Beloved author Roger Angell discusses his memoir, which includes reflections on his family and growing up that have recently appeared in The New Yorker, with Mark Singer, staff writer for The New Yorker.

Roger Angell has witnessed many of the great and small events in the past 10 years of baseball. These writings, which first appeared in The New Yorker, provide a unique record of this turbulent decade, from the rise of California baseball and the comical and agonizing sufferings of the early Mets to the fall of the Yankee empire and the repeated triumphs of the Dodgers, Cardinals, and Orioles. In eloquent, concise language, Angell depicts the many faces of America's favorite pastime.

"The Fifth War", by Hendrik Hertzberg; "Post Pizza.", by Jeffrey Toobin; "Naked Truth", by Ben Greenman; "Daddies Win", by Roger Angell; "Midnight in Dostoevsky", by Dom Delillo; "My Parents, Enid and Sal, Used to be Porn Stars", by Mike Sacks; and "Wild Nights", by David Denby.

"John Updike", by Adam Gopnik; "The Fadeaway", by Roger Angell; "The Promised Land", by Evan Osnos; "Checkpoints", by John McPhee; "The Queen", by Sasha Frere-Jones; and "Curious Cases", by David Denby.

"Brown Baggers", by Lauren Collins; "Retrial", by Lizzie Widdicomb; "I [heart] Novels", by Dana Goodyear; "Another Manhattan", by Donald Antrim; "Intimate Persuasion", by Nancy Franklin; and "Greetings, Friends!"

"Obama Wins", by Hendrik Hertzberg; "Emanuel in Full", by Lizzie Widdicombe; "Class Report", by Roger Angell; "Battle Plans", by Ryan Lizza; "The New Liberalism", by George Packer; and "Soul Survivor", by Anthony Lane.

"Green", by Roger Angell; "Va Bene", by Katherine Stirling; "Going for Broke", by James Surowiecki; "Project Trinity", by Kelefa Sanneh; "A.S.A.P.", by Ian Frazier; "The House Behind a Weeping Cherry", by Ha Jin, and "When Soldiers Return" by David Denby.

This issue contains nine articles: "So Long Joe", by Roger Angell; "The Fires", by Dana Goodyear; "Condi's Party Starter", by Jesse Lichtenstein; "Future Reading", by Anthony Grafton; "The Dog", by Roddy Doyle; "Running on Fumes", by Elizabeth Kolbert; "All Souls", by Peter Schjeldahl; "The Endless Scroll", by Alex Ross; and "Drug Warriors", by David Denby.

"Sparring Partners", by Hendrik Hertzberg; "Deathly Numbers", by Roger Angell; "Mayberry Man", by Peter J. Boyer; "My Near-Death Experience", by Paul Simms; "Teen Dreams", by David Denby.

"Be Our Guest!" by James Surowiecki; "Transplant" by John Seabrook; "Commando" by Dave Eggers; "Old Enough" by Marisa Silver; "Immortality" by Gary Shteyngart; "Ice Cream and Ashes" by Roger Angell; "Walkabout" by Jeffrey Eugenides; "Summer of '42" by Charles D'Ambrosio; "Atlanta" by Miranda July; "Final Destination" by D. T. Max; "Well Suited" by Sasha Frere-Jones; and "Industrial Strength" by Peter Schjeldahl.