You Know Me Al - Lardner, Ring
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"You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters" by Ring W. Lardner is a classic of American sports fiction, offering a humorous and engaging look into the world of early 20th-century baseball. Presented in the form of letters from a rookie pitcher to his friend Al, this book captures the voice and experiences of a "busher"-a player navigating the ups and downs of professional baseball. Lardner's witty prose and keen observations on the game and its personalities have made this book a beloved example of humorous literature. Explore the origins of baseball culture through the eyes of a naive but determined…mehr

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"You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters" by Ring W. Lardner is a classic of American sports fiction, offering a humorous and engaging look into the world of early 20th-century baseball. Presented in the form of letters from a rookie pitcher to his friend Al, this book captures the voice and experiences of a "busher"-a player navigating the ups and downs of professional baseball. Lardner's witty prose and keen observations on the game and its personalities have made this book a beloved example of humorous literature. Explore the origins of baseball culture through the eyes of a naive but determined young player. Experience a bygone era of America's favorite pastime with this meticulously prepared reprint. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Ring Lardner was a sports columnist and acclaimed short-story writer. He worked for several newspapers throughout his career, including the South Bend Times, St. Louis Sporting News, Boston American, and Chicago Tribune. His stories were notoriously filled with satire, grammatical errors, and everyday events. Lardner passed away in 1933, at the age of 48.

John Thorn is the official historian of Major League Baseball. Apart from his creation, with Pete Palmer, of Total Baseball, he is often visible on ESPN, MLBTV, the History Channel, and other television outlets as a sports authority and commentator. He was also a major on-screen presence in and chief consultant to Ken Burns's 18¿-hour PBS film, Baseball. Thorn cowrote The Hidden Game of Baseball, which established alternative statistics later recognized and adopted as official by Major League Baseball, notably OPS. His many baseball books over the past three decades also include Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame, The Game for All America, and Our Game, a history of the game that also supplies the title for his twice-weekly blog at MLB.com. In 2011 Simon & Schuster published his major work, Baseball in the Garden of Eden: A Secret History of the Early Game.