Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Met's First Year

"Like every other baseball team, the New York Mets have fielded their fair share of squads revered by their fans, teams which struck a note with followers more than any of the others. They’ve been to the World Series four times, so those teams certainly have plenty of fans, and their effort in 2006 won over many people too because the Mets showed character and talent even as they ended up on the losing end of a classic NLCS series – the seventh game in that series is still the best baseball game I’ve ever seen."
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