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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 men who experienced it firsthand, this compulsively readable account gives baseball fans the inside scoop on one of baseball's most popular teams. This is the true story of a group of men who won the hearts and shattered the dreams of generations.Utilizing dozens of personal interviews with players, coaches, fans, and sportswriters, Amazin' takes readers on a journey from the Mets' bumbling days as a new team in 1962, to their stunning World Championships in 1969 and 1986, right up through to today. In time for the fortieth anniversary of the New York Mets, Amazin' is rich with unforgettable personalities and wondrous stories both funny and poignant.… (more)
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The story is told almost entirely by the players and executives who made up the Mets over the
I've never been a fan of the Mets but found the book very entertaining and informative throughout. I'd love to read similar books about the other twenty-nine Major League Baseball franchises.
Part of the reason for this is the fact that Golenbock extensively uses interview transcripts, and for the folks that lived it, baseball of the 1950s and 60s took place in a much broader context, which Golenbock wisely leaves in, and even enlarges upon.
The latter parts of the book are more strictly baseball focused and somewhat less interesting, but there's a lot of baseball to cover to cover and the book is more than 600 pages long, so that's understandable.
One of the better New York City baseball books I've read, and there are some good ones out there.