty of many of these parks, especially the older ones. Over the past summer my wife and I had the good fortune to visit three parks, representing three distinctly different eras in baseball history.

Publication Date

9-8-1992

Document Type

Commentary

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Source Title

Sport and Society for Arete

Language

English

Publication Version

Author's version

College

College of Arts and Humanities

Department

History

Creator (Linked Data)

Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)

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