The Bad Guys Won! by Jeff Pearlman
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Book Reviews of The Bad Guys Won!
Book 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?
Book Review: A Good, Quick Read
Summary: 3 Stars
Stylistically, this is pretty conventional sports-writing, with lots of overwrought melodrama and awkward analogies ("The Boston right-hander had as much right pitching in Game 4 of the World Series as Spuds McKenzie [sic] did distributing political advice"). But Pearlman is a decent story-teller, and as a long-time Mets fan, with fond memories of 1986, I found the story compelling. While hardly comprehensive, the book offers interesting behind the scenes perspectives, albeit with a strong emphasis on the most negative aspects. Even more general baseball fans, with no emotional ties to the year or team, should find much of interest here. And, of course, it's endlessly fascinating (and fruitless) to look at the young Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, and the amazing chemistry of this team, and wonder what might have been.Book Review: Nice insight...had me kinda liking the Mets....God forbid!
Summary: 3 Stars
Some scandalous stories and some insight to the '86 Mets. It was a quick read and interesting.Book Review: An easy read
Summary: 2 Stars
because it never goes very deep. Basically a rehash of the '86 season, with a side order of dirt.