The Bad Guys Won! by Jeff Pearlman Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Bad Guys Won!
Book Review: Captures The 1986 Mets Season Quite Well
Summary: 5 Stars
I would describe myself as a casual baseball fan. Definitely not a Mets fan. The author, writes vividly. He gets right to the nitty gritty. Whether he's describing some of the offensive obnoxious personalities and activities of many of that teams players or whether he's recounting the play action of key games. He traces back to the buildup of the team and then its dismantlement. Many good anecdotes about Mets as well as competitors. Read about Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry,Gary Carter,Keith Hernandez,Lenny Dykstra,Mookie Wilson,Ray Knight,George Foster,Wally Backman and such opponents as Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens and Houston Astro pitcher Mike Scott who seemed to totally dominate them. I enjoyed this and found it to be a quick fun read.Book Review: Comprehensive history for diehard Met fans
Summary: 5 Stars
If you consider yourself a Met fan, you absolutely MUST read this book. Although I lived through every exhilarating and incredible moment of the Mets' 1986 season and post-season, I--like most fans--was unaware of most of what was going on off the field. Pearlman tells the warts-and-all story (and trust me, there are a lot of warts) of the individual players and the team as a whole. His unflinching drive to tell the truth about the 1986 Mets helps him create a compelling and three-dimensional tale of passion, arrogance, stupidity, and triumph. Pearlman obviously likes his subject, but he doesn't let his feelings get in the way of telling the truth--this is the complete story, from George Foster's unfounded accusations of managerial racism to Ray Knight's redemption and ultimate rejection. Reading this book made me want to re-watch the entire 1986 post-season--the insights Pearlman supplies will help you understand why the 1986 NY Mets' World Series victory was the most stirring and amazing victory in sports history--and no, that's not hyperbole.Book Review: Excellent Read
Summary: 5 Stars
As a big Mets fan who didnt get to remember this era this book filled me in with some great details about about my beloved 86 Mets. Hearing the first hand accounts of the players, trainers and management shed light on the championship Mets and how their hard partying led to the demise of what could have a been a dynasty.Book Review: From a Red Sox's fan view...
Summary: 5 Stars
Even though I am a diehard Red Sox fan, I absoulety loved this book. It was funny, out-rageous, informative, honest, everything you could possibly want from a sports book.
And yes, I almost tore the book into when Pearlman gave a detailed account of Game 6.
Book Review: Fun read, but, not as detailed as led to beleive
Summary: 3 Stars
First all, the Mets of '86 did win the WS, but, I don't see them as that great of a team. They barely won the DS and then only won the WS on one of the most famous errors in baseball history. Great teams win on their own and don't need to rely on gifts like Buckners error. I wouldn't see this Mets team beating any of the Rose led teams of the 70's or Yankees teams of the 90's. I'd even put the '95 Braves against them.
I read the book for the purported salicious details listed on the cover and inside jacket. That's about all I found. They drank to excess we are told from first person accounts. The drug use which we pretty much know about already is told about in mostly hearsay. I didn't really get the details I thought I was going to get (sick, yes, but, that is what the book was marketed as). I didn't much care for this team then and I came away caring for them even less. I was most suprised by the picture painted of Gary Carter. If he was half as full of himself as the book says, that is one sad person.
Reading how these guys behaved themselves and how the Mets management allowed it makes me appreciate even more how John Scheurholtz and Bobby Cox run the Braves. Pearlman should write a counter book to this one on the Braves and how they are the anti-thesis of the '86 Mets.
As Dean Wormer said, "Drunk, fat, and stupid is no way to go through life." Are you listening Doc & Straw?