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David RThe Wall Street Journal had an article today in which it listed a deadball era baseball book as the best baseball fiction novel ever. The book is "You Know Me Al" by Ring Lardner, published by Scribner in 1918. The article says the book is about a hay-in-the-hair pitcher from the Indiana heartland named Jack Keefe, who comes to the big city to make his fortune. The book takes the form of a series of letters home from Keefe to his "Friend Al" Blanchard.
I'd be interested to hear if anyone has read this book and what you think?
David R.