Roger Angell RIP

[DanMcQ]

[SSHoya]

Boswell on Angell. Who is "The Celebrity"?

The force field created by total self-absorption is its own black hole. Some of Angell’s folded-up wads struck home, but they might as well have been buzzing house flies. “He’s a goddamn force of nature!” said Angell, grudgingly, of The Celebrity.

www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/05/22/thomas-boswell-roger-angell-appreciation/

[DFW HOYA]

May 22, 2022 10:50:43 GMT -5 SSHoya said:

Boswell on Angell. Who is "The Celebrity"?

The force field created by total self-absorption is its own black hole. Some of Angell’s folded-up wads struck home, but they might as well have been buzzing house flies. “He’s a goddamn force of nature!” said Angell, grudgingly, of The Celebrity.

www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/05/22/thomas-boswell-roger-angell-appreciation/

I was thinking this too.

Were this 1980 and not 2000, I would have guessed Howard Cosell, but Cosell died in 1995. One of the commenters at the end the article likely nailed it: It's someone that likes attention. A frequent topic in the NY tabloids of the day. Likes to see and be seen, especially at every big event in New York. "Total self-absorption."

Yeah, that guy.

[Elvado]

Season Ticket is a masterpiece.

“Not so, Boston”

[njhoya78]

Roger Angell's prose was a major factor in influencing my love for baseball in particular, and sports In general.

And yes...it has to have been The Former Guy at whom the spitballs were targeted.

Requiescat in pace, Roger.