02159cam a2200325 i 4500 385811571 TxAuBib 20190724120000.0 190123s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019000700 9781250235664 27.99 1250235669 27.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda Swoboda, Ron. Here's the catch [BOOK] : a memoir of the miracle Mets and more / Ron Swoboda. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2019. 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. Prologue: breaking for the ball -- A pretty lucky man -- Saboda -- 1969 -- Pinstripes -- Last licks -- Epilogue: reflecting on a miracle. Ron Swoboda wasn't the greatest player the Mets ever had, but he made the greatest catch in Met history, saving a game in the 1969 World Series, and his RBI clinched the final game. By Met standards that makes him legend. The Mets even use a steel silhouette of the catch as a backing for the right field entrance sign at Citi Field. In this smart, funny, insightful memoir, which is as self-deprecating as a lifetime .249 hitter has to be, he tells the story of that magical year nearly game by game, revealing his struggles, his triumphs and what life was like for an every day, Every Man player, even when he was being platooned. He shows what it took to make one of the worst teams in baseball and what it was like to leave one of the best. And when he talks about the guys he played with and against, it's like you're sitting next to him on the team bus, drinking Rheingold. Provided by publisher. 20190724. Swoboda, Ron. New York Mets (Baseball team) History. World Series (Baseball) 1969. Baseball players New York (State) New York Biography. Biographies.