An inspiring collection of stories and essays by one of the greatest baseball writers covers a wide range ofr topics, from largely forgotten bush-league pitchers to the Chicago Black Sox World Series scandal.
RING LARDNER is considered the greatest writer of all time on the sport of baseball. His works include You Know Me, Al, Gullible's Travels, Treat 'Em Rough, The Real Dope, Own Your Own Home, The Big Town, and many others. He died in 1933, at the age of forty-eight.
JEFF SILVERMAN, a former columnist for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, has written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and several national magazines. He is also editor of The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told (page 206), Classic Baseball Stories (page 14), The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told (page 169), Classic Golf Stories (page 170), Bernard Darwin on Golf (page 21), and The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told (page 206). He lives with his family in West Chester, Pennsylvania.