EUGENE . . . I'm going to be a writer like Ring Lardner or somebody -- that's if things don't work out first with the Yankees, or the Cubs, or the Red Sox, or maybe possibly the Tigers . . . If I get down to the St. Louis Browns, then I'll definitely be a writer.—Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil SimonWhich historical fact helps you understand the humor in this passage?Ring Lardner was a famous sportswriter. The St. Louis Browns were a bad baseball team in the 1930s. The Yankees won the World Series in 1937.The character of Eugene is based on the playwright, Neil Simon.