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100 Things Mets Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
All fans want to see their team win a World Series in their lifetime. It's the most exultant experience any baseball fan can have. But being a fan is about more than watching your team win the World Series. This new series will help baseball fans get the most out of being a fan. It takes years of franchise history and distills it to the absolute best and most compelling, i...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
March 1st 2008
by Triumph Books
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Yankee and Shea Stadiums are undergoing their swan songs in 2008. And while the home of the Mets --- which opened during the 1964 New York World s Fair --- doesn t have the historical import as The House That Ruth Built (which opened its doors in 1923), there are still plenty of memories, both fond and disappointing. Many of the players and events associated with the Amazin s are covered in Matthew Silverman s 100 THINGS METS FANS SHOULD KNOW & DO BEFORE THEY DIE. Silverman --- who h...more
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My friend gave this to me as a gift because I think he questioned my loyalty to the Mets. I have to say I have always been and will always be a Mets fan. I consider myself to be the fan equivalent of Al Leiter and David Cone, both of whom went on to pitch for the crosstown rival Yankees (In the book they are listed back to back as fact #90 and #91 I believe) All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed 100 Things Mets Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die and I learned a whole lot about the Mets. Definite...more
On the positive side I learned a few things about the Mets I didn't know. And remembered a few more that I'd forgotten about. Can't believe I'd forgotten all about Banner Day at Shea. On the negative side,there was far too much repetition in the book. Silverman chose the 1986 World Series Bill Buckner incident as the number one thing Mets fans should know. No problem with that. I totally agree. But he brought up the same series again and again later in the book when writing chapters on Mookie, C...more
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