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Book SynopsisDoc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like no other since the Mets came to town in 1962. Never before had both the Yankees and the Mets been in contention for the playoffs so late in the same season.
Trade Review"A really fun look back at the summer of 1985 when the Mets and the Yankees flirted for the very first time with giving us a Subway Series. Fine work by Chris Donnelly."—Mike Vaccaro,
New York Post"Although many readers already know the outcome of the 1985 season, Donnelly does a good job of building suspense. A solid choice for both Mets and Yankees fans."—
Kirkus"The author has done a thorough job exploring the intense rivalry between the talent-rich '85 Mets and the equally loaded Yankees for supremacy in the city during what were the generally bleak days of the mid- '80s. . . . [An] entertaining trip down memory lane."—Mark Levine,
Booklist"In
Doc, Donnie, The Kid and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought for New York’s Baseball Soul . . . Chris Donnelly captures the essence of how entranced both fan bases were, as their respective teams battled at the top of their divisions, as they played meaningful baseball in both Yankee and Shea Stadium through September."—Jerry Milani,
Sports Media Report"Every fan of one of the New York teams needs to add this book to their bookshelves. An informative, entertaining and well-researched book, it captures the spirit of New York baseball during that crazy 1985 season."—
Guy Who Reviews Sports Books"A rollicking look back at the pre–Wild Card era."—Patrick J. Sauer,
New York Intelligencer"Fun. Nostalgic, Contagious.
Doc, Donnie, The Kid, And Billy Brawl is a a manual for Yankees and Mets fans to read cover to cover, and use as ammunition for just who was a better team in 1985, and why."—(Utica)
Observer-Dispatch“Donnelly’s latest is a must-read for sports fans everywhere. His attention to detail along with the firsthand accounts of so many players and personalities involved brought me back to the summer of ’85 and that unforgettable baseball season.”—David A. Paterson, former governor of New York
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. A Seismic Shift
- 2. ""Never Played the Game""
- 3. Attendance Envy
- 4. Fun to Be a Met
- 5. Billy and George, a Love/Hate Story
- 6. The Russians Attack Atlanta
- 7. Hospital Management
- 8. ""I'm Going to Kill You""
- 9. ""One Tremendous Baseball Season""
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
