{"product_id":"the-dickson-baseball-dictionary-3e-hardcover-by-paul-dickson","title":"The Dickson Baseball Dictionary 3e Hardcover by Paul Dickson","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2009-02-24)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e900\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780393066814\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e1987.34\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e25.91 x 18.54 x 5.84\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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.” (\u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e)\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as “a staggering piece of scholarship” (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eThe Dickson Baseball Dictionary\u003c\/i\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDrawing 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\/\u003ci\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/i\u003e era. More than 200 photos throughout the book—many rare and previously unpublished—illuminate various historical and contemporary terms.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBecause of its deep and broad coverage, its authoritativeness and its rich and colorful descriptions, \u003ci\u003eThe Dickson Baseball Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e will prove indispensable to baseball fans and word lovers alike.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Dickson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several bestselling books, including \u003ci\u003eBaseball's Greatest Quotations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Language of Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Joy of Keeping Score\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Garrett Park, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553061982369,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393066814","price":49.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393066814.jpg?v=1781725003","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-dickson-baseball-dictionary-3e-hardcover-by-paul-dickson","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}