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100 Things Mets Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die (100 Things .... Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die) |  | Author: Matthew Silverman
Publisher: Triumph Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 553693
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 1600780733
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.35764097471
EAN: 9781600780738
ASIN: 1600780733
Publication Date: March 5, 2008
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If you had to come up with a list of the 100 quintessential things about the Mets that you needed to know, what would they be? You could take the best 100 of the 800-plus players in franchise history, and weave in the managers. You could take the 100 most important games the team has played, but you'd be grasping toward the end. You could take 100 experiences from a Mets fan's perspective and arrange them from top to bottom. You could take the top 100 key moments from a historical perspective. Or you could throw them all together and dive right in. Picking these moments takes a thorough knowledge of baseball history, a floor strewn with books and printouts, an electronic spreadsheet that allows for constant resorting, and a pressing deadline. One thing that wasn't agonized over was the understanding that rooting for the Mets is the greatest test of a sports fan's soul in New York. The sweeping highs and lows, the inferiority complex that comes from living in the shadow of Big Brother's Evil Empire, the legacy that not one but two baseball teams had to abandon New York for you to even exist, and the underlying feeling that things can't possibly get any worse. Well, sometimes they do. And sometimes you're on top of the world.
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 THAT'S WHY THEY ARE CALLED THE AMAZINS' May 7, 2010
Robert J. Kroner (ISLAND HEIGHTS, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
100 Things Mets Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
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Fantastic must-read book for all Met fans young and old. Provides all of the details statistically to make you an expert on Mets' baseball. I have been a fan of the Mets since they first came into the National League and I have been to many of their games. This books reviews both the memorable and the quirky players who have played for the team.....and they are memorable and quirky indeed, from Marvelous Marv Thronberry to Casey Stengal, the master of entertaining double-talk. The book clearly invokes memories that will live forever in Mets' lore. Pete Rose (Charlie Hustle) barrelling into second baseman, Elio Chacon, and the ensuing brench clearing brawl that followed after Rose bodily picked up Chacon and threw him out towards center field. There is also great highlights of the Miracle Mets of 1969 season, the shoe polish on Cleon Jones spikes and the fantastic diving catches by Ron Swobda. It's all here.
A must buy for REAL Mets fans!!!! October 19, 2009
Regi K. King (Charlotte, NC)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great book Matthew Silverman. Quick read. If you are a Mets fan, then you need to buy this book! Go Mets!
 Best book about the Mets on the market. November 12, 2008
Patrick D. Dante (Augusta, WV)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am a diehard Mets fan and have been since 1969. I have read LOTS of Mets books over the years and most were good reads. This book , by far is the best. It reviews the top 100 most famous moments as a Met fan. LET'S GO METS!
A MUST read for a METS fan! April 15, 2008
Dishy24 (CT)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Very entertaining book! Bought it for my father, a lifelong Mets fan. He enjoyed reading it and reminising about the clubs history.
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