Product Description : A Magic Summer: The Amazin' Story of the 1969 New York Mets Mr Cohen brings special insight to his views of sportsThe New York Times1969 was an amazing year for Mets fans and for all of baseball Just seven years after bumbling their way through one of the worst years in baseball history as an expansion team the New York Mets became champions of the worldManaged by Gil Hodgers one of Brooklyns Boys of Summer the Mets cleared every obstacle in their way including a talented Cubs team and an Orioles team stacked with first class pitchingA Magic Summer tells of that remarkable season by chronicling the major events as viewed twenty years later Interviews conducted twenty years after with members of the teamprovide immediacy and with that fascinating updates and insights Relive the glory days of Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman of Ed Kranepool and Donn Clendenon of Ron Swoboda and Tommie AgeeThis is a unique record and celebration of a season that Mets fansand all baseball fanswill not soon forget ( it is an used product)