{"product_id":"the-summer-game","title":"The Summer Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Summer Game  Roger Angells first book on the sport  changed baseball writing forever. Thoughtful  funny  appreciative of the elegance of the game and the passions invested by players and fans  it goes beyond the usual sports reporters beat to examine baseballs complex place in our American psyche. Between the miseries of the 1962 expansion Mets and a classic 1971 World Series between the Pirates and the Orioles  Angell finds baseball in the 1960s as a game in transitionmarked by league expansion  uprooted franchises  the growing hegemony of television  the dominance of pitchers  uneasy relations between players and owners  and mounting competition from other sports for the fans dollars. Willie Mays  Roberto Clemente  Brooks Robinson  Bob Gibson  Sandy Koufax  Carl Yastrzemski  Tom Seaver  Jim Palmer  and Casey Stengel are seen here with fresh clarity and pleasure. Here is California baseball in full flower  the once-mighty Yankees in collapse  baseball in French (in Montreal)  indoor baseball (at the Astrodome)  and sweet spring baseball (in Florida)as Angell observes  Always  it seems  there is something more to be discovered about this game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44858636304437,"sku":"ByrdShop_0670681644","price":89.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780670681648.jpg?v=1770551227","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-summer-game","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}