false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158120664m/1300.jpg 1300 2 <p>In <b>The Bad Guys Won</b>, award-winning former <i>Sports Illustrated</i> baseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innocent time when a city worshipped a man named Mookie and the Yankees were the second-best team in New York.</p> <p>It was 1986, and the New York Mets won 108 regular-season games and the World Series, capturing the hearts (and other assorted body parts) of fans everywhere. But their greatness on the field was nearly eclipsed by how bad they were off it. Led by the indomitable Keith Hernandez and the young dynamic duo of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, along with the gallant Scum Bunch, the Amazin's left a wide trail of wreckage in their wake -- hotel rooms, charter planes, a bar in Houston, and most famously Bill Buckner and the hated Boston Red Sox.</p> <p>With an unforgettable cast of characters -- including Doc, Straw, the Kid, Nails, Mex, and manager Davey Johnson -- this "affectionate but critical look at this exciting season" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>) celebrates the last of baseball's arrogant, insane, rock-and-roll-and-party-all-night teams, exploring what could have been, what should have been, and what never was.</p> 5477 2004 The Bad Guys Won! total:404|5:120|4:177|3:80|2:25|1:2| 404 1600 494 85 2 1 false false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 10:17:45 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 10:30:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 10 16:50:37 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 17:10:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 11:01:40 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 11:11:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 04 12:45:03 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 12:56:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 08:23:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 12:49:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 20:43:42 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:45:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Dec 21 22:31:55 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 22:37:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 12 15:31:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 15:38:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 15 18:32:22 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 17:34:21 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 18:32:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 24 08:42:17 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 08:46:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 02:38:15 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 02:39:19 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue May 20 07:33:39 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 07:40:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 13 08:44:55 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 08:55:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 11 18:30:45 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 18:31:13 -0700 2009 ]]> 2 0 false false Fri Dec 05 08:05:43 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 08:06:51 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sun Jun 28 20:44:23 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 20:44:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 17 20:29:35 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 20:31:31 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jul 07 19:21:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 19:21:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 23 19:29:29 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 19:31:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 19 12:27:41 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 19:14:22 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1300