The Baseball Fan's Bucket List : 162 things you must see, do, get, and experience before you die / Robert Santelli and Jenna Santelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santelli, Robert.

Santelli, Jenna, author.

Contributor:

Jones, Greg, editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--United States.

Baseball.

Baseball--United States--Miscellanea.

Baseball fans--United States.

Baseball fans.

United States.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

286, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Distribution:

London : Running Press,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Running Press, 2010.

Contents:

Introduction

Take a baseball road trip; Visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; Go to Opening Day; Attend a World Series game; See the Cubs play at Wrigley Field; Watch the Ken Burns documentary, Baseball; See the Red Sox play at Fenway Park; Experience a Hall of Fame Induction Weekend in Cooperstown; Play Fantasy Baseball in a Rotisserie League; Go to a Major League Baseball All-Star Game; Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; Learn to keep score; See some Grapefruit League Spring Training games; Watch the movie, Bull Durham; See some Cactus League Spring Training games; Take a kid to his or her first Major League Baseball game; Read the book, Ball Four; Attend a Major League Baseball Fantasy Camp; Watch the movie, The Natural; Visit Rickwood Field; Watch the movie, Field of Dreams; See the Dodgers play at Dodger Stadium; Read the book, The Boys of Summer; Own a baseball glove; See the Yankees play the Red Sox; Go to the College World Series; Watch the movie, A League of Their Own; See the Orioles play at Oriole Park at Camden Yards; Read the book, Moneyball; See the Pirates play at PNC Park; Watch the documentary, Viva Baseball; Watch the movie, Eight Men Out; See the Cardinals play the Cubs; Tour the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory; See the Giants play at AT&T Park; Attend the World Baseball Classic; Read the book, Baseball: A Literary Anthology; See a Triple-A Pacific Coast League game; Watch the movie, The Rookie; See a Triple-A International League Game; See the Indians play at Progressive Field; Coach a season of Little League Baseball; Watch the movie, For Love of the Game; Own a piece of vintage baseball clothing; Visit the Legends of the Game Museum.

(Continued) See the Mariners play at Safeco Field; Learn to figure important baseball statistics; Become a member of SABR; Visit the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum; Go to the Midnight Sun Baseball Classic; Play in an adult baseball league; Attend a Fan Fest; Maintain a Baseball Card Collection; Watch the Move, 61*; See the Padres play at Petco Park; Attend a theatrical production of Damn Yankees; Attend the Fall of Fame Classic Weekend in Cooperstown; See an interleague game; See the Dodgers play the Giants; Read the writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti; Visit the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center; Watch the movie, Soul of the Game; See the Rockies play at Coors Field; Attend the Triple-A All-Star Game; See the Mets play at Citi Field; Subscribe to and read Baseball America; See the Yankees play at Yankee Stadium; Catch a Cape Cod League Game; Create a baseball Reference Library; Visit Green-Wood Cemetery; Visit the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum; Own an autographed baseball collection; Watch the move, Major League; Watch the documentary, The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg; See the Brewers play at Miller Park; Watch the movie, The Pride of the Yankees; Visit the Field of Dreams movie site; Attend a theatrical production of Bleacher Bums; Read the book, Veeck as in Wreck; See the Phillies play at Citizens Bank Park; Read the book, A False Spring; Attend Jackie Robinson Day; Own a copy of The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract; Own a classic baseball photograph; See the Angels play at Angel Stadium; Learn the story behind "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"; Read the book, The Glory of Their Times; Listen to The Great American Baseball Box; Start a baseball bobblehead collection; See the Cardinals play at Busch Stadium; Attend the Little League World Series; See the Rangers play at Ranger Ballpark; Visit Dedeaux Field and the USC Baseball Hall of Fame; Read the book, You Know Me Al; Watch the movie, Bang the Drum Slowly; Attend the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture; Visit the Bob Feller Museum; See an independent league game; Read the book, Only the Ball Was White; Visit the Ty Cobb Museum; Umpire a baseball game, join the baseball Reliquary; Watch the Abbott & Costello skit, "Who's on first"; See a Double-A game; See the Royals play at Kauffman Stadium.

(Continued) Own a piece of baseball art; Read the book, Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game; See a Durham Bulls game; See the Twins play at Target Field; Listen to Lou Gehrig's famous farewell speech; See the Tigers play at Comerica Park; Hit in the batting cages; Go to an Old Timers' Day; Watch the movie, Sugar; Visit the Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum and Hall of Fame; See the White Sox play at U.S. Cellular Field; Play APBA; See the Reds play at Great American Ballpark; Play in a vintage base ball league; See the Braves play at Turner Field; Own a baseball antique; Read the book, Shoeless Joe; Shop for baseball memorabilia in Cooperstown; Read the book, The Summer Game; Play Strat-o-matic Baseball; See the Nationals play at Nationals Park; Own a copy of The Barry Halper Collection of Baseball Memorabilia; Host a Minor League Ball Player; See the Diamondbacks play at Chase Field; Take in a local museum baseball exhibit; Read the book, The Teammates; Delve into some baseball scholarship; See a Single-A game; Watch the movie, Fever Pitch; Attend the Annual Civil Rights Game; See the Astros play at Minute Maid Park; Catch an Arizona Fall League Game; Watch the movie, The Sandlot; Throw out the First Pitch; Eat at a famous ballplayer's restaurant; Visit the Barnstable Bat Company; Take a baseball tour of Japan; Read the book, The Science of Hitting; See the Blue Jays play at the Rogers Centre; See a short-season A League game; See the Marlins Play at Land Shark Stadium; Attend the Caribbean Series; Fix up a baseball field; Visit the gravesite of Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr.; See the Rays play at Tropicana Field; Read The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.; Watch the movie, Cobb; Visit the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; See a rookie league game; See the A's play at the Oakland Coliseum; Visit George M. Steinbrenner Field; Attend a Negro Leagues Day Celebration and Game; Visit the Sports Museum of Los Angeles; Visit Bowman Field; Catch a Mexican League Game; Read Elysian Fields Quarterly; Visit Elysian Fields

The Checklist.

Notes:

"Cover and Interior Design by Joshua McDonnell. Edited by Greg Jones. Cover Illustration by David Reidbold"--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy is "1" printing.

ISBN:

9780762438556

076243855X

OCLC:

651486087