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New York Times Bestseller

An inside look at one of the most famous baseball games of all time, game seven of the 1986 World Series from Emmy-winning baseball analyst Ron Darling, the METS' starting pitcher, in his words.

Every little kid who's ever taken the mound in Little League dreams of someday getting the ball for Game Seven of the World Series. Ron Darling got to live that dream - only it didn't go exactly as planned. In New York Times bestselling Game 7, 1986, the award-winning baseball analyst looks back at what might have been a signature moment in his career, and reflects on the ways professional athletes must sometimes shoulder a personal disappointment as their teams find a way to win.

Published to coincide with the anniversary of the 1986 New York Mets championship season, Darling's book breaks down one of baseball's great "forgotten" games - a game that stands as a thrilling, telling, and tantalizing exclamation point to one of the best-remembered seasons in Major League Baseball history.

Working once again with bestselling collaborator Daniel Paisner, who teamed with the former All-Star pitcher on his acclaimed 2009 memoir, The Complete Game, Darling offers a book for the thinking baseball fan, a chance to reflect on what it means to compete at the game's highest level, with everything on the line.

ISBN-13: 9781250118745

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

Publication Date: 04-04-2017

Pages: 272

Product Dimensions: 5.55(w) x 8.18(h) x 0.61(d)

Ron Darling is a New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning baseball analyst for TBS, the MLB Network, SNY, and WPIX-TV, and author of The Complete Game. He was a starting pitcher for the New York Mets from 1983 to 1991 and the first Mets pitcher to be awarded a Gold Glove. Daniel Paisner has collaborated with dozens of athletes and public figures on their autobiographies and memoirs, including I Feel Like Going On, with NFL great Ray Lewis; and, Chasing Perfect, with Hall of Fame basketball coach Bob Hurley.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: Be Careful What You Wish For 1

1 Who'll Stop the Rain? 15

2 The Impossible Dream 39

3 Scouting Report 51

4 Rinse and Repeat 67

5 Strutting Our Stuff 85

6 Things Fall Apart 105

7 Put Me Out, Put Me Out, Put Me Out of Misery 127

8 Middle Innings 143

9 Game on the Line 165

10 Redemption, of a Kind 189

11 The Morning After 205

Index 227