Mookie

May 1, 2014
Every World Series highlight shows Bill Buckner's famed miscue that spurred the Mets to a championship in 1986. Mookie Wilson hit the grounder that slipped by Buck and sealed both of their places in baseball history. Now Wilson sets out to share his opinions of that single play and his good friend Buck, as well as his own rise with the Mets between 1980 and 1986 and his career in the ministry after retirement. Wilson, with coauthor Sherman, describes in vivid detail the personalities of the raucous Mets known as the Scum Bunch, who, despite their questionable behavior off the field, were an unstoppable force on the diamond. Refusing to pull punches, even with the benefit of hindsight, Wilson analyzes his manager's and the front office's decisions and his teammates' talent and motivations. Always a devout Christian, Wilson focuses in the final chapters on the ministry he developed in his postbaseball years. This personal and passionate account will be a must-read for Mets' fans who want to relive some of their team's greatest triumphs.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)