Baseball Hall of Fame 2014 Roger Angell wins J. G. Spink Awa
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. The New Miles Sanders T Shirts Yorker's Roger Angell has won the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. He is the first Philadelphia Eagles Jerseys writer to earn the honor who was never a member of the Baseball Writers' A sociation of America.
The 93-year-old Angell will be honored during the Hall of Fame's induction weekend July 25-28 in Cooperstown, N.Y. Philadelphia Eagles Pet Gear
The BBWAA said at baseball's winter meetings Tuesday that he was named on 258 of 451 ballots cast. The late Furman Bisher, who wrote for Jalen Hurts Jerseys 59 years for The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, received 115 votes. Retired syndicated columnist Mel Durslag received 74.
Angell received the George Polk Award for Commentary in Rodney McLeod Jerseys 1980 and the first PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing in Randall Cunningham Jerseys 2011.
BBWAA membership is limited to reporters for newspapers, news agencies and some Internet companies.