Reader Digest Version Global
Apr 05, 2012 05:54 PM EDT

Baseball’s Best Short Stories

by Dawn Raffel, Reader's Digest Editor at Large, Books

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You needn’t even be a sports fan to enjoy these 34 hugely entertaining tales. Ring Lardner, James Thurber, Garrison Keillor, and even the great P. G. Wodehouse all had a swing at our national pastime.

From the book: “Throughout the whole country nothing but the approaching series was discussed. Wherever civilization reigned, and in Jersey City, one question was on every lip: Who would win? Octogenarians mumbled it. Infants lisped it.” — P. G. Wodehouse

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