How to Speak Baseball

This handsome guide to the language of baseball decodes the amusing, clever phrases that pepper commentary about the sport. Packed with witty explanations of everything from duster and rubber arm to up the elevator, this ballpark lexicon plays on a nostalgic love for the national pastime while covering ground from baseballs beginnings to today. This humorous mix of definitions and anecdotes is the perfect gift for both lifelong baseball fans and rookies working up the ranks.