Mookie : life, baseball, and the '86 Mets
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Published
New York, New York : Berkley Books, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780425271322 (hardback), 0425271323 (hardback)
Physical Desc
xxii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Status
Jefferson Township Library - Adult Nonfiction
796.357 WIL
1 available
796.357 WIL
1 available
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Published
New York, New York : Berkley Books, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780425271322 (hardback), 0425271323 (hardback)
Notes
Description
"They said it was the "Curse of the Bambino." They said "the bad guys won." Now one of baseball's all-time good guys, New York Mets legend Mookie Wilson, tells his side of the story--from the ground ball through Bill Buckner's legs that capped the miraculous 1986 World Series Game Six rally against the Boston Red Sox to the rise and fall of a team that boasted such outsize personalities as Darryl Strawberry, Keith Hernandez, Dwight Gooden, Gary Carter, Lenny Dykstra, and Davey Johnson. Growing up in rural South Carolina in the 1960s, Mookie took to heart the lessons of his father, a diligent sharecropper who believed in the abiding power of faith--and taught his son the game that would change his life. When Mookie landed in Shea Stadium in 1980, the Mets were a perennial cellar-dweller overshadowed by the crosstown Yankees. But inspired by Mookie's legendary hustle, they would soon become the toast of New York. And even when their off-field antics--made famous by a contingency of the team called "the Scum Bunch"--eclipsed their on-field successes, Mookie stayed above the fray. In 1986, the Mets were a juggernaut, winning 108 games during the regular season and edging the Houston Astros for the National League pennant following a grueling 16-inning Game Six classic. In the World Series against Boston, in an epic at-bat that led to the Buckner error, Mookie would ignite a fire under the Mets, helping to force a Game Seven. New York would win to become World Champions. In an era when role models in sports were hard to come by, some tarnished by their own hubris and greed, Mookie Wilson remained the exception: a man of humility and honor when it mattered the most"--,Provided by publisher.
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Jefferson Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 796.357 WIL | Available |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 796.357 WILSON WIL | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 796.357 WIL | Available |
Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction | 796.357 WIL | Checked Out |
Mount Olive Library - Adult Nonfiction - Display | BASEBALL 796.357 WIL | Available |
Parsippany Library (Main Library) - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | BIOGRAPHY WILSON | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wilson, M., & Sherman, E. (2014). Mookie: life, baseball, and the '86 Mets (First edition.). Berkley Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilson, Mookie and Erik. Sherman. 2014. Mookie: Life, Baseball, and the '86 Mets. Berkley Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilson, Mookie and Erik. Sherman. Mookie: Life, Baseball, and the '86 Mets Berkley Books, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wilson, Mookie,, and Erik Sherman. Mookie: Life, Baseball, and the '86 Mets First edition., Berkley Books, 2014.
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