Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All Major League Ballparks Hardcover – October 31, 2006

Great stuff from your old neighbor... Took me right back to Forbes field ( I believe we were there together on one occasion ) and Connie Mack Stadium. The two Cathedrals from my youth. The descriptions took me right there. A great read, and a good deal of fun. Thanks Phil.

Green Cathedrals is a perfect book for the fan who truly wants to know the nuts and bolts of each major league stadium and site, including Negro Leagues and many minor league stadiums as well. This isn't a coffee table photo essay; this is factual information on each sites history, including years of use, dimensions and wall heights, current use of property, etc. More than pictures can do, this book brings the park to life as only a true baseball fan could appreciate. Mr. Lowry deserves kudos for his long hours of research to put this labor of love together. A great research tool for anyone looking into a park's history, but also a great read for any rain delay, or other occasion.

Lots of information on the old ballparks, my only regret is it didn’t say more about my hometown AAA minor league teams (Louisville Colonels, Louisville Redbirds, and Louisville Bats) and skips over the facilities they used in the 1970’s and 1990’s to today. More info on other minor league stadiums. Would have been nice if research dove deeper (players who played in each facility, longest home runs, etc.), but I suppose that would be for another publication. Still very cool with many old photos.

I've been to 39 MLB ballparks for 29 teams and 124 affiliated and independent ballparks. Green Cathedrals takes me down memory lane for ballparks in which I've seen games and makes me dream of the ballparks of yesteryear and how cool it would have been to have seen the old wooden ballparks in the infancy of the game. Green Cathedrals is packed full with pictures and facts that will be of great interest of afficianados of the wonderful game of baseball and the places where the games were played.

Green Cathedrals should be part of your baseball bookshelf. Thoroughly researched, this volume includes information about several locations where just a single game was played!

Awesome book!

The best ballparks book of all!

very disappointing...too many stupid statistics ( dimensions ad nausium)...not enuff pictures.