Roger Angell

[St Vrain Angler]

You baseball fans might enjoy these articles--one by and one about Roger Angell, who died on Friday at 101. Trivia note: E.B. White was his stepfather.

"This Old Man": https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014 ... erge_scrub

"Remembering Roger Angell": https://www.newyorker.com/news/postscri ... erge_scrub

(Speaking of E.B. White...his son, Joel White, became one of the country's foremost designers of wooden boats. His attitude toward his boats might also apply to bamboo rod makers: ''He said that if a boat was scratched, that was part of using it. He was interested in form and how a boat performed.'')

[billems]

I love Roger's baseball books--especially "The Boys of Summer," about the Brooklyn Dodgers. The essay, "This Old Man" is a near masterpiece. I stand to turn 70 this summer, and Roger's essay has me prepared. He was a fine writer, fine author.

[teter]

He had a smooth, loping style to his writing. I looked forward to his summary of the baseball season every year.

[Kenneth]

RIP, Roger, and thanks for all those years of immense enjoyment.

Kenneth

[rhmill01]

The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn.