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Author	Coffey, Wayne R.
Title	They said it couldn't be done : the '69 Mets, New York City, and the most astounding season in baseball history / Wayne Coffey.
Publication Info.	New York : Crown Archetype, [2019]
	©2019

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 12	796.3 C	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First edition.
Description	x, 289 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents	Part I. Seasoning. Baby steps -- Hodges’s law -- Teaching moments -- Good-bye, Leo. Part II. Brave new world. October surprise -- Hit men -- Bring on the birds. Part III. There are no words. Misplaced ace -- Farm fresh -- Sunday scoop -- Mobile man -- Positive signs -- Field day -- Pitching in protest -- Glove story -- Catch me if you can -- There are no words -- Riding thigh -- In Cleon’s glove. Epilogue: please don’t use the M-word.
Subject	New York Mets (Baseball team) -- History.
	World Series (Baseball) (1969)
	Baseball -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Added Title	'69 Mets, New York City, and the most astounding season in baseball history
	They said it could not be done
	1969 Mets, New York City, and the most astounding season in baseball history
ISBN	9781524760885 hardcover
	1524760889 hardcover
	9781524760892 paperback
	1524760897 paperback

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