Effectively Wild Episode 1592: The Roger Angell Centennial Celebration

In honor of New Yorker writer and editor and Baseball Hall of Famer Roger Angell’s 100th birthday, Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and Meg Rowley discuss what they admire about Angell’s life and work, how he’s influenced their writing, and a few of their favorite Angell works. Then (26:22) they cue up a collection of original, recorded tributes to Angell from a distinguished group of baseball writers. Audio intro: The Swinghoppers & Wolfgang Lohr, "Party Like it’s 1920" Audio interstitial: Matthew Grimson, "Prize for Writing" Audio outro: The Moody Blues, "I Never Thought I’d Live to Be a Hundred" Link to tribute episode transcript Link to WSJ interview with Angell Link to Gammons on Angell Link to Mark Singer on Angell Link to David Remnick on Angell Link to Verducci on Angell Link to Roger Angell Day video Link to Bonomo EW episode about Angell Link to Angell’s “In the Fire” Link to Ben on catchers Link to Angell’s “Agincourt and After” Link to Angell’s “Distance” Link to Angell’s “Four Taverns in the Town” Link to Angell’s “The ‘Go!’ Shouters” Link to Angell’s “If Only” Link to Angell on Tiant Link to Angell on Blass  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source