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How to Speak Baseball: An Illustrated Guide to Ballpark Banter
How to Speak Baseball: An Illustrated Guide to Ballpark Banter | Sally Cook, James Charlton
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This handsome guide to the language of baseball decodes the amusing, clever phrases that pepper commentary about the sport. Packed with witty explanations of everything from "duster" and "rubber arm" to "up the elevator," this ballpark lexicon plays on a nostalgic love for the national pastime while covering ground from baseball's beginnings to today. This humorous mix of definitions and anecdotes is the perfect gift for both lifelong baseball fans and rookies working up the ranks.
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My husband and son are hardcore baseball guys. Me? Well, I love them, but I don‘t speak the language, so my husband got me this for my birthday. It‘s not a long read at all, so I finished it in just about one sitting on this not quite snowed in kind of day. I don‘t feel any more versed in weird baseball terms than I did before I read it, but now I have a reference book.