02298nam 2200517 a 450 991082634680332120200520144314.00-7864-9124-81-299-19990-9(CKB)2550000001003179(EBL)1133313(OCoLC)830167287(SSID)ssj0000832716(PQKBManifestationID)12287276(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832716(PQKBWorkID)10899851(PQKB)10546739(MiAaPQ)EBC1133313(EXLCZ)99255000000100317920121026d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBaseball team names a worldwide dictionary, 1869-2011 /Richard WorthJefferson, N.C. McFarland & Co., Inc.c20131 online resource (417 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7864-6844-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-380) and index.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"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.Baseball teamsUnited StatesNamesDictionariesBaseball playersUnited StatesTerminologyBaseball teamsNamesBaseball players796.35703Worth Richard1947-1604990MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826346803321Baseball team names3930004UNINA