Table of Contents
Preface viii
Part I Regular-Season Moments 1
Chapter 1 Finally, a Win! (1962) 3
Chapter 2 Seaver's Nearly Perfect (1969) 8
Chapter 3 Seaver Strikes Out 19 (1970) 13
Chapter 4 Say Hey's Big Comeback (1972) 16
Chapter 5 Maz Is a Midsummer Star (1979) 20
Chapter 6 The Franchise Returns (1983) 23
Chapter 7 Doc's All-Star Spectacular (1984) 27
Chapter 8 The Kid Comes to Town (1985) 31
Chapter 9 An Interleague Stunner (1997) 35
Chapter 10 Mets Get Piazza Delivery (1998) 39
Chapter 11 Fonzie Goes 6-for-B (1999) 43
Chapter 12 The Rally (2000) 47
Chapter 13 "This Ones Got a Chance!" (2001) 52
Chapter 14 Yes! A No-No! (2012) 57
Chapter 15 DeGrom Is a Star (2015) 63
Chapter 16 The Trade That Never Was (2015) 66
Chapter 17 Colon Goes Deep (2016) 69
Part II Postseason Moments 74
Chapter 18 The Amazin' Mets (1969) 77
Chapter 19 Ya Gotta Believe (1973) 87
Chapter 20 The Kid Beats Kerfeld (1986) 92
Chapter 21 Mets Slay the Astros (1986) 97
Chapter 22 Game Six (1986) 102
Chapter 23 Mets Win It All! (1986) 109
Chapter 24 Letter's Gem (1999) 113
Chapter 25 Pratt's Walk-Off (1999) 117
Chapter 26 The Grand Slam Single (1999) 121
Chapter 27 Benny Goes Boom (2000) 126
Chapter 28 Jones's Shutout (2000) 129
Chapter 29 One Throw, Two Outs (2006) 133
Chapter 30 "He Made the Catch!" (2006) 136
Chapter 31 The 2015 Run 141
Part III Extra Accolades 146
Chapter 32 Cy DeGrom Dominates 147
Chapter 33 Welcome, Pete Alonso 151
Three Bonus Walk-Offs 155
Acknowledgments 159
Sources 161
