Play Ball! The Rise of Baseball as America's Pastime. Episode 8, Sacred Ground: Baseball's Early Ballparks [efilm]
2020
Streaming Video
In this episode, survey the history of ballparks from the Elysian Fields in Hoboken to Wrigley Field to Fenway Park and beyond. You'll learn how ballparks were defined by their surroundings, the rise of "infields" and "outfields," the idiosyncratic dimensions and sizes of 19th-century ballparks, the state-of-the-art architectural elements of 20th-century ballparks, and more.
Author:
Great Courses, The, film directorMarkusen, Bruce, actorThe Great Courses (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Imprint:
The Great Courses, 2019.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2019.In English
Performers:
Bruce Markusen
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
665147
Electronic access: