THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN

For more than eighty years, The New Yorker has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting ar ound. The Only Game in Town is a classic collection from a magazine with a deep bench, including such authors as Roger Angell, John Updike, Don DeLillo, and John McPhee. Hall of Famer Ring Lardner is here, bemoaning the lowering of standards for baseball achieveme nt--in 1930. John Cheever pens a story about a boy's troubled relationship with his father and the national pastime. From Lance ...