{"product_id":"road-to-nowhere-9781496221421","title":"Road to Nowhere","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoad to Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how the Mets and the Yankees played through several mediocre seasons from 1990 to 1996 but built teams that would help drive their ascendancy the rest of the decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The battle for New York has always been a rich part of the city’s baseball tapestry, and there was a time it seemed the Mets would own its soul forever. In Chris Donnelly’s meticulously reported and wonderfully written book \u003ci\u003eRoad to Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e we learn just how the Yankees regained their swagger—and, just as important, their sway over the best baseball town of all.”—Mike Vaccaro, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e columnist and author of \u003ci\u003e1941: The Greatest Year in Sports\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What a gift Chris Donnelly has given to baseball fans in New York and all those who live and die with the Mets and Yankees. \u003ci\u003eRoad to Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e is an insider’s look, chock-full of entertaining anecdotes and revealing details based on extensive research, of the period in the early and mid-nineties when the Big Apple became a Yankees town once again. Colorful, legendary characters abound in a delicious tale of baseball in Queens and the Bronx.”—Andrew Maraniss, author of \u003ci\u003eSingled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Chris Donnelly is an utmost authority on New York baseball during the 1990s. In \u003ci\u003eRoad to Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written the definitive book tying in the end of a mostly glorious 1980s decade. . . . It is a beautifully written book with plenty of fresh content from those who played on these two New York teams. A must-read for any baseball fan interested in that period.”—Erik Sherman, author of \u003ci\u003eTwo Sides of Glory: The 1986 Boston Red Sox in Their Own Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 1. Compound Interest \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 2. Out of Place \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 3. Borders on the Bizarre \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 4. Put Out of His Misery \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 5. Long Hair, Short Tempers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 6. Now Trade the Rest of Them \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 7. Most Players Detest the Place \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 8. The Best Team I Ever Played On \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 9. The Once Unfathomable Notion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 10. Full Circle \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409231356247,"sku":"9781496221421","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496221421.jpg?v=1730506061","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/road-to-nowhere-9781496221421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}