Fenway: The Ultimate Fan's Guide Review

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(More customer reviews)If you know anyone who's a Red Sox fan, or a park-hopping baseball fan, or a new Boston-area resident, I can't think of a gift that's more practical and/or entertaining. Shea's charts ensure that you'll have a good view of the game; his materials on where to eat, where to stay, or where to park will help you make your visit that much more enjoyable. (And if you're new to the Nation, his explication of the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry will prove invaluable.)

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This new edition of the popular Fenway guide has been updated with new information throughout, including a chapter that tells you how many rows your seat is from the field - no matter where you sit in the park.The book also tells everything you need to know about going to a game at Fenway Park: how to get tickets, where to sit (and where not to), and the best places to eat, drink, and stay overnight. It explains the dramatic improvements made to the park in the past 8 years, and shows how the new owners have made these changes without altering the essential character of Fenway. In addition, it is the only place you will find detailed diagrams showing exactly which seats have obstructed views blocked by the park's infamous poles. This book is essential for anyone who loves Fenway Park or plans on going there.Buy this book and you will have a great time every time at Fenway, and you will never have to sit behind a pole in an obstructed view seat again.

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Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat Review

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(More customer reviews)While you are reading this book you can feel the breeze coming through the open windows of a warm summer afternoon. The curtains are billowing and the radio is crackling with excitement. You can hear the crack of the bat, the sing of leather hitting wood. When on the road, going from city to city you are jostled by the motion of the train. Mr. Barber writes such a descriptive story, that you feel that you are right there as part of the story. This takes you back to a gentler time in life. I read this book at the start of every baseball season and never tire of it. I take it out of the library, I love the feel and the smell of the old yellowing pages, the black and white photographs. It puts me in the baseball mood. Sometimes, I feel as though Branch Rickey is going to join me for lunch.

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For more than fifty years Red Barber was the voice of baseball. The game was broadcast sporadically until the late 1930s, when Barber burst into prominence by bringing it home to radio listeners, play by play. More than half a century later, he could still be heard, broadcasting over National Public Radio from his retirement home in Tallahassee. Announcing for the Brooklyn Dodgers and later for the New York Yankees, he became a legend long before his death in 1992. Red's story reveals the growth and changes in baseball over the years, the demands of sportscasting, and the difference between radio and television reporting. Here is Red giving major play-by-plays of his own life and career with characteristic wit and integrity.

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The Best Seat in Baseball, But You Have to Stand: The Game as Umpires See It (Writing Baseball) Review

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(More customer reviews)Very few people know what the rigours and stresses of a pro sport official are as well as the personal setbacks and of course the professional flaws. This book has all of the above, excellently written and clearly shows what being a major sports league's messenger (since umpires just enforce the rules) is really like. Just as now, the dealings with overpaid, spoiled players, coaches and managers are well described. One of the best books I've ever read.

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