The Summer Game

by Roger Angell | Sports |
ISBN: 0803259514 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingGoryDetailswing of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 4/8/2010
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Journal Entry 1 by wingGoryDetailswing from Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Thursday, April 8, 2010
I found this somewhat-battered-and-yellowing paperback (a '70s edition, different edition/cover than shown) for fifty cents at the local library book sale, and as I'd loved the book when I first read it I was pleased to find another copy to release.

While I was not much of a baseball fan until the late 1980's, since then I have become a fan of the game - not quite to the level of marking scorecards during games or memorizing stats, but I do enjoy going to games when I can. When reading Angell's columns about games that were played long before I took any interest in the sport, I felt an odd mix of sensations - some nostalgia for names that even we non-fans knew, and memories of my father watching baseball games on TV while I opted to go outside and climb trees {grin} - and, now, a fair amount of regret that I could have watched some of the games that Angell describes, had I only chosen to! But his descriptions are such that it's almost like being there - not quite play-by-play, but he sets the stage for dramatic wins (or losses), describes the near-misses, the legendary plays and players, and in general puts the reader in the seat beside him. Wonderful stuff!

My first live baseball game happened to be a Mets game, so I was charmed at the columns describing the birth and adolescence of that team. And since I've become a semi-faithful Boston Red Sox fan, it was fun to read about them - all the more because of their recent success in smashing the old Curse. But nearly every column, no matter what teams were involved, was a gem, and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole collection. [I'd started sticking little bits of paper into the book to mark sections I wanted to quote or refer to, but by the time I finished, the book was so studded with scraps that it looks like I'd have to quote half of it to account for them all! So I'll just say, "Marvelous book - read it!"]

Released 13 yrs ago (7/26/2010 UTC) at MC Square (formerly Carriage Depot) in Amherst, New Hampshire USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I plan to leave this book in or near the A&E Roastery in Carriage Depot at about 4, perhaps on a chair or in the Hippo newspaper box. Hope the finder enjoys it!

[NOTE: the 2010 BookCrossing Unconvention in Boston is coming up soon, August 13-15; if interested in attending, this forum post has information and a link to the convention web site. If you can't come for the whole weekend, you're welcome to attend individual events - see the convention web site for contact info if you have questions. And even if you can't attend at all, watch for lots of BC books to be released in the Boston area that weekend!]

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