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Game 7, 1986: Failure and Triumph in the Biggest Game of My Life-Ron Darling- 3 stars
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I am an enormous baseball fan. Like watching north of 200 televised games, subscribe to MLB Extra Innings, follow the Winter meetings, understand waivers, thinks analytics are fascinating kind of fan lol.Are you a Mets fan? If so, Linda is too, but I am loyal to the Evil Empire, lol.
I do read some about baseball, but not so much about the history. More interested in analytics, management, the draft, stuff like that.
Anita wrote: "I am an enormous baseball fan. Like watching north of 200 televised games, subscribe to MLB Extra Innings, follow the Winter meetings, understand waivers, thinks analytics are fascinating kind of f..."It is so great to find another baseball fan on here. I am a huge baseball fan. I watch many games and do fantasy baseball. I am a Braves fan, but I am not diehard Braves anymore. Although 96' and 98' still hurt deeply. But I love the game. I don't care who is playing or the quality of the play really. I love the game. I even stop by and watch the little league games in the neighborhood when I see them.
Being a Yankees fan I congrats on the offseason moves. This is the Yankees World Series to lose.
I follow the Winter Meetings, understand most waivers, and analytics are amazing. I guess you have read or watched Moneyball. Have you read Bill James' books?
Books I recommend, Both of Tony LaRussa's books. They are amazing about baseball strategy and inside the managers head. Three Nights in August is a masterpiece. Pete Rose's My Prison Without Bars was good but like everything he says, can you really trust it completely?
We gonna have to start our own baseball corner. haha.
Spoiler alert: Mets won the World Series in 1986. ooops did I ruin it?
Ron Darling was the starting pitcher of game 7 (final game) of the 86' World Series against the Boston Red Sox. This is the year of the ball between Buckners legs in game 6 to allow the Mets to win and force a game 7.
This books is unique as far as sports books go. This is not about Darlings triumphs and greatness. This is about the biggest failure of his career along side the greatest triumph. He blew game 7. Horrible pitching and put his team down 3-0 early in the game, but his team came back and won. This is his struggles with failing and succeeding all at the same time and trying to figure out if he earned the success since he failed on the biggest stage. Very interesting but the writing is as most sports books are: subpar. But I loved the story, especially from many years later as a sportscaster looking back. I also appreciate he does not go into much detail about the drugs and negative aspects of the 86 Mets. He touche on it, but stays focused on this one game. It was a good read.