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With 162 games each year, the playoffs, and a dynamic offseason, baseball enthusiasts hardly ever stop thinking about their team. And Howard Megdal is no exemption: A lifelong and feverish Mets enthusiast, he has been there through heavy and (more regularly) slender. And yet-year in and season out, the Mets seem to find ways to disappoint him. The almost-victories, the problems, the lost years: It's all too heartbreaking. Therefore, mustering his energy, heart, and sportswriter's pedigree, Megdal made a decision to do something positive about it. Like end up being the General Supervisor of the Mets. It isn't an elected office, but it doesn't signify you can't advertising campaign to do it. One part baseball history and one part personal narrative, Taking the Field is at heart the storyline of a enthusiast who chooses to assume control. Staging general public rallies to gain support, and hustling for interviews and opportunities, Megdal rewrites the guidelines for being a enthusiast: If you want a championship so terribly, maybe it's time for more than praying at the tv and buying items. Maybe it's time for action. As he says his half-crazy and half-inspiring history, Megdal intersperses the narrative with a brief history rooting for his team: the Tom Seaver trade, the Doc Gooden saga, the highs and lows, the problems, and the moments that managed to get worth the pain. At the same time, he discovers the lessons of the history, outlining for the general public his advertising campaign pillars: logic, transparency, and enthusiasm. And he's determined to make his impact on the team. This publication has the unstinting enthusiasm of A Fan's Notes, the humor and business smarts of Moneyball, and the elbow-grease selling point of Julie and Julia. In the long run, it's a love notice to baseball, and a totem for each tormented fan who has ever felt such as a part of the game.
