I talked with Roger Angell early in July in his office atThe New Yorker. The day was hot and muggy, and because of a traffic jam, I arrived late and anxious. Angell greeted me graciously and gave me a glass of water and time to wind down. We then spent a pleasant hour and a half...
The only time that Herb’s feelings about pitching came through strongly was a day I said on the air that this pitcher had a ‘respectable 3.55 ERA.’ During the commercial break, Herb turned to me and said, ‘Let me tell you something. Any pitcher with an ERA over 3.00 is not doing...
I usually ask which post office they brought it to. Most people will tell you – but some will say “oh, actually, I’m about to mail it in” – and you might have just saved a vote! These are OUR votes – and we need to make sure that none of them are left on top of the...
After bulling his way up to head writer, he went broke when Caesar was taken off the air, later recouped with a classic comedy record (“The 2,000-Year-Old Man”) and a spy-spoof TV series (“Get Smart!”), then hit bottom again when his first two movies thudded at the box off...
While the debut at Tip’s is now regarded as damned near mythic, few people actually remember it. Most everyone, I understand, was drunk or stoned. “Buy me a beer,” someone is saying now, “and I’ll give you everything you need to know about these guys—everything!“ The man ...
I don’t mean to be morbid, but the biggest question the Yankees will face in the near future isn’t how will they deal with life after Joe Torre but how they will deal with life after George. Because love him or hate him, as Selena Roberts opines today in The Times, The Boss is...