Draws on extensive historical and contemporary sources to provide definitions for terms from their earliest appearances, in an updated edition that has been expanded to include more than 18,000 entries.;How to use the dictionary -- The dictionary A-Z. "The Dickson Baseball Dictionary is the most complete resource on the lexicon of baseball in the English language. More than twenty-five years in the making, with the help of more than 400 baseball and lexical experts, this masterful third edition, expanded by more than 30 percent, with over 10,000 terms and 18,000 individual definitions, provides the comprehensive history and meanings of words and phrases from around the world of baseball." Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals, as well as contemporary sources, Paul Dickson's brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of our most treasured baseball expressions. Termed "baseball's Webster," Dickson has spent nearly a decade painstakingly revising and writing new entries, for words both well-known and obscure, including those introduced by Latin-American ballplayers, and statistical expressions relating to fantasy baseball and the SABR/Moneyball era. More than 200 photos throughout the book - many rare and previously unpublished - illuminate various historical and contemporary terms. The definitive work on the language of baseballone 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, Dicksons 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 illustrations Hailed as "a staggering piece of scholarship" ("Wall Street Journal"), the new edition of "The Dickson Baseball Dictionary" includes more than 10,000 terms and introduces words and phrases from around the world of baseball. Photographs throughout
