Titles by Keith Hernandez

<div><p><strong>Mike Puma of the&nbsp;New York Post&nbsp;provides insight into the team&#39;s inner sanctum as only he can&nbsp;</strong></p><p>The New York Mets are one of the most historic teams in Major League Baseball, with superstars over the years including Jacob deGrom, Mike Piazza,&nbsp;David Wright, and Tom&nbsp;Seaver. Aided by dozens of new,&nbsp;exclusive&nbsp;interviews, readers will gain the perspective of players, coaches, and personnel from Mets history in moments of greatness as well as defeat, making for a keepsake no fan will want to miss.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Few fan bases display as much rabid devotion to their team as&nbsp;the&nbsp;New York Mets&rsquo;, win or lose. That spirit is celebrated in this colorful collection of stories about the Lovable Losers.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The&nbsp;<strong>If These Walls Could Talk</strong>&nbsp;series&nbsp;is a&nbsp;one-of-a-kind, insider&rsquo;s look into the great moments, the lowlights, and everything in between in your team&rsquo;s history.&nbsp;Other New York titles include:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><p><em><strong>If These Walls Could Talk: New York Giants&nbsp;</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>If These Walls Could Talk: New York Yankees&nbsp;</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>If These Walls Could Talk: New York Jets&nbsp;</strong></em></p></li></ul></div>

To many New Yorkers who came of age in the 1980s as Mets fans, Keith Hernandez is the Mets. Two decades after his last game in a New York uniform, the first captain in Mets history is still with them, literally. He's spent most of the last decade in the broadcast booth at Shea Stadium watching the rise and fall of the club and, just as he did when he played, calling it as he sees it. Opinionated, funny, urbane, and unafraid to poke holes in the team or himself, Hernandez is a master at relating the unseen game on the field. Shea Good-Bye carries on the high standards of Hernandez's earlier best-selling books. He recalls Shea Stadium both fondly and matter-of-factly in its last year of existence, lamenting the loss of the stadiums he knew, replaced with flashier bandboxes that favor home runs and negate strategy. He looks at the 2008 season and all the hope that arrived with the Johan Santana deal and how much of the optimism went out the window with the team's stumble out of the gate. He speaks frankly on the taint of steroids in the Mitchell Report and how the game has been compromised, as well as the firing of Willie Randolph.

Rusty Staub, a former Met with an up-close and personal view of many of the team's strongest players, recalls every year of the Met's history and selects the all-time greatest players in this account. Featured players and managers include Gary Carter, Mike Piazza, Bud Harrelson, Jose Reyes, Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden, Gil Hodges, and Davey Johnson.