Early ballpark history

Ballparks are big business today. Their origins go a long way back, though.

The beginning of ballparks

   Open fields, wooden bleachers and baseball as a spectator sport.

1800s ballpark fires

   Turns out the wooden parks had a few problems.

Ballpark history - 11 trends of innovation

   It's tough to put ballpark history into styles, but if we have to, here's a shot at it.

The problem of crafty fans

   They posed a big threat to revenues in baseball's early days.

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Baseball under the lights

   We all know about Wrigley Field, but how did lights come about?