

An edition of Baseball Team Names (2013)
A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011
By Richard Worth
Publish Date
Feb 26, 2013
Publisher
McFarland & Company
Language
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Pages
416
Description:
"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.
subjects: Baseball, dictionaries, Baseball teams, Baseball players, Dictionaries, Names, Terminology