Long Before the Miracle : The Making of the New York Mets by Bill Sullivan (2016, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherCreateSpace
ISBN-101534686789
ISBN-139781534686786
eBay Product ID (ePID)235512143
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Book TitleLong before the Miracle : the Making of the New York Mets
Number of Pages436 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBaseball / History, Baseball / General
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation
AuthorBill Sullivan
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight26 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-377787
SynopsisREVISED! ... SABR Award Winner! ... Long Before The Miracle charts the dawn of the New York Mets baseball franchise which manifested five years after the dual defection of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to the west coast after the 1957 season. A prologue details just why Walter O'Malley and Horace Stoneham moved their teams to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively. As for the Mets, the book details who was responsible for influencing Major League Baseball to consider expansion into New York. It talks about who would fund the enterprise. It talks about the principal leaders of the organization. Lastly, character sketches on the Original Mets and many players of the early-to-mid 60s detail the personal side of those who wore the pinstripes in Queens in both the Polo Grounds and Shea Stadium. Conversations with family members of deceased Mets players are sure to charm the reader ... as it did the author., REVISED ... SABR Award Winner ... Long Before The Miracle charts the dawn of the New York Mets baseball franchise which manifested five years after the dual defection of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to the west coast after the 1957 season. A prologue details just why Walter O'Malley and Horace Stoneham moved their teams to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively. As for the Mets, the book details who was responsible for influencing Major League Baseball to consider expansion into New York. It talks about who would fund the enterprise. It talks about the principal leaders of the organization. Lastly, character sketches on the Original Mets and many players of the early-to-mid 60s detail the personal side of those who wore the pinstripes in Queens in both the Polo Grounds and Shea Stadium. Conversations with family members of deceased Mets players are sure to charm the reader ... as it did the author., MORE METS HISTORY! -- Long Before The Miracle, a SABR-award winning account of the birth of the New York Mets, is now in its SECOND EDITION. The latest version features 143 more pages and photographs of Mets players and coaches, plus a new Foreword by Ron Hunt, the first Met player to start in an All-Star Game (1964). An expanded Prologue closely examines the impasse that left New York City without a National League team after the 1957 season, leading to the formation of the National League expansion Mets in 1962. Reflecting on the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles and the battle royal between Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley and New York City power broker Robert Moses, O'Malley's son Peter called author Bill Sullivan's Prologue the most accurate account that we have seen." In 2018, Sullivan was invited to discuss and sign the first edition as part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Summer Author Series." Other new Second Edition features include stories on Art Shamsky, Ron Swoboda, and Mets' public relations guru Jay Horwitz by editor Greg Forrer.
LC Classification NumberGV875.N45S84 2016
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- 09 Mar, 2023
Mets Lovers Rejoice. The players come to life once again to play extra innings!
A great deal of effort and research went into the making of this book. Bill left no stone unturned. Very well organized and easy to read. If you are a baseball fan and especially the early Mets you will not be disappointed. Job well done. RCVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
