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The Seventh Year Stretch was a book I was really looking forward to reading. It covers a period in Mets history when one regime tore a great team apart and another regime took over to rebuild into what became the 1984-1989 juggernaut. Hard lean years for Mets fans that produced some memorable players, uneven play and hope for the future. The book is based on interviews with some of the key players from that era, as well as journalists who covered the team and some famous fans. The highlight of the book was hearing first hand accounts from these people. That said the book is a major disappointment. Greg Prato basically transcribed the interviews and threw them into chapters, offering no chronological narrative linking the chapters and interviews into the events that bound them together. If you aren't a hardcore Mets fan you might not know what is happening. What would have worked a lot better was for Prato to let the reader know what was going on with the team at that particular moment, offering context and background to what was going on BEFORE creating a chapter called "The Midnight Massacre" with a bunch of quotes from players and journalists. As it is the the story of those years is totally disjointed and it feels like Prato just threw this book together in a sloppy fashion. There are also reflection chapters on different players like Seaver and Mazzilli, where interviewees give their thoughts on these people. It's tedious and could use some serious editing (as could the whole book for that matter!). If you want a better account of these years try Amazin' by Peter Golenbock or The New York Mets Fan's Almanac by Duncan Bock and John Jordan. Both are books I highly recommend. Again, a wasted opportunity into a tough but fascinating time in Mets history.Read full review
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