The Summer Game Author:Roger Angell Willie Mays in his prime, making those marvelous basket catches in center field...Whitey Ford, cold as a calculating machine on the mound...Maury Wills, edging away from first base, then off and running...Sandy Koufax, taking his long stretch before breaking off his lightning curve...Mickey Mantle, his legs taped from ankle to thigh, twisting hi... more »s body in a vicious swing...Hoyt Wilhelm and Roy McMillan and Don Larsen and Curt Flood and so many other glittering names and flashing images of grace and power?
They are all alive again in the fullness of their greatness and their glory in The Summer Game.« less