{"product_id":"2940149455775","title":"The Baseball Thesaurus Second Edition","description":"We have a double play, with the second edition of The Baseball Thesaurus by Jesse Goldberg-Strassler.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaseball is a sport with its own lingo — a colorful patois that’s developed over the years and millions of games. In The Baseball Thesaurus, a fascinating compendium of baseball terms, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler — broadcaster, storyteller, talker, voice — explains what baseball terms mean and how they came to be. Whether it’s Red Barber talking about the pea patch or Ernie Harwell discussing no-hitters, the language of America’s Pastime is brilliantly captured by Goldberg-Strassler. Sluggers deposit a Ballantine Blast in the nosebleeds. The top of the lineup sets the table for the heart of the order. Corner infielders guard the line. A lumberjack with a bad wheel staggers down the line while a glovesman flashes leather.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho should read The Baseball Thesaurus? It’s for the media linguist whose job relies upon baseball jargon, the radio listener, the blog reader, the talk-show caller, the minor-league diehard, the Strat-O-Matic connoisseur, the seventh-inning stretcher, the stereotype breaker, the crank, the postgame fireworks enthusiast, the t-ball coach, the seamhead, the baseball Annie, the hot-stove moper, the bandwagoner, the purist, the casual rooter who enjoys a quick tidbit and has no need to attend both games of a doubleheader, and the fan who takes pride in scoring the game and teaching the tradition to others.","brand":"August Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112039661808,"sku":"2940149455775","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149455775_p0.jpg?v=1763717869","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149455775","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}