This suggestion came into the mailbag…I haven’t seen it myself, might be old, but I’m all in favor of teaching our children about Mets history. They won’t learn about it at Citi Field, so let’s buy them a book.
The ’86 Mets,
Buckner and
The Bambino
This NEW second book in the Daddy’s Heroes series tells how the New York Mets pulled off one of baseball’s most unbelievable comebacks in the Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. The Mets, including players like Mookie Wilson, Gary “The Kid” Carter and Ray Knight, sent Bill Buckner and the Red Sox fans home in disbelief as they wondered if they will ever be able to break “The Curse of the Bambino.â€
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This book is awesome! All of a sudden, storytime with my son is fun. I just bought it on Amazon. Someone needs to do a story on this.
I've been reading this book to my 3 1/2 year old son a lot lately. He loves it!
I then had the idea to record "Simply Amazin'" on SNY and showed him the highlights of the 10th inning of game 6. He now talks endlessly about watching Gary Carter, Kevin Mitchell, Ray Knight, Keith Hernandez, and Mookie Wilson.
This book is great. It's much better than the Wilpon endorsed children's book about Mr. Met that not only tells the ridiculous story that Mr. Met was a fan attending a Met game in 1962 who happened to have a head shaped like a baseball and got hired by the team, but then shows him supposedly in 1964 wearing a black Mets jersey.
The Daddy's Hero book is definitely a great way to get the young'uns interested in Mets history. My wife the Yankee fan is just bummed that they don't have a Reggie Jackson or Bucky Dent one.