Sports writer Roger Angell will give a talk and read from his new book, A Pitcher's Story: Innings With David Cone, at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, in 111 Mergenthaler Hall, Homewood campus. The book will be officially released to the public two days later.

Angell is a writer and senior fiction editor at The New Yorker, where he originated the magazine's "Sporting Scene" department. His celebrated books about baseball include The Summer Game, Five Seasons and Season Ticket.

On July 18, 1999, New York Yankees pitcher David Cone threw the 16th perfect game--that's no runs, no hits, no one on base--in baseball history. It was a high point in a long and stellar career that continues to this day. Extraordinarily combative and emotional on the mound--one player calls him "the axe murderer"--Cone also is one of the most thoughtful and articulate men ever to play the game. Over Cone's 15 years in the major leagues, Angell has regularly dug beyond the hype surrounding the ace hurler's celebrity to something deeper and more fascinating: how the mind of one of our greatest athletes works, on and off the field.

Sponsored by the Writing Seminars, this event is free and open to the public. Call 410-516-6287 for more information.