Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Alibi Ike Annie Oakley Asterisk Banjo Hitter Barber The Battalion of Death Battery The Battle of Produce Row Beer Legs Bench Jockey Big League Bird Dog Bronx Bombers The Brotherhood Revolt Bucketfoot / Bucketfoot Hitter Bush / Bush League / Busher Can of Corn Catbird Seat Caught Off Base / Way Off Base Charley Horse Chicago Stone Wall Chin Music Circus Catch Clubhouse Lawyer College of Coaches Cousin Cover All the Bases Cup of Coffee Daisy Cutter Done Browns Ducks on the Pond Five O'Clock Lightning Giant Killer Glass Arm Hit 'Em Where They Ain't Hot Corner I Call 'Em as I See 'Em Keep Your Eye on the Ball Keystone Combination / Keystone Sack Kill the Umpire! Muffins Murderers' Row On Deck Out in Left Field / Out of Left Field Pinch Hitter Play Ball Push-Button Manager Rain Check Rhubarb Right Off the Bat Say It Ain't So, Joe Standing the Gaff Strike Out / Go Down Swinging Swing for the Fences / Swing from the Heels Threw Me a Curve Tinker to Evers to Chance Trade Winds Two O'Clock Hitter Bibliography Index.
Baseballisms : A Murderers' Row of Metaphors and Idioms