The McFarland baseball quotations dictionary /
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| Imprint: | Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2000. |
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| Description: | viii, 294 p. ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4298808 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Aging Gracefully
- Alibis, Excuses and Analysis
- Amazing Accomplishments
- Anger Management
- At the Stadium
- Attitude Problems
- A Ballplayer's Life
- Base Running
- Baseball 101--The Fundamentals
- Baseball Fans of Note
- Batter Up
- Battle of the Sexes
- The Broadcast Booth
- Live ... and on the Air
- The Bullpen
- The Business Section
- Strike!
- Crossing the White Line
- Defense
- The Disabled List
- Elixirs and Pharmaceuticals
- Farewell Addresses
- Food Fights
- Golf
- Home Runs
- Hyperbolic Praise
- Insults
- Intelligence
- Law and Order
- The Lighter Side of Baseball
- The Literate View
- Authors and Baseball
- Ballplayers and Writing
- Logic Problems
- Gems from Larry Andersen
- Looks Aren't Everything
- Losses, Losing and Losers
- Individuals
- Teams
- Malapropisms and Fractured Speech
- Managing to Manage
- The Media
- Modesty
- Number Problems
- Odds and Ends
- Other Sports
- The Name Game
- Politics
- Small Towns
- Little League
- Show Business
- Owners and Executives
- Owners
- The Front Office
- Charles O. Finley
- Calvin Griffith
- Marge Schott
- George Steinbrenner
- Ted Turner
- The Commish
- Physical Fitness
- Pitching In
- Predictions
- Record Setters
- Religion
- Road Trips (Anaheim to Washington, D.C.)
- Roasting the All-Stars
- NBA All-Stars
- The Mac and Sammy Show
- Sex: The Other National Pastime
- Slumps
- Strategy
- Today and Yesterday
- Transactions
- Trades
- Free Agent Signings
- Demotions and the Minor Leagues
- Umpires
- Winning
- Individuals
- Kinerisms: The Best of Ralph Kiner
- Maverick Owner: Bill Veeck
- The Old Professor Speaks: The Words of Casey Stengel
- Wild Thing: The Strange Saga of Mitch Williams
- Yogi-isms: The Wisdom of Yogi Berra
- Appendix
- Name Index
- Subject Index
