THE finest baseball writer of our lifetime. Roger Angell, who died this week at 101 years of age, wrote about many subjects, but it's his writing about baseball we remember today. No one was like him: erudite, dryly humorous, able to capture in words the essence of a fan's love for the game. We have most of his books; Season Ticket may be the best. His description of the memorable1986 postseason ("Not So, Boston") will serve as a great introduction to his work.
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