{"product_id":"game-time-a-baseball-companion-9780156013871","title":"Game Time: A Baseball Companion","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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngell, Roger:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eROGER ANGELL joined \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e as a fiction editor in 1962. He is the author of seven celebrated baseball books, including \u003ci\u003eGame Time: A Baseball Companion\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York and Maine.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKettmann, Steve:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Kettmann\u003c\/b\u003e has covered baseball for the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. He lives in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503091781906,"sku":"9780156013871","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d90a6812-e0de-44d8-9ad2-ab72a0c72264.jpg?v=1730782320","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/game-time-a-baseball-companion-9780156013871","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}