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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826346803321

Autore

Worth Richard <1947->

Titolo

Baseball team names : a worldwide dictionary, 1869-2011 / / Richard Worth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, N.C., : McFarland & Co., Inc., c2013

ISBN

0-7864-9124-8

1-299-19990-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Disciplina

796.35703

Soggetti

Baseball teams - United States - Names

Baseball players - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-380) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; How to Read the Entries; Abbreviations and Initialisms; Team Names; Appendix I: Barnstorming and League-Affiliated Road Teams; Appendix II: Major League Team Nicknames Year-by-Year, 1871-1900; Appendix III: Major League Team Nicknames Year-by-Year, 1901 to Date; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Professional baseball is full of arcane team names. The Los Angeles Dodgers, for instance, owe their nickname to the trolley tracks that honeycombed Brooklyn in the early 1880s. (Residents were "trolley dodgers"). This comprehensive reference book explains the nicknames of thousands of major and minor league franchises, Negro League and early independent black clubs, and international teams--from 1869 through 2011"--Provided by publisher.