Dickson Baseball Dictionary 5000 Terms Used By Players, The Press And People Who Love The Game

This fascinating compilation contains all kinds of definitions and descriptions of baseball terms from the most mundane to the most arcane, with plenty of colorful and clever ones in between. It¹s a quirky mix of rules, definitions, historical allusions, how and when various baseball expressions began, and stuff that¹s just plain fun to know. Wonderful illustrations from the living literature of baseball and a slew of photos and drawings further illuminate the men and the scenes that have enriched the language of the game. A gold mine of information . . . sheer entertaining reading on every page.Dickson, Paul is the author of 'Dickson Baseball Dictionary 5000 Terms Used By Players, The Press And People Who Love The Game', published 1989 under ISBN 9780756778279 and ISBN 0756778271.