{"product_id":"the-dickson-baseball-dictionary-9780393066814","title":"The Dickson Baseball Dictionary","description":"Hailed as \"a staggering piece of scholarship\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cem\u003eThe Dickson Baseball Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e 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 definitions, provides the comprehensive history and meanings of words and phrases from around the world of baseball.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 (\"tearin' up the pea patch,\" \"can o' corn,\" \"catbird seat,\" etc.). Termed \"baseball's Webster,\" Dickson has spent nearly a decade painstakingly revising and writing new definitions, for words both well-known and obscure, including those introduced by Latin-American ballplayers, and statistical expressions relating to fantasy baseball and the SABR\/\u003cem\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/em\u003e era. More than 200 photos throughout the book--many rare and previously unpublished--illuminate various historical and contemporary terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Because of its deep and broad coverage, its authoritativeness and its rich and colorful descriptions, \u003cem\u003eThe Dickson Baseball Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e will prove indispensable to baseball fans and word lovers alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393066814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.31h x 7.35w x 2.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 132\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Dickson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43505731305653,"sku":"9780393066814","price":42.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bf943535-1b87-4ef0-ac64-b96abe0ff2bf.jpg?v=1705423448","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dickson-baseball-dictionary-9780393066814","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}