This year marks the 40th anniversary of the New York Mets’ first World Championship and since everyone loves a celebration, there are several new books marking that occasion in particular and the team in general, including:
- Shea Good Bye: The Untold Inside Story of the Historic 2008 Season, by Keith Hernandez and Matthew Silverman
- A Magic Summer: The Amazin’ Story of the 1969 New York Mets, by Stanley Cohen (Skyhorse)
- The Miracle Has Landed: The Amazin’ Story of How the 1969 Mets Shocked the World, by Matthew Silverman and Ken Samelson (Potomac)
- The 1969 Miracle Mets: The Improbable Story of the World’s Greatest Underdog Team, by Steven Travers and Bud Harrelson
- Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History of the New York Mets, by Greg Prince and Gary Cohen
- Few and Chosen Mets: Defining Mets Greatness Across the Eras, by Phil Pepe and Rusty Staub (Triumph)
There are also a couple of books by players from the 1986 title team, including Straw: Finding My Way (Ecco), by Daryl Strawberry, and The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound, by Ron Darling (Knopf).
Other new books analyze the exodus of the Dodgers and Giants to the West Coast. These titles include After Many a Summer: The Passing of the Giants and Dodgers and a Golden Age in New York Baseball, by Robert E. Murphy (Union Square Press) and A Tale of Three Cities: The 1962 Baseball Season in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, by Steven Travers, as well as his Dodgers Past & Present, both published by Potomac.
And what season would be complete with some Yankees titles. In addition to the much-discussed Joe Torre bio, there’s yet another book on Yogi Berra (Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee, by Allen Barra, from W.W. Norton & Co.); New York Yankees and the Meaning of Life, by Derek Gentile (MVP Books); Then Roy Said to Mickey…: The Best Yankees Stories Ever Told, by Roy White and Darrell Berger (Triumph); and The Truth About Ruth and More: Behind Yankees Myths, Legends, and Lore, by Peter Handrinos (careful — treading on Rob Neyer territory here).
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