The Story of New York Mets

The Story of New York Mets — page 1 — Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America Photographs by Getty Images Al Bello Bruce Bennett Studio Andrew D Bernstein Linda Cataffo NY Daily News Archive Ed Clarity NY Daily News Archive C Taylor Crothers Stephen Dunn Don Emmert AFP G Flume Focus on Sport Doug Kanter AFP Lass David Leeds Allsport Jim McIsaac National Baseball Hall of Fame Library MLB Photos Rich Pilling MLB Photos Louis Requena MLB Photos Ezra Shaw Keith Torrie NY Daily News Archive Chris Trotman Ron Vesely MLB Photos Michael Zagaris MLB Photos Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the hardcover edition Goodman Michael E The story of the New York Mets by Michael E Goodman p cm Baseball the great American game Includes index Summary The history of the New York Mets professional baseball team from its inaugural 1962 season to today spotlighting the team’s greatest players and most memorable moments ISBN 978-1-60818-048-6 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-018-7 eBook 1 New York Mets Baseball team History Juvenile literature I Title II Title New York Mets III Series GV875 N45G68 2011 796 357’64097471 dc22 2010025207 CPSIA 110310 PO1381 First Edition 987654321 Page 3 Right ﬁelder Darryl Strawberry Page 4 Shortstop Jose Reyes

The Story of New York Mets — page 2 — Michael E Goodman BASEBALL THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME CREATIVE EDUCATION

The Story of New York Mets — page 3 — M e t s 4

The Story of New York Mets — page 4 — M e t s 5 CONTENTS CHAPTERS Lovable Losers 6 Believing in Miracles 15 Excelling in the 80s 22 Ordering in Piazza 29 Good Starts Bad Endings 37 AROUND THE HORN Worst Ever 12 David Versus Goliath 20 The Elusive No-Hitter 24 The Game That Wouldn’t End 31 Who’s on Third 38 New York New York 43 ALL-TIME METS P Tom Seaver 8 C Mike Piazza 13 1B Keith Hernandez 14 2B Edgardo Alfonzo 18 3B David Wright 23 SS Bud Harrelson 28 LF Rusty Staub 30 CF Mookie Wilson 35 RF Darryl Strawberry 39 M Davey Johnson 40 Index 48

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