LEADER 02298nam 2200517 a 450 001 9910826346803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7864-9124-8 010 $a1-299-19990-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001003179 035 $a(EBL)1133313 035 $a(OCoLC)830167287 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000832716 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12287276 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832716 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10899851 035 $a(PQKB)10546739 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1133313 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001003179 100 $a20121026d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBaseball team names $ea worldwide dictionary, 1869-2011 /$fRichard Worth 210 $aJefferson, N.C. $cMcFarland & Co., Inc.$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (417 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7864-6844-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 379-380) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $a"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. 606 $aBaseball teams$zUnited States$xNames$vDictionaries 606 $aBaseball players$zUnited States$vTerminology 615 0$aBaseball teams$xNames 615 0$aBaseball players 676 $a796.35703 700 $aWorth$b Richard$f1947-$01604990 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826346803321 996 $aBaseball team names$93930004 997 $aUNINA