One of a two-book series on the rivals that met in the 1986 World Series, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets, including biographies of every player, coach, broadcaster, and other important figures in the top organizations in baseball that year. This book on the 1986 season re-tells the story of that year’s classic World Series. After four games, each team had won two away games and neither had won at home. Then the Red Sox won Game Five at Fenway, and were one game away from winning their first World Championship in 86 years. It came to the point they were one pitch away from baseball Nirvana. And then…. Just about everyone knows what happened, but there are takes on it here you might not have read elsewhere. Mostly, this is the story of each of the players, coaches, managers, and broadcasters, their lives in baseball and the way the 1986 season fit into their lives. As with many of the books published by the Society of American Baseball Research, this was a true collaborative effort. There are 74 different SABR members who contributed to making these two books on the Mets and Red Sox a reality. It took us two books to tell the story as well as we wanted. Be sure to pick up the companion 1986 Boston Red Sox book for the rest of the story! Rick Aguilera by Alan Cohen Rick Anderson by Joel Rippel Wally Backman by Nick Waddell Bruce Berenyi by David E Skelton Gary Carter by Rory Costello Tim Corcoran by Leslie Heaphy Ron Darling by Audrey Apfel Lenny Dykstra by Andy Sturgill Kevin Elster by Joel Rippel Sid Fernandez by Rory Costello George Foster by Cindy Thomson John Gibbons by Nick Waddell Dwight Gooden by Lee Kluck Ed Hearn by Alan Cohen Danny Heep by Mark Simon Keith Hernandez by Michael Martell Stan Jefferson by Armand Peterson Howard Johnson by Dave Raglin Ray Knight by Ralph Carhart Terry Leach by Jon Springer Ed Lynch by Jon Springer Barry Lyons by Leslie Heaphy Dave Magadan by Rory Costello Lee Mazzilli by Jon Springer Roger McDowell by Jon Springer John Mitchell by Skip Nipper Kevin Mitchell by Joe Wancho Randy Myers by Rich Puerzer Randy Niemann by David E Skelton Bob Ojeda by Alan Cohen Jesse Orosco by Rory Costello Rafael Santana by Leslie Heaphy Doug Sisk by Alan Cohen Darryl Strawberry by Shawn Morris Tim Teufel by Rory Costello Mookie Wilson by Irv Goldfarb Manager, Davey Johnson by Mark Armour General Manager, Frank Cashen by Mark Armour Scouting Director, Roland Johnson by Alan Cohen Coaches Buddy Harrelson by Eric Aron Vern Hoscheit by Jimmy Keenan Greg Pavlick by Leslie Heaphy Bill Robinson by Alan Cohen Mel Stottlemyre by Gregory H Wolf Announcers Ralph Kiner by Warren Corbett Tim McCarver by Dave Williams Fran Healy by Alan Cohen Rusty Staub by Norm King Steve Zabriskie by Alan Raylesburg Seven 1986 Mets Games April 30, 1986 by Irv Goldfarb May 27, 1986 by Gregory H Wolf July 11, 1986 by Gregory H Wolf July 22, 1986 by Michael Huber September 4, 1986 - Mets/Red Sox exhibition game by Saul Wisnia September 17, 1986 by Gregory H Wolf September 28, 1986 by Jack Zerby The 1986 National League Championship Series by Rory Costello The 1986 World Series by Matthew Silverman Mike Sergio by Bill Nowlin By The Numbers by Dan Fields How the Mets Were Built by Rod Nelson