Late Innings A Baseball Companion Author:Roger Angell Roger Angell is a wonderful writer, perhaps the most gifted writer in recent decades to approach the game of baseball in a serious way. The chapters here fully support his reputation. This book is for the most hard-core baseball or Angell fans. It chronicles the 1977-1981 seasons: an era of Reggie Jackson, George Brett, and Tom Seaver; an era wh... more »en newly-won free agency brought gasps with contracts worth half a million dollars.