{"product_id":"the-last-miracle-my-18-year-journey-with-the-amazin-new-york-mets-9781637272701","title":"The Last Miracle: My 18-Year Journey with the Amazin' New York Mets","description":"\u003cb\u003eNo origin story of the New York Mets is complete without Ed Kranepool.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The lefty first baseman known as \"Steady Eddie\" made his major-league debut at age 17 during the team's inaugural season and would eventually depart, nearly two decades later, with his name written throughout the franchise's record books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this definitive autobiography, Kranepool shares a remarkable life story, including early years playing stickball in the streets of the Bronx, the growing pains the Mets endured as an expansion club, his offseasons working as a New York stockbroker, and of course the miracle 1969 season that ended in an unforgettable World Series victory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He also opens up about the personal miracle which came 50 years after that famous championship: a lifesaving kidney transplant made possible by a Mets fan donor. A month after the surgery, Kranepool threw out the first pitch at Citi Field and boldly offered his services as a pinch hitter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAffable, open, and brimming with knowledge of the game, this thoroughly New York tale will delight baseball fans in Queens and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Kranepool \u003c\/b\u003emade his major-league debut with the New York Mets at age 17 and would go on to spend his entire professional baseball career with the franchise, winning a World Series title as part of the 1969 \"miracle\" Mets. He was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1990. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Kaschak\u003c\/b\u003e has served as sports writer and columnist for\u003ci\u003e The Vestal News\u003c\/i\u003e (upper New York state), \u003ci\u003eThe Green Bay Press Gazette \u003c\/i\u003e(Wisconsin), and \u003ci\u003eThe Burlington County Times\u003c\/i\u003e (New Jersey). He served \u003ci\u003eThe Montrose Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (Pennsylvania) as its Sports Editor and has also reported for WKOP radio in Binghampton, New York. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Triumph Books (IL)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635047665938,"sku":"9781637272701","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_969010e2-71f0-4cc0-aa69-ca0281d09477.jpg?v=1746627120","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-miracle-my-18-year-journey-with-the-amazin-new-york-mets-9781637272701","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}