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A Pitcher's Story - Innings With David Cone
With A Pitcher's Story: Innings with David Cone, Roger Angell attempts, with thrilling command, something he's never tried before— devoting a whole volume to one player by spending an entire season at his heels. In pitcher David Cone, a cerebral student of his game and articulate practitioner of his craft, Angell finds a subject as perfect as the perfecto Cone hurled against the Expos on Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium in 1999.
If Angell entered into the project with the intention of getting a grip on the delicacies of pitching, he does, but he comes away with so much more. Like good battery mates, Cone and Angell work with, and off of, each other. Together, they evoke a canny portrait of a career at the crossroads, and a meditation on the powers of an elite athlete's pride. |
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"Twice a twenty-game winner, voted the Cy Young Award as best pitcher in his league, one of sixteen men in history to pitch a perfect game, the holder of five World Series rings and a place among the elite pitchers of the nineties, David Cone has been renowned for his pale-faced hostility on the mound and as a poised, highly intelligent spokesman for baseball itself." - Roger Angell in A Pitcher's Story (2001)
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There is no big league pitcher who is more respected for his skill than David Cone. Smart. Articulate. Physically and mentally resilient. In his stellar career Cone has won multiple championships and has received countless professional accolades.
However, along the way, the perennial all-star has had to adjust to four different ballclubs, recover from a career-threatening arm aneurysm, cope with the lofty expectations that are standard practice for the game's highest paid players, and overcome a humbling three-month, eight-game losing streak in the summer of 2000.
Now Cone has granted exclusive and unlimited access to baseball's most respected writer - his long-time friend, Roger Angell of The New Yorker. The result is just what baseball fans everywhere would expect from Angell: an extraordinary inside account of a superstar who examines the technical aspects of pitching, the mental preparation needed to reach the top, and how Cone has had to adjust to all the rewards and drawbacks that accompany fame and fortune in the major leagues.
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"Written with Angell's usual economy and intelligence, and with a tact that matches its subject's reticence, this look at an unusual baseball life will appeal to all students of the game." - Kirkus Reviews
"Angell uses plain, graceful prose to tell the complex tale of Cone's season without ever falling into glib psychobabble." - New York Times
"Angell's graceful prose and baseball savvy should win this a place in most sports collections." - Library Journal
"Angell, perhaps the best baseball writer of our time and one of the best writers period, uses every tool at his command to tell Cone's story: it is beautifully constructed, carefully thought out, and elegantly composed." - Booklist
"The combination of Angell's love and knowledge of baseball and his truly fascinating subjects makes for another win in Angell's long list of hits about the American pastime." - Publishers Weekly
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 "It (A Pitcher's Story) truly shows the human side to the players, describing the emotional and physical strength behind a player's psychie. You get to understand how David Cone felt and truly admire his courage under all the excitement and turmoil he has faced. If you're a lover of baseball - especially if you're a David Cone fan, I highly recommend this book.."
 "The original premise of the book, in which the first few chapters dealt with the emotional chess game between pitcher and batter, and who better than from an emotional pitcher out of New York. But once Angell, got away from this, and wanted to write about the twilight years of a great clutch pitcher, he ended up with just another jock bio. But I must admit I did walk away from the book with more repect for Cone, and I really have no affiliation with the New York Teams."
"This book is a wonderful tribute to one of the most interesting boys of summer"
 "There were some very interesting stories about Cone in here. Though this book could have been better if they focused more on his pitching 2 years before he left the yankees, I still enjoyed the book very much. If you are a David Cone fan, I would definitly recommend this book to you. This is an interesting book, and a good buy."
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