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This collection signifies the go back to print out of John Lardner, one of America's press box giants, a classic stylist whose wry laughter and tireless reporting helped raise sportswriting to art. The amazing W. C. Heinz called Lardner "the best folks." This reserve shows why. Lardner applied his singular touch not and then his era's symbols - Joe Louis, Ted Williams, Satchel Paige - but to the scamps, eccentrics, hustlers, and con men in the darkness of sports activities. Whether in snappy columns or leisurely publication pieces, Lardner placed sport of every description up to the light, permanently changing the way people had written, read, and considered their heroes, from superstars to scrappers. These forty-nine portions represent sportswriting at the top of its game.
