Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought for New York's Baseball Soul

by Chris Donnelly

Book Overview

Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like no other since the Mets came to town in 1962. Never before had both the Yankees and the Mets been in contention for the playoffs so late in the same season. For months New York fans dreamed of the first Subway Series in nearly thirty years, and the Mets and the Yankees vied for their hearts.

Despite their nearly identical records, the two...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496241002
• ISBN13: 9781496241009
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 312 Pages