Project Gutenberg 2025-01-30 Public domain in the USA. 185 Standish, Burt L. 1866 1945 Patten, Gilbert Patten, William Gilbert Wilder, William West Wilder, William W. (William West) Patten, George William Patten, William G. (William Gilbert) Lefty o' the Big League $aNew York :$bGrosset & Dunlap, $c1914. Standish, Burt L., 1866-1945. Big league series. Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "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.) 20180320121547standish 1914 US Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Baseball -- Juvenile fiction Baseball stories PZ Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature Category: Sports/Hobbies 408075 2025-07-29T15:41:11.052460 text/html 383648 2025-01-30T13:55:02 text/html 647712 2025-07-29T15:41:19.838405 application/epub+zip 644786 2025-07-29T15:41:12.869475 application/epub+zip 356309 2025-07-29T15:41:11.822472 application/epub+zip 1171629 2025-07-29T15:41:24.878395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1115089 2025-07-29T15:41:19.031370 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360878 2025-07-29T15:41:10.145493 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 341068 2025-01-30T13:55:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16345 2025-07-29T15:41:25.032444 application/rdf+xml 21625 2025-07-29T15:41:12.148429 image/jpeg 3484 2025-07-29T15:41:12.040435 image/jpeg 725123 2025-07-29T15:41:11.097459 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia