{"product_id":"9781583942055","title":"The New York Mets: Ethnography, Myth, and Subtext","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo baseball team has captured America’s imagination like the Mets. Alternately the “Lovable Losers” and the “Miracle Mets,” New York’s \u003ci\u003eother \u003c\/i\u003eteam offers fascinating fodder for writer Richard Grossinger in this thoughtful collection. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Mets \u003c\/i\u003eis a series of probing essays on the best and most interesting years of the team, particularly 1969, 1973, 1986, and last year’s abbreviated run. A pivotal essay chronicles the lives of a professional athlete and a die-hard fan to create a well-argued, deeply felt meditation on the ways in which franchise baseball has come to fail not only the fans but the players. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis centerpiece presents a poignant narrative of Mets pitcher Terry Leach and author Grossinger’s own experiences playing and tracking the sport. Taken together, these powerful essays alternately take the poet’s, the alchemist’s, and the player’s perspective to paint a composite portrait that brings all the stunning highs and dispiriting lows together to show the ways in which America’s favorite pastime has changed. Grossinger reflects on the salad days when teams were happily homegrown and laments the current money-ball scenario some call baseball today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030869623024,"sku":"9781583942055","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781583942055_p0.jpg?v=1763803182","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781583942055","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}