Titles by Keith Hernandez

<b>Step inside the Mets&#39; most memorable moments with never-before-heard stories from the dugout, locker room, and press box.</b><p>Mike Puma of the <i>New York Post</i> provides an insider&#39;s look into the New York Mets, one of baseball&#39;s most storied franchises. Through exclusive interviews, relive the highs and lows alongside legendary players, coaches, and personnel, from Jacob deGrom to Tom Seaver.</p><p><i>If These Walls Could Talk: New York Mets</i> captures the team&#39;s unique spirit, celebrating the lovable losers and their devoted fans. Discover untold stories behind iconic moments, including:</p><ul><li>The inside scoop on the infamous Tom Glavine/Bobby Valentine feud</li><li>Untold stories from the 2000 Subway Series</li><li>The real story behind Johan Santana&#39;s historic no-hitter</li></ul><p>For New York Mets fans and baseball history buffs, this is a must-read journey through the team&#39;s colorful past, offering a deeper connection to the players, the games, and the unforgettable moments that define Mets baseball.</p>

To many New Yorkers who came of age in the 1980s as Mets fans, Keith Hernandez is the Mets. Two decades after his last game in a New York uniform, the first captain in Mets history is still with them, literally. He's spent most of the last decade in the broadcast booth at Shea Stadium watching the rise and fall of the club and, just as he did when he played, calling it as he sees it. Opinionated, funny, urbane, and unafraid to poke holes in the team or himself, Hernandez is a master at relating the unseen game on the field. Shea Good-Bye carries on the high standards of Hernandez's earlier best-selling books. He recalls Shea Stadium both fondly and matter-of-factly in its last year of existence, lamenting the loss of the stadiums he knew, replaced with flashier bandboxes that favor home runs and negate strategy. He looks at the 2008 season and all the hope that arrived with the Johan Santana deal and how much of the optimism went out the window with the team's stumble out of the gate. He speaks frankly on the taint of steroids in the Mitchell Report and how the game has been compromised, as well as the firing of Willie Randolph.

Rusty Staub, a former Met with an up-close and personal view of many of the team&#39;s strongest players, recalls every year of the Met&#39;s history and selects the all-time greatest players in this account. Featured players and managers include Gary Carter, Mike Piazza, Bud Harrelson, Jose Reyes, Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden, Gil Hodges, and Davey Johnson.