The Last Days of Shea: A New York Mets Fan's Journey of Joy and Heartbreak - Perfect for Baseball Memorabilia Collectors and Sports History Enthusiasts
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Written in a personal, moving, and humorous style, The Last Days of Shea chronicles the New York Mets from October 2006, when the team lost the National League Championship Series, to October 2008, when the team began to dismantle its antiquated, inadequate, and dearly loved Shea Stadium. The book is about following a baseball team with one's heart, mind, and soul. It represents the experience of being in a crowd at a ballpark, following a pennant race, enduring an offseason, experiencing streaks, slumps, triumph and heartbreak. All of this is represented against the imminent destruction of a stadium "that is not likely to be represented as well in the perfect and profitable little park that will replace it."
Customer Reviews
As an exiled New Yorker and die-hard Mets fan, this book was a great quick read to relive the simultaneuously awful and wonderful experiences of following the Mets. I'd recommend Dana's "Mets Fan" book over this one, but both are great reads: well-written, interesting, humorous, and capture the essence of the experience of being a Met fan.
