- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Albion Pr (February 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0971866031
- ISBN-13: 978-0971866034
- Shipping Weight: 503 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Reading this is like deja vu all over again. Everything you need to know about the Mets is here. -- Yogi Berra
Whatever Blatt doesn't know about the Mets hasn't happened yet. A true delight for Mets fans and baseball fans alike. -- Harvey Araton - New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Whatever Blatt doesn't know about the Mets hasn't happened yet. A true delight for Mets fans and baseball fans alike. -- Harvey Araton - New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Publisher
Howard Blatt has followed the Mets since the beginning, first as a fan, and later as the beat writer for the New York Daily News. He is also the author of THIS CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON (Pocket Books) about the New York Yankees of 1998.Howard resides in Potomac, Maryland.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice reference book not only for Mets fans,
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This review is from: Amazin' Met Memories: Four Decades of Unforgettable Moments (Paperback)
It's a nice book, well written and with a nice alternating between anedocts and game recaps with box scores and precise recollection of the Mets most important games over their history. I wish the author had expanded a bit more the final part of the book dedicated to players profiles. But overall it's a nice reading for baseball fans interested in the recent history of the game, not only Mets fans
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Loge Seat Behind The Plate On A Perfect July Night,
By Jonathan Mark (New York City, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Amazin' Met Memories: Four Decades of Unforgettable Moments (Paperback)
Might this be the best Mets book -- ever? I'm old enough to recall the Mets first win in 1962, and here's that game again, one of dozens of games -- from the good years and the wishful -- with dozens of box scores (box scores! Why don't baseball books have more box scores like Blatt gives us?) and excellent game stories, with the best quotes, scene-setting and analysis you could want. I just pick this book up, read any game at random and next thing I know I'm reading three games, four, and the writing of each game-story is so crisp, evocative, witty and intelligent that nothing about it tires. It's like sitting next to a great afficianado who's seen it all and makes you feel as if you're seeing it fresh in the thrill of the original nights and afternoons. Like a time machine, you're placed in the game's seasonal situation, the immediate dugout calculations, and the cultural implications for the Blue and Orange. And then there are the chapters on best/worst trades, best players (complete with stats and rain-delay musings) and like the song says, "I don't care if I ever get back." And the topper is that he even includes "bonus" games, plucking the extraordinary from the ordinary (if there is such a thing as ordinary in baseball). Any old book can give you the World Series games but Blatt gives you it all, from the Aprils to the warm summers to the October chill. It works on every level. Not only is this a book for the deepest, most passionate fan but also the perfect volume to introduce and explain to your girlfriend, wife or kids why the Mets matter, why this is not just the Mets history but our own. Just as you can love and appreciate Wrigley without being a Cubs fan, or appreciate Jordan without being his team's fan, you can love this book even if you're not a Mets fan. If you value great baseball writing you'll become a Howard Blatt fan. As do all great authors and their classics, this book transcends its particulars to become something any fan will find fascinating and historically compelling. This book will become as dog-eared as your first scorecard and just as precious.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazin' Met Memories Was Amazin',
By A Customer
This review is from: Amazin' Met Memories: Four Decades of Unforgettable Moments (Paperback)
I just finished reading Howard Blatt's book, Amazin' Met Memories. I really enjoyed the trip down memory lane with the Mets. This book had terrific accounts of over 40 of the greatest games in Met history. My whole family have been fans of The NY Mets for many years. Since we don't live in New York anymore we can't attend the games, but this book made me feel that I was sitting on the third base line at Shea. I will keep this book in the company of every Met yearbook I own, since '62. Mr. Blatt, keep the Met books coming!!!
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