The "Miracle Mets" of 1969 had great hopes and enormous expectations for the coming decade. Unfortunately, they would be forced to watch hopes and dreams slowly fade to despair. "From First to Worst" details the Mets' climb from last place in August of 1973, to falling one game short of World Champions, to their subsequent collapse in 1977. This work chronicles the rise and fall of the Mets in detail by analyzing the collapse of the team, profiling popular players, and taking the reader to the locker room and ballpark on a day-to-day basis.
The "Miracle Mets" of 1969 had great hopes and enormous expectations for the coming decade. Unfortunately, they would be forced to watch hopes and dre...