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Amazin': The Miraculous History of New York's Most Beloved Baseball Team
From Tom Seaver to Gary Carter, Ron Swoboda to Al Leiter, from the team's inception to the current day, the New York Mets' road to success has been a rutted and furrowed path. Now, with the help of New York Times bestselling author Peter Golenbock, the complete story of one of the most controversial teams in baseball history comes to life. Told from the voices of the ...more
Paperback, 672 pages
Published
April 1st 2003
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published 2002)
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I have previously read Golenbock's history of the New York Yankees (Dynasty) and the Brooklyn Dodgers (Bums). Sadly, Amazin' did not live up to the standards of those two fine books. Amazin' begins with an late 1800s team called the New York Metropolitans. That team has no connection with the current Mets and is only mentioned because they shared a name. Next, Golenbock gives a 100 page history of both the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants. Now, the link between the departure of these tw...more
A must read for any fan of the New York Metropolitans. If you're and original fan from the 60's, then it's a good way to remember the early pain and joys (1969 & 1973). If you're like me and joined in the 80's, then you can learn about those wonderful mid to late 70's teams that made the crazy 80's possible. But if you joined from the 90's on then it's a great way to see what agony & madness you signed up for.
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