{"title":"Brad Null","description":"\u003cp\u003eBRAD NULL is a Stanford University graduate and co-author of \u003cem\u003eThe Summer That Saved Baseball: A 38-Day Journey to Thirty Major League Ballparks\u003c\/em\u003e, written with Dave Kaval and chronicling their 1998 trip to all thirty Major League Baseball parks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNull holds a degree from Stanford University and was pursuing graduate work at the time of the book’s publication in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Null is a lifelong fan of the Houston Astros. \u003cem\u003eThe Summer That Saved Baseball\u003c\/em\u003e reflects that passion, documenting visits not only to every major league ballpark but also to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, the Louisville Slugger Museum, and the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrad lives in Palo Alto, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrad Null’s books are published by Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-summer-that-saved-baseball","title":"The Summer That Saved Baseball: A 38-Day Journey to Thirty Major League Ballparks","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThe strike of 1994 took a lot out of Major League Baseball. For the first time, a World Series was cancelled, something that hadn't even happened during World War II. When play resumed, people stayed away from the ballparks in droves, and attendance was at an all-time low.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThen, in the summer of 1998, balls started flying out of the ballparks in St. Louis and Chicago. Suddenly baseball was fun again. The Great Home Run Derby between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa resulted in both men breaking Roger Maris's 37-year-old record of 61 home runs in a single season. When the season was over, McGwire had hit 70 home runs and Sosa 66, and the New York Yankees had won the first of three consecutive World Series championships.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAmong the fans in the ballparks that summer were two recent graduates of Stanford University who had decided that before launching into their careers they would indulge themselves in one of the ultimate baseball fantasies: to see a game in all thirty ballparks of Major League Baseball. To make matters interesting, they decided to view these thirty games and visit the thirty stadiums in less than forty days.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is the chronicle of that adventure, the story of their experiences at the ballparks and at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, the Louisville Slugger Museum, and the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa. Each chapter offers a fan's-eye view of the stadiums and a description of their experiences at the ballparks -- Kaval and even give advice on what not to miss at each stadium. The notoriety the authors gained while making this pilgrimage earned them special treatment by representatives of the host teams, ballpark officials, and concessionaires.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThese stories focus on all that is good and enjoyable in Major League Baseball. And they are illustrated throughout with photographs from The Summer That Saved Baseball.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1581821875\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581821871\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Brad Null","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43233314144472,"sku":"9781581821871","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/SummerThatSavedHighres_mockup_v2_1738773779_c3f79ecb-8d8c-4692-9589-3d5251aacedf.jpg?v=1791019880"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-brad-null.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}