“Erma Bombeck meets Ernest Hemingway.” That’s how a friend described his impressions of Bob Rich’s stories in The Right Angle. You may find yourself agreeing as you read these entertaining tales about the adventures of an avid sportsman and entrepreneur told with the light touch of a humorist.
Bob Rich has always been a gamer, from his first hockey games as a kid on the ice rinks of Buffalo through his adult life on the high seas in pursuit of record sport fish. Games have defined him in business, sports, and life. In this collection of colorful vignettes spanning six decades, Rich recounts some of the major highlights of his sporting life and career.
Western New Yorkers will be especially interested in his discussion of his activities in the local community: pioneering the art of purchasing the naming rights for a professional football stadium—Rich Stadium—where the Buffalo Bills played; buying and selling a National Hockey League franchise—the Buffalo Sabres—twice; and pursuing the dream of Major League Baseball in his hometown, including behind-the-scene glimpses of Robert Redford’s The Natural, which was filmed in Buffalo.
Beyond Western New York, Bob describes fishing trips around the world in pursuit of trout with a president of the United States and in search of a thousand-pound blue marlin known as a grander—as well as swimming around Key West, and much more.
The combination of vivid characters, intriguing storylines, and Bob Rich’s easy, flowing conversational style of writing makes The Right Angle an appealing and enjoyable read.
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What Readers Are Saying
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A very successful businessman, Bob Rich is also an avid sportsman. The Right Angle: Adventures in Sports, Business, and Life is a vivid narrative about this good man’s life and interests.
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States
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Bob Rich shares his most sacred secrets for success in sports, business, and in life. The Right Angle is a must-read for anyone who needs to be reminded that life can be both fun and successful.
Gary W. Hall, MD
Three-time Olympic swimmer
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Bob Rich offers a book that is equal parts big-fish tale, family memoir, and inside skinny from a front-row seat to history. Of fish and family, he writes in genial conversation style. And the intrigue behind some of the key moments in Buffalo’s sporting past he writes with secret piercing acidity. The Right Angle has the right stuff.
Erik Brady
National sportswriter and former Courier Express columnist
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In this beguiling collection of stories about fishing, baseball, hockey, swimming, and dogs, Bob Rich proves that his life is indeed a game, sometimes serious and sometimes not. You’ll win some and you’ll lose some. The Right Angle is a wise and often humorous look at what it means to live a fully engaged life. This is a dynamite book.
Monte Burke
New York Times bestselling author and Forbes magazine staff writer
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Bob Rich has penned a remarkable series of tales from his varied and accomplished life and career. The common thread to the stories is the warmth, humor, authenticity, and wisdom that run through these personal experiences. This highly entertaining and genuine book contains something of value for every reader, regardless of their perspective or life path.
Mark Shapiro
President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays
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Bob Rich’s stories are not only entertaining but are a reflection of his love for the community through sport. Sports are significant to Western New York, and The Right Angle captures Rich’s involvement in virtually every major initiative.
Dennis Gorski
Former Erie County executive