Author Roger Angell is voted by the Baseball Writers Association of America as winner of its annual J.G. Taylor Spink Award. The 93-year-old living legend is the first non-member of the BBWAA to receive the honor, as he was not eligible for membership because he worked for a magazine – The New Yorker – and not a newspaper.
On ,December 10 2013 — Author Roger Angell is voted by the Baseball Writers Association of America as winner of its annual J.G. Taylor Spink Award. The 93-year-old living legend is the first non-member of the BBWAA to receive the honor, as he was not eligible for membership because he worked for a magazine – The New Yorker – and not a newspaper.
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