Once More Around the Park - by Roger Angell (Paperback)

About the Book

One of the most celebrated baseball writers of our time has selected his favorite pieces from the last 40 years to create this definitive volume of his most memorable work. Angell includes writing never previously collected as well as selections from "The Summer Game, Five Seasons, Late Innings" and "Season Tickets".

Book Synopsis

The most celebrated baseball writer of our time has selected his favorite pieces from the last forty years in this definitive volume of his most memorable work. "As a chronicler of the game, he's in a class with Ring Lardner and Red Smith."-Newsweek.

Review Quotes

"A magical collection...fits the game of dirt and spikes like one's favorite mitt fits one's hand."

"An original and eclectic thinker who takes us right into the heart of the game."

"Angell covers the bases in this collection...marvelous imagery."

"Angell writes with economical precision, nailing observations as a pitcher does corners."

"Good collections make for good writers. Angell's is one of the best."

"No one writes more evocatively about the craft and magic of baseball than Roger Angell."

"One of the most valuable players in American journalism."

"Roger Angell is the best baseball writer of our time-maybe ever."

"The Babe Ruth of baseball writers."

About the Author

Roger Angell (1920-2022) was senior fiction editor of the New Yorker magazine and the author of, among other books, A Day in the Life of Roger Angell, The Summer Game, Five Seasons, Late Innings, and Season Ticket. In 2014, he was awarded the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, the Baseball Hall of Fame's honor for writers.