Amazin' Mets: Miracle of 69 (Daily News Legends Series) [Hardcover]

Ted Patterson (Author), New York Daily News (Author)

Book Description

Series: Daily News Legends Series | Publication Date: April 1, 1999

Thirty years later, the "Miracle Mets" remain a favorite memory for New York-area sports fans. Amazin' Mets: The Miracle of '69, part of the Legends Series, offers baseball fans the opportunity to relive this memory. This book, drawn from the archives of the New York Daily News, includes indepth stories about the 1969 Mets season and the players who made it happen. Sidebars, headlines, and statistics let fans enjoy the accomplishments of a team that before '69 had never had a winning season.

Editorial Reviews

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...the cartoons and drawings hearken back to an era of old-time sports sections...a perfect gift...provides a flood of delightful memories. -- Baseball Weekly

Make no mistake about it, the 1969 Miracle Mets will live forever, and their legacy will live on and on. -- Art Shamsky

This book celebrates the lifelong dream of every player who ever played the game of baseball. -- Ed Kranepool --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

The New York Daily News is one of the largest and most highly respected newspapers in America, and has a long history of producing award-winning sports journalism. The Daily News has over 250,000 subscribers and a circulation in excess of one million readers. Amazin' Mets is another in a series of books from Sports Publishing Inc. and the Daily News. Other titles include Jeter: Hero in Pinstripes, The New York Giants: 75 Years of Football Memories, and Yogi Berra: An American Original. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC (April 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582610398
• ISBN-13: 978-1582610399
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,042,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced,poorly done. A shame,really, October 20, 2000

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The New York Mets of 1969 are forever etched into images of sun dappled youth. I cam to baseball through the mets, and 1969 was just that special year, like falling in love the first time. So for mets fans[who have had far more to moan than cheer] this team is emblamtic of all that was, and was good. this book,which I frevently wished was good, is not. The sports writing form that era in the NY daily news{from whose morgue these writings and mostly photos are culled]was not bad,though not nearly enough is presented. No Boxscores, very little on what was going on around the city[which,after all, was one of things that made the mets so much fun]and alot of skimming. For $30, the publishers could have done much,much more. The portraits of some mets done by Bruce Stark,and the wonderful Bill Gallo cartoons almost make up for the disappoinment.I left wanting more,much more.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The photos are a shame... :o(, April 9, 2001

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Ruy G. Pinto Schaffroth "The Andean Swiss" (Quilmes, BA Argentina) - See all my reviews

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This book is enough accurate in information and stats. But most photos published there are too dark and with texture like they were photocopied from newspapers.
I found photos with... details turned inverse... lefty people turned to righty people. :o(
The '69 Mets deserved a very well crafted book. This book here clearly isn't.

5.0 out of 5 stars Miracle Mets of 1969, September 17, 2010

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Sharklady (New York, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

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As a die-hard Mets' fan, I just HAD to have this book! It is fantastic! It is written thru the eyes of the "New York Daily News" and any Mets' fan will love it. It takes you thru the Summer of 1969 all the way to "our" World Series victory. Definitely a five-star recommend!