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Quality
He writes with the proper distribution of sympatico toward both the mets befuddled opponents and their bewildered observers
The great jimmy breslin was hitting his stride in the early 1960s with the publication of this book on the hapless inaugural ye... Read More
Competitiveness
Roger craig became a pitching coach par excellance and an excellent manager
Fascinating how author foresaw some of the team owners mistakes that have cost baseball its place as the national sport
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Like the title of the book is an invented quote from manager casey stengel
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Oh well the team he was writing about committed far more errors in that first year of play
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Dated to be sure but full of hilarious stories of one of the worst teams of all time and its inexplicable appeal
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All told in the unique breslin style
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In one chapter of the book breslin describes how the mob in nyc had to change things to take bets on the mets
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Bookies couldnt even up their odds
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Jimmy breslin writing about one of the worst and most colorful teams in major league history
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I agree that this book needs to be reissued