In 1986, the bad guys of baseball won the World Series. Now, Erik Sherman, the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Mookie, profiles key players from that infamous Mets team, revealing never-before-exposed details about their lives after that championship year...as well as a look back at the magical season itself.
Erik Sherman has been a freelance sportswriter in the New York area since 1980. He is also a coauthor of Out at Home- The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball's First Openly Gay Player;Mookie- Life, Baseball, and the '86 Mets;and Steve Blass- A Pirate for Life.
Praise for Kings of Queens
“Erik Sherman's breezy, absorbing meet-up with the members of the
1986 New York Mets makes for a beautiful trip down memory lane. An
absolute joy.”—Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author
of The Bad Guys Won!
“Decades past their glory days, the ’86 Mets are still amazing in
their power to inspire. Erik Sherman captures these heroes past
their prime in a beautiful collection of portraits, proving that
these Mets were once the kings of queens and they're still the
kings of hearts.”—Jonathan Eig, author of Luckiest Man and
Opening Day
“The Mets of the eighties had the walk and talk to own New
York...and they did!”—Tim McCarver, longtime Mets’ broadcaster and
recipient of the 2012 Ford C. Frick Award
“If you are lucky enough to have been born a Mets fan, or to have
converted into one, you will find this book to be full of
treasures.”—Kostya Kennedy, Senior Editor of Sports
Illustrated and New York Times bestselling author of 56:
Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports and Pete Rose: An
American Dilemma
“Don’t confuse this with a Where Are They Now? This is about How
Are They Now Doing—from Straw to Doc to Doug Sisk—catching up with
the ’86 Mets much like Roger Kahn once caught up with the Dodgers’
Boys of Summer.”—Kevin Kernan, the New York Post
“A series of revealing retrospectives from many of the key
performers of that memorable and, at least in New York, beloved
ball club.”—Howie Rose, Broadcaster, New York Mets, WOR Radio 710
AM
“Erik Sherman visits with this remarkable cast of characters to put
the impact of the '86 Mets in perspective. An important book about
an important team.”—Marty Appel, author of Pinstripe Empire
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