| Game Time: A Baseball Companion Contributor(s): Angell, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156013878 ISBN-13: 9780156013871 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: 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. This collection represents Angell's best writings, from spring training in 1962 to the explosive World Series of 2002. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - Essays & Writings - Sports & Recreation | Essays |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2002152611 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.32" W x 7.88" (0.84 lbs) 398 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Angell, Roger: - 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.Kettmann, Steve: - Steve Kettmann has covered baseball for the San Francisco Chronicle and other publications. He lives in Berlin. |