Special books

500 Ballparks

From Wooden Seats to Retro Classics

Written by Eric Pastore, who was featured on the MLB Network TV Show Behind the Seams: The Ballpark Factor

Autographed by the author!

For years, Eric Pastore has criss-crossed North America photographing and analyzing baseball facilities for his award-winning website Digitalballparks.com. Now he has turned his attention to publishing his thoughts and photos in a massive hard-cover book that is positively breathtaking in its scope. From Aces Ballpark to Zephyr Field, you'll find descriptions and photos of the most modern marvels to the long-demolished classic parks of yesteryear. See a representative two-page spread below.

At 400 pages and almost four pounds, 500 Ballparks is the heavyweight champion of ballpark books!

Price: $29.95 plus shipping

This hard-cover book is autographed by author Eric Pastore. Because of this book's weight, shipping is done via Media Mail by the U.S. Postal Service. Due to limited quantities, no more than two copies can be ordered per customer. To order, click the button below.

Root for the Home Team

Minor League Baseball's Most Off-The-Wall Team Names and the Stories Behind Them

Autographed by the author!

Tim Hagerty is the excellent broadcaster for the Tucson Padres of the Pacific Coast League. During his nine years in pro baseball, Tim has done play by play for teams in Idaho, Alabama, Oregon and now Arizona.

And while doing all of that travel, he's taken notice of the distinctive and sometimes weird team nicknames that Minor League teams have used over the past century. That interest in team names led to this delightful, well-researched book. Root for the Home Team tells the stories behind more than 150 team names and provides lists of hundreds more—plus fun facts, action shots, and team logos.

Impress your baseball buddies with your depth of knowledge!

This soft-cover book is autographed by author Tim Hagerty. To order, click the button below.

Joe Mock's Ballpark Guide

In 2001, I was approached by a publishing firm about writing a book on the 30 MLB parks. My response was that there were already lots of coffee-table books on ballparks, and besides, my website acted as sort of a book. Well, that's not at all what the publisher had in mind. They wanted something that hadn't been done before -- and, frankly, that hasn't been done since: a guide to visiting each of the big league ballparks that would feature lots and lots of color photos and be small enough so fans could easily carry it around with them on their baseball journeys.

The result was Joe Mock's Ballpark Guide, published in time for the 2002 season. Little did I know then that this publication would end up in Library of Congress, the Baseball Hall Of Fame Library, the Sporting News Library ... plus it would lead to my appearances on ballpark-related shows on the Travel Channel and the History Channel.

With all of the parks that have opened since 2002, is this book hopelessly out of date now? Of course, but I'm still amazed at the number of folks who want an autographed copy of it for their personal baseball library.

Price: $9.95 plus shipping

This soft-cover book (which originally carried a retail price of $14.95) is printed on extra-heavy glossy paper, and features color on every page. It is autographed by the author, Joe Mock. If you would like the signature to include an inscription that is personalized (for example, "Happy Birthday, Billy"), say so in the Special Instructions box that is part of the order process. To order, click the button below.