The McFarland baseball quotations dictionary / compiled by David H. Nathan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nathan, David H., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball players--United States--Quotations.

Baseball players.

Sports personnel--United States--Quotations.

Sports personnel.

Baseball--United States--Quotations, maxims, etc.

Baseball.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Back again, for a third edition, this compendium of the greatest baseball quotes of all time brings both the wisdom of the world and the bull of the bullpen. Organized by theme, the more than 5,800 quotations include the date, team, position and historical background when available"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Aging Gracefully; Alibis, Excuses and Analysis; The All-Time Greats; Amazing Accomplishments and Records; Anger and Intensity; At the Stadium; Attitude Problems; A Ballplayer's Life; Base Running; Baseball Fans of Note; Baseball 101; Batter Up; Battle of the Sexes; The Broadcast Booth; The Bullpen; The Business Section; Crossing the White Line; Defense; The Disabled List; Elixirs and Pharmaceuticals; Farewell Addresses; Food Fights and Weighty Issues; Golf, or How I Spent My Off Day; Home Runs; Hyperbolic Praise; Insults; Intelligence; Law and Order

The Lighter Side of BaseballThe Literate View; Logic Problems; Looks Aren't Everything; Losses, Losing and Losers; Malapropisms and Fractured Speech; Managing to Manage; Media Relations; Modesty; Number Problems; Odds and Ends; Owners and Executives; Physical Fitness; Pitching In; Predictions; Religion; Road Trips; Sex; Slump-Busting; Strategy; Today and Yesterday; Transactions; Umpires; Winning; Individuals; Appendix; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-02088-2

9786613020888

0-7864-8469-1

OCLC:

711003845