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Overview
Baseballs best writer offers an extraordinarily candid and thorough exploration of the inner craft of pitching from one of the games best, David Cone.There is no big league pitcher who is more respected for his skill than David Cone. In his stellar career Cone has won multiple championships andcountless professional accolades. Along the way, the perennial all-star has had to adjust to five different ballclubs, recover from a career-threatening arm aneurysm, cope with the lofty expectations that are standard for the games highest paid players, and overcome a humbling three-month, eight-game losing streak in the summer of 2000. Cone granted exclusive and unlimited access to baseballs most respected writerRoger Angell of The New Yorker. The result is just what baseball fans everywhere would expect from Angell: an extraordinary inside account of a superstar.
Synopsis
Baseballs best writer offers an extraordinarily candid and thorough exploration of the inner craft of pitching from one of the games best, David Cone.There is no big league pitcher who is more respected for his skill than David Cone. In his stellar career Cone has won multiple championships andcountless professional accolades. Along the way, the perennial all-star has had to adjust to five different ballclubs, recover from a career-threatening arm aneurysm, cope with the lofty expectations that are standard for the games highest paid players, and overcome a humbling three-month, eight-game losing streak in the summer of 2000. Cone granted exclusive and unlimited access to baseballs most respected writerRoger Angell of The New Yorker. The result is just what baseball fans everywhere would expect from Angell: an extraordinary inside account of a superstar.
New York Times Book Review
Angell uses plain, graceful prose to tell the complex tale of Cone's season without ever falling into glib psychobabble.
Editorials
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The author's experience in baseball writing, which stems from years of reporting on the sport for The New Yorker, makes this book something special. Focusing on pitcher David Cone, Angell chronicles Cone's 2000 season, his last year with the Yankees -- which, ironically, turns out to be the worst of Cone's career. Angell's excellent writing and Cone's determination produce a gripping story, following the intense roller-coaster ride of a tough season. Angell also describes Cone's history with the Mets, the Blue Jays, and the Royals, and conducts interviews with manager Joe Torre and Cone's wife, teammates, and family. members.Pete Hamill
Angell uses plain, graceful prose to tell the complex tale of Cone's season without ever falling into glib psychobabble or wormy sentimentality. He is a fan, hardly objective, but he is not a publicist. Along the way, he gets everyone to talk: Cone's wife, Lynn; old friends; retired pitchers; Cone's first girlfriend; family members; Torre. The warts in the portrait are given their proper place. But David Cone is always firmly at the heart of Angell's tale. And reality allows both men one final moment of sheer redemptive magic.— New York Times Book Review