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Awardwinning Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innocent time when a city worshipped a man named Mookie and the Yankees were the secondbest team in New York
It was 1986 and the New York Mets won 108 regularseason 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 Amazins left a wide trail of wreckage in their wakehotel rooms charter planes a bar in Houston and most famously Bill Buckner and the hated Boston Red Sox
With an unforgettable cast of charactersincluding Doc Straw the Kid Nails Mex and manager Davey Joshsonthis affectionate but critical look at this exciting season Publishers Weekly celebrates the last of baseballs arrogant insane rockandrollandpartyallnight teams exploring what could have been what should have been and what never was
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