Baseball Team Names - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Baseball Team Names write by Richard Worth. This book was released on 2013-02-21. Baseball Team Names available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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). 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.
The Story Behind the Nickname
The Story Behind the Nickname - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Story Behind the Nickname write by Paul Caputo. This book was released on 2018-05-07. The Story Behind the Nickname available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Minor league baseball team names tell the stories of towns throughout North America. From amateur collegiate summer leagues all the way through affiliated Triple-A teams, whose players are on the brink of the Major Leagues, nicknames like T-Bones, Crosscutters, RubberDucks, Wingnuts, and Isotopes-to name just a few-are more than just whimsical, catchy brands. They carry significance unique to their local communities. This book explores the stories behind the nicknames of 100 baseball teams based on interviews with front-office personnel who chose the names and the designers who created the logos.
Root for the Home Team
Root for the Home Team - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Root for the Home Team write by Tim Hagerty. This book was released on 2012-05-08. Root for the Home Team available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Delve deep into to the grass roots of baseballs—the Minor League—and you’ll find Cannibals, Shoemakers, and Zephyrs! From the Coal Sox Nation to the Texarkana Casketmakers, Root for the Home Team brings you the most oddly original team names and the stories behind them. Root for the Home Team includes profiles of more than 150 teams and lists of hundreds more—plus fun facts, action shots, and team logos. Impress your baseball buddies with your depth of knowledge! Did you know? - The Altoona Curve were dubbed without ever throwing a breaking ball, thanks to local railroad history. - The Wichita Izzies had a fan so fanatical they named the team after him. - The Mudville Nine were named after the fictitious team in the poem “Casey at the Bat.” Root for the Home Team is a unique book any baseball fan will love.
Trolley Dodgers, Pinstriped Yankees, and Wearing Red Sox
Trolley Dodgers, Pinstriped Yankees, and Wearing Red Sox - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Trolley Dodgers, Pinstriped Yankees, and Wearing Red Sox write by Jon Lindenblatt. This book was released on 2013-04-02. Trolley Dodgers, Pinstriped Yankees, and Wearing Red Sox available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Red Sox" on title page is represented by the image of red socks.
Naming Rites
Naming Rites - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Naming Rites write by Glenn Arthur Pierce. This book was released on 2014-08-19. Naming Rites available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Providing some surprising and curious historical account of the origins and creation stories for those collective names by which the professional and collegiate actors in game and sport are recognized by faitfhul devotees of same.
