A Pitcher's Story: Innings with David Cone
by: Roger Angell

Hardcover. NY, Warner Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 290 pages. There was no big league pitcher more respected for his skill than David Cone. Smart. Articulate. Physically and mentally resilient. In his stellar career Cone won multiple championships and received countless professional accolades. However, along the way, the perennial all-star 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. Cone 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 had to adjust to all the rewards and drawbacks that accompany fame and fortune in the major leagues. Clean copy.