The Last Days of Shea
Delight and Despair in the Life of a Mets Fan
Taylor Trade Publishing · Print & ebook · September 16, 2009
Written in a personal, moving, and humorous style, The Last Days of Shea chronicles the New York Mets from October 2006, when the team lost the National League Championship Series, to October 2008, when the team began to dismantle its antiquated, inadequate, and dearly loved Shea Stadium.
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- Who it’s for
- Dana Brand traces two years of Mets fandom against the looming loss of Shea Stadium.
- Themes
- Emotional baseball fandom, Attachment to Shea Stadium, Streaks, slumps, triumph, and heartbreak
- Genres
- Baseball Essays, Sports Writing, Baseball History
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Written in a personal, moving, and humorous style, The Last Days of Shea chronicles the New York Mets from October 2006, when the team lost the National League Championship Series, to October 2008, when the team began to dismantle its antiquated, inadequate, and dearly loved Shea Stadium. The book is about following a baseball team with one's heart, mind, and soul.
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It represents the experience of being in a crowd at a ballpark, following a pennant race, enduring an offseason, experiencing streaks, slumps, triumph and heartbreak. All of this is represented against the imminent destruction of a stadium "that is not likely to be represented as well in the perfect and profitable little park that will replace it."
Mets at Shea
Dana Brand traces two years of Mets fandom against the looming loss of Shea Stadium.
Come here for
- The New York Mets from October 2006 to Shea Stadium’s dismantling
- A ballpark crowd, pennant race, offseason, streaks, and slumps
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- A personal account of following the Mets with heart, mind, and soul
- Triumph and heartbreak alongside affection for a beloved ballpark
Where it sits
| Baseball Essays | 73% |
|---|---|
| Baseball History | 44% |
| Sports Writing | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Baseball Essays
- Baseball History
- Authors
- Dana Brand
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing
- Published
- September 16, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Emotional baseball fandom · Attachment to Shea Stadium · Streaks, slumps, triumph, and heartbreak
- Reading lane
- Baseball Essays