Roger Angell, the elegant & thoughtful baseball writer widely considered among the best America has produced, died at his home in Manhattan at 101

[basquebromance]

Oh how I dreaded this news. Farewell to one of the all-time greats, whose influence upon fiction, sport, and writing cannot possibly be quantified

Roger Angell, Who Wrote About Baseball With Passion, Dies at 101

In elegantly winding articles for The New Yorker loaded with inventive imagery, he wrote more like a fan than a sports journalist.

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[Mac1958]

All Time Great sports journalist