{"product_id":"baseball-team-names-richard-worth-9780786468447","title":"Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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.\") From the Negro Leagues, there were the Pittsburgh Crawfords (sponsored early by the Crawford Bath House and Recreation Center); from the minors, the Tucson Waddies (slang for cowboy) and, later, the Montgomery Biscuits (for the would-be concessions staple); from overseas, the Adelaide, Australia, Bite (a shark reference but also a pun for bight) and the Bussum, Netherlands, Mr. Cocker HCAW (the sponsoring restaurant chain, followed by the acronym for the official team name, Honkbalclub Allan Weerbaar).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Worth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786468440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786468447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.93h x 8.48w x 0.98d","brand":"Richard Worth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50663766196479,"sku":"9780786468447","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba71c7f4-c7b5-4b81-8a7c-d6e9fc429ad9.jpg?v=1792003572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baseball-team-names-richard-worth-9780786468447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}