A Pitcher’s Story (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Roger Angell
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1963-2001
- Setting: Kansas City, Tampa, and New York
- Principal Characters: David Cone, Lynn Cone, Ed Cone, Joe Girardi, Joe Torre, Mel Stottlemyre, Roger Angell
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Sports writing
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Midwest, 1980’s, Florida, Kansas, Baseball, Athletes, 1990’s, Sports, 2000’s
- Locales: New York, Kansas City, KS, Tampa, FL
Roger Angell, writer and editor for The New Yorker, was granted access to Yankees pitcher David Cone during the 2000 baseball season to chronicle that season and pay tribute to one of the great pitchers in baseball history. However, it soon became apparent that the story would play out differently from what either had anticipated. The 2000 season would be the worst of Cone’s career, indeed, one of the worst of any of the great pitchers’ careers. A Pitcher’s Story becomes a story of success and failure, injury and rehabilitation, pitching technique and personal...
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