The Bad Guys Won! by Jeff Pearlman
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Book Summary Author: Jeff Pearlman Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2005-04-26 ISBN: 0060507330 Number of pages: 304 Publisher: Harper Perennial |
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Book Reviews of the The Bad Guys Won!
Customer Review: Fun read, but, not as detailed as led to beleive
Summary: 3 Stars
First all, the Mets of '86 did win the WS, but, I don't see them as that great of a team. They barely won the DS and then only won the WS on one of the most famous errors in baseball history. Great teams win on their own and don't need to rely on gifts like Buckners error. I wouldn't see this Mets team beating any of the Rose led teams of the 70's or Yankees teams of the 90's. I'd even put the '95 Braves against them.
I read the book for the purported salicious details listed on the cover and inside jacket. That's about all I found. They drank to excess we are told from first person accounts. The drug use which we pretty much know about already is told about in mostly hearsay. I didn't really get the details I thought I was going to get (sick, yes, but, that is what the book was marketed as). I didn't much care for this team then and I came away caring for them even less. I was most suprised by the picture painted of Gary Carter. If he was half as full of himself as the book says, that is one sad person.
Reading how these guys behaved themselves and how the Mets management allowed it makes me appreciate even more how John Scheurholtz and Bobby Cox run the Braves. Pearlman should write a counter book to this one on the Braves and how they are the anti-thesis of the '86 Mets.
As Dean Wormer said, "Drunk, fat, and stupid is no way to go through life." Are you listening Doc & Straw?