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Title: Ballpark Sourcebook: Diamond Diagrams by Oscar A. Palacios, Oscar Palacios, Inc. STATS, Don Zminda ISBN: 1-884064-65-5 Publisher: STATS Inc. Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.67 (3 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Unreliable
Comment: The data in this book is simply not reliable -- the diagrams are often inaccurate, as are many of the listed "facts". When the first edition of this book came out, the author promoted it on the SABR e-mail list. At that point, I asked him about his research and calculation methods, but he evaded the questions. Most ballpark books are inconsistent in their accuracy, and this one is no exception. But since it's presented as a serious research tool, and bears the respected name of STATS Inc., we really deserve much better.

Rating: 2
Summary: Passed Ball
Comment: Some useful historical info, but effect lost due to probably worst set of photos of any similar publication: cheap, virtually indistinquishable USGS and Russian photos from outer space, the "on the ground" photos are grainy and blurred and the park diagrams are nothing to write home about either.

Rating: 5
Summary: Monumental Work
Comment: This is a well researched book detailing histories, trivia, and nuances of all of the major league baseball ballparks. It includes many of the older, now forgotten ballparks and presents a diagram of each of the more important parks. This book takes a more historical approach than other books put out by STATS Inc and is one of the most informative works on ballparks ever published, even more so than the book put out by the Sporting News. Since four new parks have opened in the past year and two more new one on the way, this book is in need of updating.