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100 1 _aStandish, Burt L.,
_d1866-1945
245 1 0 _aLefty o' the Big League
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aStandish, Burt L., 1866-1945. Big league series.
500 _aRelease date is 2025-01-30
508 _aProduced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Lefty o' the Big League" by Burt L. Standish is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a young pitcher named Lefty Locke as he attempts to make his way into the competitive world of professional baseball. As he faces challenges from both the manager and fellow players, Lefty's journey captures the ups and downs of trying to prove oneself in a demanding sport filled with rivalries and personal conflicts. The opening of the novel introduces Lefty Locke as he arrives at the baseball park to report for training with the Hornets. Immediately met with skepticism from the team's manager, Brennan, and ridicule from veteran players, Lefty tries to assert himself. Tensions escalate when he eventually ends up in a precarious situation, facing criticism and hostility as he seeks to earn his place on the team. As the narrative unfolds, Lefty's encounters with both supportive and antagonistic teammates set the stage for his development, revealing themes of perseverance, ambition, and the quest for acceptance amidst the trials of sports life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1914
653 _aBaseball -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aBaseball stories
830 0 _aStandish, Burt L., 1866-1945. Big league series.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75250
999 _c115975
_d115975