The Dickson Baseball Dictionary
Product Description
The Dickson Baseball Dictionary
The definitive work on the language of baseball―one of the “Five Best Baseball Books†(Wall Street Journal).
Hailed as “a staggering piece of scholarship†(Wall Street Journal) and “an indispensable guide to the language of baseball†(San Diego Union-Tribune), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an invaluable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals, as well as contemporary sources, Dickson’s brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of terms both well known and obscure. This edition includes more than 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries, and more than 250 photos. This “impressively comprehensive†(The Nation) book will delight everyone from the youngest fan to the hard-core aficionado. 263 black-and-white illustrationsTechnical Specifications
You might also like
The Unwritten Rules of Baseball: The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime
Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
Baseball Field Guide: An In-Depth Illustrated Guide to the Complete Rules of Baseball
The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime
The Hidden Language of Baseball
How to Speak Baseball: An Illustrated Guide to Ballpark Banter
The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
2018 Official Rules of Major League Baseball
The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball