So You Think You're a New York Mets Fan? (eBook)

Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards

Brett Topel (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
180 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61321-990-4 (ISBN)

Infos

So You Think Youre a New York Mets Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of Mets baseball. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, this book will give you the details behind eachstories that bring to life players and coaches, games and seasons.This book is divided into multiple parts, with progressively more difficult questions in each new section. Along the way, youll learn more about the great Mets players and managers of the past and present, from Tom Seaver to Gary Carter, Keith Hernandez, Lee Mazzilli, Davey Johnson, Dave Kingman, Gil Hodges, Jerry Koosman, Jon Matlack, John Stearns, Darryl Strawberry, Mike Piazza, Edgardo Alfonzo, Matt Harvey, David Wright, and so many more. The many questions that this book answers include: Who was drafted number one overall by the Mets in 1984? Who was on deck when Mookie Wilson hit his famous ground ball to Bill Buckner? There are two men enshrined in Cooperstown wearing Mets caps on their plaques, but there are 12 other Hall of Famers who played for the Mets at one point in their career. Name them. What do the Mets' World Series MVPs from 1969 and 1986 have in common? The two pitchers who were on the mound in 1969 and 1986 when the final out of each World Series was made were actually traded for each other. Name them.This book makes the perfect gift for any fan of the Amazins!

Autor

Brett Topel is a freelance sports writer and author of two books—Simply the Best: The Story of the 1929–31 Philadelphia Athletics and When Shea Was Home: The Story of the 1975 Mets, Yankees, Giants, and Jets. He is also a professor of sports journalism at Adelphi University and the director of communications at Buckley Country Day School on Long Island.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 20 B&W photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1980's • 1986 mets • 1986 world • 2015 • amazin • Backman • ballplayers • baseball history • baseball players • baseball season • baseball team • bill buckner • Book • books on 1986 mets • books on ballplayers • books on baseball seasons • books on baseball teams • books on championship seasons • books on dykstra • books on garry • books on greg • books on hearn • books on houston astros • books on key players • books on mets histories • books on mitchell • books on national leagues • books on nlcs • books on perlman • books on strawberry books on darryl • bosox • boston red • bud harrelson • championship season • championship team • curtain calls • darryl • diehard mets • dwight gooden • dykstra • Game 7 • garry • gary carter • george foster • Greg • guys won • Hearn • houston astros • jeff pearlman • key players • Lenny • manager frank • memory lane • mets baseball • Mets history • mets won • Mitchell • National League • nlcs • ny baseball • NY Mets • off-field • ojeda • Pennant • perlman • pete rose • pitcher • playoffs • Red Sox • regular season • scenes antics • Shea Stadium • Sherman • strawberry • teufel post-season • Yankees
• ISBN-10: 1-61321-990-3 / 1613219903
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61321-990-4 / 9781613219904