The Baseball Thesaurus
For fans old and new, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler's thesaurus is a romp. On first glance, it's a primer on baseball's peculiar taxonomy and traditions, but open any page and you ll find lots more, including amusing anecdotes and witty wordplay from the game's great characters. Goldberg-Strassler has built a dugout in which Al Capone, James Earl Jones, and George Carlin lounge happily alongside Dizzy Dean, Cool Papa Bell, and Zoilo Versalles. A lollygagger's delight! --John Lott, baseball writer, National Post, TorontoWhat an incredible resource I can t get over the amount of work and the detail that went into this book. A great window on baseball's lexicon from days of yore to the game today. This book won't be far from my side next season. --Dan Dickerson, Voice of the Detroit Tigers