Amazin' The Miraculous History of Ne York's Most Beloved Baseball Team [Paperback]

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 ofNew York Timesbestselling 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.

Peter Golenbockis theNew York Timesbestselling author or coauthor of seventeen books, includingWrigleyville;Wild, High and Tight: The Life and Death of Billy Martin;Bums;Dynasty;The Bronx Zoo(with Sparky Lyle);Number 1(with Billy Martin); andBalls(with Graig Nettles).

???Golenbock builds the story line from direct commentary from participants . . . and lets them carry the load with lots of color from others. To Mets fans, every syllable about '69 and '86 remains a rhapsody, so Golenbock gives those years plenty of time.??? ???Daily News (New York)

???Between histories and anecdotes and firsthand accounts, the book has everything a Mets fan could conceivably want to know.??? ???The Star-Ledger (Newark)

???As he did inBums, his oral history of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Golenbock presents a chorus of voices recounting the success andl³