Tales from the 1962 New York Mets Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Stories from the Mets Inaugural Season

by Janet Paskin, Greg W. Prince (Foreword by)

Overview

Tales from the 1962 New York Mets Dugout chronicles the adventures, mishaps, and unforgettable stories as the New York Mets burst onto the baseball scene. From the team’s first win, in its 10th game of the season, to its last loss, which ended with the Mets grounding into a triple play, Tales from the 1962 New York Mets Dugout recaptures that spectacle of a season, with stories from those who lost and lived to tell the tale. A must-have for any baseball fan!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613212837
Publisher:	Sports Publishing LLC
Publication date:	03/15/2012
Series:	Tales from the Team
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Greg W. Prince is cocreator of the blog Faith and Fear in Flushing, the daily destination for “Mets fans who like to read” since 2005. His memoir of the same name—“an intense personal history of the New York Mets”—was published in 2009 and was followed in 2016 by Amazin’ Again: How the 2015 New York Mets Brought the Magic Back to Queens. He has written about baseball for the New York Times, Huffington Post, Yahoo! Sports, and ESPN.com; served as a consultant to the film The Last Play at Shea; and helped organize the New York Mets 50th Anniversary conference at Hofstra University. He lives in Baldwin, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments iv

Foreword v

Introduction xix

Chapter 1 The Birth of the Mets 1

Chapter 2 Putting a Team Together 9

Chapter 3 Meet the Mets 21

Chapter 4 Where to Play 41

Chapter 5 Spring Training 47

Chapter 6 Back to New York 73

Chapter 7 The First Week, the First Win 89

Chapter 8 The Losing Streak 127

Chapter 9 The Season Continues 137

Chapter 10 Where are they now? 189

A Note on Sources 203