Lester J. Cappon And The Relationship Of History, Archives And Scholarship In The Golden Age... Book

On February 6 th it was announced that long time New York Mets announcer Ralph Kiner had passed away at the age of 91. I've spent my entire life as a Mets fan and can remember lying in bed and falling asleep at night as a kid with with a transistor radio on while listening to Ralpk Kiner and the rest of the broadcast team announce The Mets games. The following day I came into work and had a discussion with my friend Patrick about how the passing of Kiner had upset me. Patrick, our Community Relations Manager at Barnes & Noble knows and is friendly with former Mets player Art Shamsky and shared this news with him. Art then took it upon himself to come into the store and personally autograph a copy of the book for me. We had a long wonderful discussion about Kiner, The Mets, and baseball in general. How cool is that ? Often times fans go to baseball outings and pay for autographs, but Art took it upon himself to come to me and personally sign a copy of his book !
As far as the book itself goes, it was wonderful ! Sadly, I am to young to actually remember the 1969 season. So this book was a wonderful way for me to gain insight onto that magical time in New York sports history.As Art described, so many horrible things were going on in the city and the world at the time but in the span of a year and half, The Jets, Mets, and then The Knicks gave the people of New York city something to cheer and be happy about ? Isn't that what sports are all about ?