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The Worst Team Money Could Buy
by Bob Klapisch, John Harper
from Bison Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• compelling from start to finish --
  As a hardcore baseball fan, this book appealed to me in a big way. I went in expecting a decent read but surprisingly, my expectations were exceeded. It's one of the best baseball books I've ever read, a much more engaging read than Bouton's highly acclaimed 'Ball Four'.
  We get inside an ugly Mets clubhouse in the early 90s. Warts get peeled off and there are many. Rape accusations, uptight managers (Torborg's no drinking on flights rule comes to mind) and inadequate upper management decisions are... more info

• It ain't easy being a beat reporter
  Bobby Valentine once said something like, "They play 162 seasons a year in New York," and that statement pretty much sums up a baseball man's attitude toward the press. One morning--in April, yet--the season's blown and the reporters are offering up postmortems. The next day, after a victory, the team's back on the right track. Having read New York sportswriting for the past thirty years I can pretty much understand why a ballplayer might want to strangle reporters. They frustrate _me_ with their insistence... more info

• 10 Year Anniversary Edition of this book is due
  I was born a Met fan and will remain one as long as the Mets exist. As I type this, I'm listening to Fred Wilpon talk about how Art Howe is going to turn the Mets around. This after the 2002 Mets, the team with the third highest payroll in baseball, finished last in the National League East.

  My thoughts, naturally, turn to this book.

  At the end of the abyssmal 1992 season for the New York Mets, Bob Klapisch and John Harper--beat writers for the NY Post and NY Daily News--felt the need to rant, to give... more info

• Fascinating look at how sports journalism has changed
  The competition between newspapers in the New York market of the late '80s and early '90s was a precursor to 24-hour sports networks and the Internet in terms of bringing the personal and the issues of the locker room to the fore. Every paper was printing a game story, so the way to distinguish your coverage was to get the office politics, the behind-the-scenes stuff -- Vince Coleman and the golf club. David Cone and the allegations. Sid Fernandez in the doghouse. Buddy Harrelson, the manager who lost... more info

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