Andrew Clem ~ Web site map (amalgamated)

NOTE: "D" indicates a dynamic diagram; "d" means that only different angles are shown. For teams that do not associate with a specific city, the respective state or region is shown in parentheses.
* (asterisk): recent stadium name change

Baseball Introductory page
~ for "rookies," explaining diagrams, book references, etc.

Baseball as "Civic Religion"
~ corny musings, list of movies, etc...

List updated: 21 Oct 2007

Stadium comparisons

The following reference pages display graphical and/or statistical information on baseball stadiums in a variety of formats:

Stadium chronology (by decade) ~
Interactive graphical table

Stadium chronology (annual) ~
Year-by-year compendium of stadium milestones.

Overlay comparison ~
An interactive page that lets you compare stadiums from the same historical eras.

Stadiums side-by-side ~
An interactive page that lets you compare ANY two stadiums.

Stadium rankings ~
Listed from best to worst according to my own criteria.

Stadium statistics ~
Basic data on lifetime, capacity, dimensions, etc.

Stadium dimensions ~
Details on field dimensions, incl. power alleys and discrepancies. (u.c.)

Stadiums by Class ~
Visual comparison of stadiums grouped logically.

Anomalous stadiums ~
Shared stadiums, borrowed stadiums, 'hand-me-downs,' and other odd situations.

Artificial turf ~
Chronicles the terrible 'plague' that afflicted 13 baseball stadiums.

"On-speculation" stadiums ~
'Sinful' taxpayer-funded stadiums built to lure teams from other cities.

Football use of baseball stadiums ~
Features a detailed tabular chronology and interactive thumbnail images.

Antique Stadiums ~
From the early 20th Century

Stadium names ~
Describes the origins of each stadium's name(s), and why their names sometimes changed. (Hint: $)

Stadium proximity ~
Shows stadiums that were built on the same site or near older stadiums.

Stadiums in limbo ~
Details on the sad fate of stadiums that had been replaced by newer ones, but lingered on.

List updated: 21 Oct 2007

Franchises

Washington Nationals ~ Review of the team's performance for each year since 2005.

History of MLB Franchises ~
Interactive map, chronological tables, etc. Now includes Federal League and MLB owners.

19th Century Major Leagues ~
Includes many teams and stadiums you've never heard of.

Negro League Franchises ~
The little-known professional baseball leagues from the era of segregation, 1920-1950.

Latin American League Franchises ~
Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico.

Baseball in D.C. ~
Explains the relocation controversy, including franchise and stadium aspects.

Baseball in D.C. news ~
A detailed news chronology from the last five years.

Baseball cities ~
Demographic facts pertinent to the debate over baseball in Washington.

List updated: 27 Jan 2008

Baseball archives

Postseason scores since 2002

Ken Burns' Baseball documentary series

Rants against Peter Angelos

Styles updated: 06 Feb 2007

Politics

Politics blog

List updated: 26 Jun 2006

Political info, essays, etc.

Foreign leaders (year-by-year list since 1975)

U.N. Security Council (year-by-year list of member countries since 1990)

Supreme Court (year-by-year list of justices since 1975)

Essay: "Sympathy for the Terrorists"

Synopsis: R. Douglas Arnold's Logic of Congressional Action

Essay: Third World Debt (dissertation excerpt, 2002)

List updated: 21 Mar 2008

Political archives, etc.

Topical archives:

Immigration

Emmett Hanger: Campaign 2007

Styles updated: 12 Sep 2006

War

War blog

Wargames

World military forces

List updated: 24 Feb 2008

War archives, etc.

Styles updated: 01 May 2006

Birds

Wild birds intro

Wild birds blog

List updated: 24 Feb 2008

Wild Birds archives

"Nuestros hijos"

Our Canaries (blog)

Our Canaries (intro)

List updated: 29 Jan 2008

Home Birds archives

Styles updated: 04 Sep 2006

Photo Galleries

Photo Gallery main page

Click on this image to see more random samples of the photo montages on this Web site. Some of the montages as shown here may be slightly distorted to fit the available space.