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White Sox: The 1919 Black Sox and why we should care

The team on the north side isn’t the only one with a storied history. The White Sox have one, too.

Ringgold William Lardner (aka “Ring”) was an American Sports Columnist and satirical writer. In arts context, he was part of the Jazz Age and a contemporary of F. Scott Fitzgerald, George M. Cohan and George S. Kaufman. He was immortalized by no less than the famed author J.D. Salinger in his classic books The Catcher In The Rye and Franny and Zooey.

One series baseball fan

He was also a baseball fan.