If These Walls Could Talk
Stories From the New York Mets Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box

I guess I was expecting juicier stuff, and the writing is pedestrian (to be polite). Seems like an amateur writer, when I know he’s not. Needed a polish.......more

This is an interesting book about the New York Mets. The book addresses the World Series between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees; the managerial tenure of Bobby Valentine; the signing of Mike Piazza; the hiring of Art Howe as manager; the hiring of pitching coach Rick Peterson; the hiring......more

This is a fun, quick read of the last 25 years of Mets comings and goings with a focus on the last 15 years. There is a good arc from the mid-90s Mets teams that built to the late-90s postseason appearances, to the transition years of the early 2000s and on to the Alderson/Collins years. The bulk of......more

A nice overview of the last 20 or so years of Mets history. I've been a fan for 37 years, so I knew most of the information, but some of the behind the scenes stuff made for interesting reading. A few take aways: The Wilpons were awful, with Jeff just as bad as I expected David Wright is the man Billy......more

A nice re-cap of the chaos that is the Mets during a 20 year span ranging from the late 90's to 2018 with the retirement of The Captain, David Wright. I enjoyed reliving the good times, agonized reliving the bad times and shook my head at some of the very Mets ways that they lost or failed to make t......more