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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Game Time: A Baseball Companionby Roger Angell and Steve Kettmann and Richard Ford
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. Review:"No one writes more evocatively about the craft and magic of baseball than Roger Angell." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Review:"Angell writes with economical precision, nailing observations as a pitcher does corners." Sports Illustrated Review:"Roger Angell is the best baseball writer of our time — maybe ever." Newsweek Review:"No other sport has been so well served by any other writer." Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World Review:"The Babe Ruth of baseball writers." The Boston Globe About the AuthorRoger Angell joined The New Yorker as senior fiction editor in 1962. Roger Angell's celebrated baseball books include The Summer Game, Five Seasons, Late Innings, Season Ticket, Once More Around the Park, and A Pitcher's Story. Angell has also authored The Stone Arbor (stories) as well as A Day in the Life of Roger Angell and was the editor of the collection Nothing But You: Love Stories from the New Yorker. Steve Kettmann covered the Oakland A's for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1994 to 1998, and has also written on sports for the New York Times, the New Republic and Salon.com. He was cited in Best American Sports Writing 2001 and 2002. A finalist for the 2002 Online Journalism Award in commentary, he lives in Berlin. The author of five novels and two collections of stories, Richard Ford was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Independence Day, the first book to win both prizes. In 2001 he received the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in short fiction. His other works include The Sportswriter and A Multitude of Sins. Table of ContentsIntroduction by Richard Ford ... vii Preface ... xv SPRING The Old Folks Behind Home... 3 Sunny Side of the Street... 16 Easy Lessons... 34 Takes: Waltz of the Geezers... 52 Put Me In, Coach... 57 Takes: Digging Up Willie... 82 For Openers... 87 Takes: Pride... 95 Let Go, Mets... 97 SUMMER Early Innings... 113 The Companions of the Game... 132 Scout... 150 Distance... 175 The Web of the Game... 213 Takes: Penmen... 235 Takes: Payback... 239 Wings of Fire... 241 The Bard in the Booth... 254 Style... 266 Takes: Three Petes... 282 FALL Takes: Jacksonian... 291 Blue Collar... 296 Takes: The Confines... 312 Ninety Feet... 319 One for the Good Guys... 335 Legends of the Fens... 351 Can You Believe It?... 365 Takes: The Purist... 380 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang... 383 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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