You know, only the diamond is exactly prescribed the outfield, it is what it is. Baseball is technically played in both infinite time and infinite space. It’s why baseball parks are very different from any other kind of athletic facility, really. Goldberger: Well it’s a book about baseball parks as American public space really, and how the history of ballparks and the history of American cities are kind of deeply intertwined. I was gonna tell you what I think it is but you tell me … you tell me what you think this book is. It’s not a guidebook, it’s something different altogether. Not, as you point out in the book, it’s not an encyclopedia of all the Kai Ryssdal: We should say, first of all, this is The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. He talked with Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal about some of the forces that have shaped ballpark design. In his new book, “Ballpark: Baseball in the American City,” architecture critic Paul Goldberger makes the case that the history of ballpark design is a manifestation of our changing relationship with cities. Is the stadium in the suburbs or the city? What kind of materials is it made from? Is it enclosed or fully open to the sky? Next time you’re watching a major league baseball game, take a second to notice the where it’s being played.
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