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So many ways to lose : the amazin' true story of the New York Mets, the best worst team in sports /

The Mets lose when they should win. They win when they should lose. And when it comes to being the worst, no team in sports has ever done it better than the Mets. In So Many Ways to Lose, author and lifelong Mets fan Devin Gordon sifts through the detritus of Queens for a baseball history like no ot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gordon, Devin (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Harper, [2021]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	New York Mets (Baseball team) > History. New York Mets (Baseball team) Baseball. Sports teams. Games. History. Anecdotes.

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