Head over the the website of the Library of Congress for a super wonderful video presentation by Paul Dickson. He's the author of The Dickson Baseball Dictionary.
The DBD is an indispensable resource for hard-core fans as well as anyone newly interested in our national pastime.
It was 25 years in the making. Contains more than 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries. Was written with the help of 300 baseball and lexical experts. And the origins of many of the words and terms are remarkable.
This isn't just for baseball folks, though. If you love words, terms, dictionaries, research... you'll love this presentation. I did and I thought out of left field meant presenting a bad advertising concept.
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