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| |  | Jennifer Flackett '86 | Home » » » The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition) | | | | | | | Description: | | The expanded and now-definitive work on the language of baseball—“That rarest of sports books, a valuable reference work that provides absorbing and enlightening reading.” (Sports Illustrated) Hailed as “a staggering piece of scholarship” (Wall Street Journal) 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 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 (“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/Moneyball era. More than 200 photos throughout the book—many rare and previously unpublished—illuminate various historical and contemporary terms.
Because of its deep and broad coverage, its authoritativeness and its rich and colorful descriptions, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary will prove indispensable to baseball fans and word lovers alike. 263 illustrations | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780393066814
• Condition: New
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Paul Dickson | | Hardcover:
| 1008 pages | | Publisher:
| W. W. Norton & Company | | Publication Date:
| March 02, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0393066819 | | Package Length:
| 10.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 23 reviews |
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Who is this guy and how does he know all of this stuff?Nov 07, 2009
Every obsessive pursuit has its own jargon, and baseball is up there with the best of them when it comes to creating a language of its own. Dickson (and perhaps a team of researchers working behind him in the infield and outfield?) seems to know it all. Now that the 2009 baseball season has just come to an end (with the Yankees taking their unprecedented 27th World Series title), many of us will need an occasional baseball fix until spring training rolls around to ward off Post-Season Affective Disorder. This is it -- a way to connect with the game, past and present, in an encyclopedic yet entertaining style. Where else are you going to find an extended essay on the origins and usage of the term "eephus" (a "slowly thrown, high-arcing pitch likely to reach an apex of 25 feet above the ground between the mound and the plate" used to devastating effect by the Pirate's Rip Sewell in the early 40's)? Well, you've got it here.
10,000 Entries 18,000 Definitions More Than 400 ContributorsJul 05, 2009
This hefty 4.2 lb. dictionary is superb. It contains excellent concise understandable explanations of just about any word, phrase or terminolgy related to baseball from statistical explanations on to almost anything you might think of. A great reference. Buy it!
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 Perfect bookJun 15, 2009
Great for my knowledge even if it was the 1989 edition and not really "like new". But it was still ok!
The Dickson Baseball Dictionary Third EditionJun 10, 2009
This book was a gift for my husband. He really enjoyed all of the information given in the book. He also found the information in the book to be very helpful.
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For Any Baseball Fan - Casual or SeriousMay 26, 2009
This is an incredible compendium of terms and phrases used in baseball, and even if you know the game very well or an avid fan, I can pretty much guarantee there will be something new in here for you, whether it is a phrase or the genisis of the phrase.
The decision to buy this book is really a can of corn and if you are undecided, just remember that when you get to a fork in the road you should take it.
Well done and lots of fun.
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