Empire Strikes Out: How the New York Mets Became a Global Metaphor for American Overreach
The Mets and the End of Empires A dispatch from the front row of American decline, as told through nine innings of exquisite mediocrity By the time the New York Mets staggered into June, having already misplaced two starting rotations, a bullpen, and whatever remained of the Steinbrenner-era illusion that money guarantees anything more than…
