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Roger Angell, The Summer Game (1962) Much of this book first appeared in The New Yorker, spanning a decade of baseball history observed by Angell (early in his sports writing career at the magazine). Angell sketches the legendary teams and the celebrated players he admires, as a fan and a reporter. He records dispatches from spring training to the World Series, and holds that nearly all baseball writers are fans in the end, and From Salon.com: "[Angell] goes where he goes, and does it with a clear eye, gentle honesty and a love of language. That's what makes him among the best ever at writing about sports." From Baseball Weekly columnist Bob Nightengale: "I think every baseball writer's goal is to one day write as well as Roger. But that's like saying you hope to hit home runs like Mark McGuire. You're asking the impossible. So we do the next best thing. We read him as much as possible, knowing that we're privileged. He's not only one of the finest writers in America but one of the classiest men I've ever run across." From Chicago Sunday Times: "The best baseball writer of our time." From The New York Post: "Angell is the clear-eyed poet laureate of baseball. His book is like a long, wonderful string of base hits by the home team." MORE: Author profile |
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