Turning Two: My Journey to the Top of the World and Back with the New York Mets
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Thomas Dunne Books, 2012
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- Título
- Turning Two: My Journey to the Top of the World and Back with the New York Mets
- Autor
- Bud Harrelson; Phil Pepe
- Editorial
- Thomas Dunne Books
- Año de publicación
- 2012
- Estado
- Good
- Sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 0312662408
- ISBN 13
- 9780312662400
- Peso del artículo
- 1,16 libras
Only one man, Bud Harrelson, can say he was in uniform for both New York Mets world championships: as the shortstop who anchored the infield of the 1969 Miracle Mets and then as the third-base coach for the storied 1986 team. InTurning Two, Harrelson delivers a team memoir as he takes fans through the early seasons, sudden success, lean years, and return to glory.
Born on D-day 1944, the Alameda County, California, native made his Major League debut with the Mets in 1965. At 147 pounds he was the teams Everyman---a Gold Glove, All-Star shortstop who won the hearts of fans with his sparkling defensive skills and trademark brand of gritty, scrappy baseball.
Harrelson recalls how the gentle yet firm guidance of manager Gil Hodges shaped a stunning success story in 69. Bud remembers the games legends he played with and against, including Hall of Famers Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Roberto Clemente, Bob Gibson (against whom he compiled a .333 career batting average), and his idol, Willie Mays---Harrelsons teammate on the 1973 Ya Gotta Believe team. Harrelson writes of his famous fight with Pete Rose in the playoffs that autumn as the Mets upset the Cincinnati Reds to win the National League pennant and squared off against the mighty Oakland As in a dramatic seven-game World Series. After retiring as a player, Bud returned to Shea Stadium as Davey Johnsons third-base coach in 1985 and waved Ray Knight home for the winning run in the unforgettable Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
Harrelson takes us in the dugout and on the field as he tells thrilling tales from his career and speaks candidly of the state of the game today.Turning Two is the ideal souvenir from the first half-century of the New York Mets---and from the pre-steroid era when players played the game the right way and did the little things to help their teams win.
Bud Harrelson in Turning Two
On Gil Hodges
Hodges accomplished his goal with compassion and a gentle hand and attained discipline simply by being such an imposing physical specimen. He rarely lost his temper, but on the few occasions that he did, you can bet he got our attention.
On Battling at the Plate
I have always said Ill take God to three-and-two and take my chances. I might foul two off before He gave me ball four.
On 1969
Torre hit a smash to me at short and Im thinking, Dont screw up the throw; dont rush it. I knew I could catch it. I just wanted to be sure to make a good, firm throw right at the chest of Al Weis at second base. I tossed it to Weis and he turned it over to Clendenon at first for the double play and we had won the Mets first title. We were the first champions of the National League East.
On Playing with Willie Mays
I reached up to catch the ball and as I did, I stepped on Willies foot. Oh, no!
Hey, Pee Wee, what are you doing out here? he squealed.
I didnt hear anything, I said.
I dont call for the ball, he said.
Well, I said, if you dont want to get stepped on again, you better start calling for it.
The next time he was in center field and there was a pop fly, he called for it.
On Tom Seaver to M. Donald Grant
Mr. Grant, you know why were doing so well? See that little guy in the corner over there---and he was pointing right at me---that guy whose salary you cut? Hes the reason were winning.
On Game 6
I leaned over to Mitchell and reminded him to be alert and be ready to take off if Stanley threw one in the dirt.
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BUD HARRELSON played in the Major Leagues from 1965 to 1980 and retired second on the all-time list of games played for the New York Mets. He was a member of the Mets coaching staff from 1985 to 1990 and served as Mets manager in 1990 and 1991. He lives in Long Island and is co-owner and Senior Vice President for Baseball Operations for the Long Island Ducks, a team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Harrelson was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1986.
PHIL PEPE has reported on sports in New York for more than five decades and has authored more than fifty books, most of them on baseball.
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