The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary: A Cyclopedic Reference to More Than 7,000 Words, Names, Phrases, and Slang Expressions that Define the Game, Its Heritage, Culture, and Variations

Paul Dickson

Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999 - Sports & Recreation - 579 pages

Still not sure what makes a sinker different from a curve? Can't remember when the M&M boys played with the Yankees? Want to know where the "seventh-inning stretch" comes from? Then you've done the right thing by picking up this book - the most complete collection of baseball terms and slang to be found between two covers. Impeccably researched, The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary covers all the bases.

About the author

Paul Dickson (born in Yonkers, NY) is a freelance writer of more than 45 non-fiction books, mostly on (American) English language and popular culture. He has written many articles on a wide variety of subjects. He is a founding member and former president of Washington Independent Writers and a member of the National Press Club.Dickson coined the term "word word".

Bibliographic information

• Title: The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary: A Cyclopedic Reference to More Than 7,000 Words, Names, Phrases, and Slang Expressions that Define the Game, Its Heritage, Culture, and Variations; A Harvest original
• Author: Paul Dickson
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999
• ISBN: 0151003807, 9780151003808
• Length: 579 pages
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Baseball / Essays & Writings; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History; Sports & Recreation / Reference