The Bad Guys Won! - Softcover

Pearlman, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060507330 ISBN 13: 9780060507336

Publisher: Perennial, 2005

Synopsis

Traces the events of the 1986 World Series, describing such factors as the contributions of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, the debauchery that marked the Mets' winning season, and the post-series decision to split up the team. Reprint.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In The Bad Guys Won, award-winning former Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innocent time when a city worshipped a man named Mookie and the Yankees were the second-best team in New York.

It was 1986, and the New York Mets won 108 regular-season games and the World Series, capturing the hearts (and other assorted body parts) of fans everywhere. But their greatness on the field was nearly eclipsed by how bad they were off it. Led by the indomitable Keith Hernandez and the young dynamic duo of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, along with the gallant Scum Bunch, the Amazin's left a wide trail of wreckage in their wake -- hotel rooms, charter planes, a bar in Houston, and most famously Bill Buckner and the hated Boston Red Sox.

With an unforgettable cast of characters -- including Doc, Straw, the Kid, Nails, Mex, and manager Davey Johnson -- this "affectionate but critical look at this exciting season" (Publishers Weekly) celebrates the last of baseball's arrogant, insane, rock-and-roll-and-party-all-night teams, exploring what could have been, what should have been, and what never was.

About the Author:

Jeff Pearlman is a columnist for SI.com, a former Sports Illustrated senior writer, and the critically acclaimed author of Boys Will Be Boys, The Bad Guys Won!, and Love Me, Hate Me.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perennial
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060507330
• ISBN 13: 9780060507336
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 287