Best Mets

Fifty Years of Highs and Lows from New York's Most Agonizingly Amazin' Team

Matthew Silverman

As the New York Mets celebrate their fiftieth anniversary of National League baseball, this rollicking chronicle recounts a half century of the team’s ups and downs. Chapters recount the best and worst teams; the greatest players; the most thrilling wins and most excruciating losses; the most memorable and forgettable teams in franchise history; and even a guide to appreciating the Mets, including tips on spring training as well as the best sports bars to see the Mets on TV without having to fight for the remote. Sidebars relating Mets lore (i.e., Jerry Seinfeld’s obsession with Keith Hernandez), colorful Mets characters (both players and fans alike), and stats on the best and worst of all things Mets further add to this celebration of the first fifty years of New York’s most Amazin’ and frustrating sports franchise.

Taylor Trade Publishing

Pages: 224 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-58979-670-6 • Paperback • January 2012 • $16.95 • (£12.99)

978-1-63076-091-5 • eBook • June 2014 • $9.99 • (£7.99)

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General, Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History

Best Mets

Fifty Years of Highs and Lows from New York's Most Agonizingly Amazin' Team

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Summary

As the New York Mets celebrate their fiftieth anniversary of National League baseball, this rollicking chronicle recounts a half century of the team’s ups and downs. Chapters recount the best and worst teams; the greatest players; the most thrilling wins and most excruciating losses; the most memorable and forgettable teams in franchise history; and even a guide to appreciating the Mets, including tips on spring training as well as the best sports bars to see the Mets on TV without having to fight for the remote. Sidebars relating Mets lore (i.e., Jerry Seinfeld’s obsession with Keith Hernandez), colorful Mets characters (both players and fans alike), and stats on the best and worst of all things Mets further add to this celebration of the first fifty years of New York’s most Amazin’ and frustrating sports franchise.

Details

Taylor Trade Publishing

Pages: 224 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-58979-670-6 • Paperback • January 2012 • $16.95 • (£12.99)

978-1-63076-091-5 • eBook • June 2014 • $9.99 • (£7.99)

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General, Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History

Author

Matthew Silverman is the author of over a half dozen books, including New York Mets: The Complete Illustrated History, 100 Things Mets Fans Should Knowand Do Before They Die, and Shea Goodbye with Keith Hernandez. He lives in High Falls, New York.

Reviews

WC reading of the highest order (and I mean that as a compliment)...
— Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf

Considering how bad the Mets will be this season every fan should buy this book to remember the good times.
— Sportsology

...[F]or Mets followers it will be a little bit of heaven.
— Library Journal

Best Mets

Fifty Years of Highs and Lows from New York's Most Agonizingly Amazin' Team

Matthew Silverman

Best Mets

Fifty Years of Highs and Lows from New York's Most Agonizingly Amazin' Team

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