You Know Me Al - Ring Lardner Philadelphia Phillies “Opening at the 2004 Olympic

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You Know Me Al - Ring Lardner Philadelphia Phillies “Opening at the 2004 OlympicIn the early decades of the twentieth century, newspaperman and humorist Ring Lardner (18851933) made America laugh with his hilarious depictions of odd characters in the sporting world, Tin Pan Alley, and Hollywood. His first great success was You Know Me Al, a fictional series of letters from a popular baseball hero to his friend, slyly revealing the letter writer as a crude, conceited, semiliterate, self deceiving boob. The letters, created while