The Summer Game
Published on 5. February 2013
303 pages
978-1-4532-9782-7 (ISBN)
Description
A classic collection of early sportswriting by renowned reporter Roger AngellAcclaimed New Yorker writer Roger Angell's first book on baseball, The Summer Game, originally published in 1972, is a stunning collection of his essays on the major leagues, covering a span of ten seasons. Angell brilliantly captures the nation's most beloved sport through the 1960s, spanning both the winning teams and the ',horrendous losers,' and including famed players Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Willie Mays, and more. With the panache of a seasoned sportswriter and the energy of an avid baseball fan, Angell's sports journalism is an insightful and compelling look at the great American pastime.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- I. RUSTLE OF SPRING
- Box Scores
- The Old Folks behind Home
- The Short Season
- II. AMAZIN'
- The "Go!" Shouters
- S Is for So Lovable
- Farewell
- A Clean, Well-Lighted Cellar
- III. CLASSICS AND CAMPAIGNS--I
- A Tale of Three Cities
- Taverns in the Town
- Two Strikes on the Image
- West of the Bronx
- IV. THE FUTURE, MAYBE
- The Cool Bubble
- V. CLASSICS AND CAMPAIGNS--II
- A Terrific Strain
- The Flowering and Subsequent Deflowering of New England
- A Little Noise at Twilight
- The Leaping Corpse, the Shallow Cellar, the French Pastime, the Walking Radio, and Other Summer Mysteries
- Days and Nights with the Unbored
- The Baltimore Vermeers
- Part of a Season: Bay and Back Bay
- Some Pirates and Lesser Men
- VI. THE INTERIOR STADIUM
- The Interior Stadium
- Copyright
