Pearlman Jeff - The Bad Guys Won A Season Of Brawling Boozing Bimbo Chasing And Championship Baseball With Straw Doc Mookie Nails The Kid And The Rest Of The 1986 Mets The Rowdiest Team Ever To Put On A New York Uniform - - And Maybe The Best -

Binding: Paperback
Description: " Jeff Pearlman has captured the swagger of the '86 Mets. You don't have to be a Mets fan to enjoy this book it's a great read for all baseball enthusiasts." Philadelphia Daily News Award - winning Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innocent time when a city worshipped a man named Mookie and the Yankees were the second - best team in New York. It was 1986, and the New York Mets won 108 regular - season games and the World Series capturing the hearts (and other assorted body parts) of fans everywhere. But their greatness on the field was nearly eclipsed by how bad they were off it. Led by the indomitable Keith Hernandez and the young dynamic duo of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry along with the gallant Scum Bunch the Amazin's left a wide trail of wreckage in their wake hotel rooms charter planes a bar in Houston and most famously Bill Buckner and the hated Boston Red Sox. With an unforgettable cast of characters including Doc Straw the Kid Nails Mex and manager Davey Johnson this affectionate but critical look at this exciting season (Publishers Weekly) celebrates the last of baseball's arrogant insane rock - and - roll - and - party - all - night teams exploring what could have been what should have been and what never was.
Title: The Bad Guys Won A Season Of Brawling Boozing Bimbo Chasing And Championship Baseball With Straw Doc Mookie Nails The Kid And The Rest Of The 1986 Mets The Rowdiest Team Ever To Put On A New York Uniform - - And Maybe The Best
Author(s): Pearlman Jeff
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062097637
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/30/2011