{"product_id":"the-summer-game-paperback","title":"The Summer Game - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoger Angell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Page for page, \u003ci\u003eThe Summer Game \u003c\/i\u003econtains not only the classiest but also the most resourceful baseball writing I have ever read.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Summer Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Roger Angell's first book on the sport, changed baseball writing forever. Thoughtful, funny, appreciative of the elegance of the game and the passions invested by players and fans, it goes beyond the usual sports reporter's beat to examine baseball's complex place in our American psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the miseries of the 1962 expansion Mets and a classic 1971 World Series between the Pirates and the Orioles, Angell finds baseball in the 1960s as a game in transition--marked by league expansion, uprooted franchises, the growing hegemony of television, the dominance of pitchers, uneasy relations between players and owners, and mounting competition from other sports for the fans' dollars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWillie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Brooks Robinson, Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Carl Yastrzemski, Tom Seaver, Jim Palmer, and Casey Stengel are seen here with fresh clarity and pleasure. Here is California baseball in full flower, the once-mighty Yankees in collapse, baseball in French (in Montreal), indoor baseball (at the Astrodome), and sweet spring baseball (in Florida)--as Angell observes, \"Always, it seems, there is something more to be discovered about this game.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Angell (1920-2022) was a writer and fiction editor with the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. His works include \u003ci\u003eFive Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e (available in a Bison Books edition), \u003ci\u003eGame Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Pitcher's Story: Innings with David Cone\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 303\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 7.9 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180165775609,"sku":"9780803259515","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cHo3U0ozNXZGUkFSU0NmVnV0WS8wZz09.webp?v=1767733495","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-summer-game-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}