Ballpark

Named one of the "Ten Best Sports Books" by The Sporting News, Ballpark is the compelling story of how Baltimore's magnificent Camden Yards ballpark was born, and the effects it has had on the city, the team, and the whole course of stadiumbuilding across the country. It's both an examination of the city's psyche and a close look behind the scenes at our national pastime. This is a quintessentially American story of progress, movement, change, triumph, and of an eternal renewal of hope.

Peter Richmond is a senior writer for Gentlemen's Quarterly magazine. He covered the national baseball scene as a sports feature writer -- briefly -- for The National Sports Daily. A veteran of the sports staffs of The Washington Post, The Miami Herald, The San Diego Union, and The New Haven Register, he was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in journalism by Harvard College for the academic year of 1988-89. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, New England Monthly, and Glamour.