High and Inside: An A-To-Z Guide to the Language of Baseball [Paperback]

Joseph McBride (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997

From fungo to pebble pickers and Grapefruit Leagues to forkballs, High and Inside is a must-have collection of baseball terminology for every sports fan and sports trivia buff. The book includes slang expressions, nicknames, baseball terminology, and familiar quotations from baseball's past and present. Entries are organized alphabetically and include background and origin information. Famous baseball quotations are woven throughout the text, adding even more humor to an already delightful book.

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Amazon.com Review

High and Inside is your guide to the often lyrical, frequently absurd, and always colorful oral tradition of the great American pastime. The language of baseball, from the dugout chatter of the minor leagues to the media flash of today's "show me the money" major-league heroes, has evolved in wondrous ways over the years. Universal words and phrases such as "meal ticket," "muff," and "farm system" form a vocabulary that is the backbone of baseball culture. High and Inside offers definitions and origins of baseball's lexicon as well as insightful stories about some of the quirky nicknames, such as Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas, "Dizzy" Dean, and Bill "Spaceman" Lee. Author Joseph McBride approaches the ballplayers' wacky slang with a humorist's appreciation and a linguist's thoroughness. For the baseball fanatic, the student of the game, and the all-around baseball know-it-all, this book pitches a perfect game. --Lance Judd

Product Details

Paperback: 354 pages
Publisher: Contemporary Books (September 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0809230232
ISBN-13: 978-0809230235
Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,830,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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