Game Time - A Baseball Companion

Roger Angell has been writing about baseball for more than forty years . . . and for my money he's the best there is at it," says novelist Richard Ford in his introduction to Game Time. Angell's famous explorations of the summer game are built on acute observation and joyful participation, conveyed in a prose style as admired and envied as Ted Williams's swing. Angell on Fenway Park in September, on Bob Gibson brooding in retirement, on Tom Seaver in mid-windup, on the abysmal early and recent Mets, on a scout at work in backcountry Kentucky, on Pete Rose and Willie Mays and Pedro Martinez, on the astounding Barry Bonds at Pac Bell Park, and more, carry us through the arc of the season with refreshed understanding and pleasure. This collection represents Angell's best writings, from spring training in 1962 to the explosive World Series of 2002.

About the author

ROGER ANGELL joined The New Yorker as a fiction editor in 1962. He is the author of seven celebrated baseball books, including Game Time: A Baseball Companion. He lives in New York and Maine.

Summary

Roger Angell has been writing about baseball for more than forty years . . . and for my money he's the best there is at it," says novelist Richard Ford in his introduction to Game Time. Angell's famous explorations of the summer game are built on acute observation and joyful participation, conveyed in a prose style as admired and envied as Ted Williams's swing. Angell on Fenway Park in September, on Bob Gibson brooding in retirement, on Tom Seaver in mid-windup, on the abysmal early and recent Mets, on a scout at work in backcountry Kentucky, on Pete Rose and Willie Mays and Pedro Martinez, on the astounding Barry Bonds at Pac Bell Park, and more, carry us through the arc of the season with refreshed understanding and pleasure. This collection represents Angell's best writings, from spring training in 1962 to the explosive World Series of 2002.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Angell, Richard Ford
• Assisted by: Steve Kettmann (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2004
• EAN: 9780156013871
• ISBN: 978-0-15-601387-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Weight: 381 g
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; American Football, history of sport, Sport: general, Boxing, Cycle racing, Cycling: general and touring, Hunting or shooting animals and game, SPORTS & RECREATION: Cycling, SPORTS & RECREATION: History, SPORTS & RECREATION: Baseball / History, SPORTS & RECREATION: Boxing, SPORTS & RECREATION: Baseball / Essays & Writings, SPORTS & RECREATION: Football, SPORTS & RECREATION: Hunting, SPORTS & RECREATION: Essays, SPORTS & RECREATION: Baseball / General, SPORTS & RECREATION: Coaching / Baseball, SPORTS & RECREATION: Baseball / Statistics