Webinar - The Ballad of Rod Gaspar: How the Mets Amazed the World in 1969

Kevin Baker presents the story of the Mets' wonder year, from his work in progress on the history of New York City baseball, The New York Game.  Listen to the epic baseball upset that put the word "Amazin' " in "Amazin' Mets," the most incredible moment in the delirious New York sports year of 1969.  Filled with inside anecdotes, surprises, and little-known facts that both the true fan and the casual observer will enjoy.

Baker is the author of five novels, most of them set in New York City's past, as well as the author or co-author of four books on history or current events, including, most recently, The Fall of a Great American City, New York and the Urban Crisis of Affluence, from Simon and Schuster and City Point Press.  He is a columnist and contributing editor at Harper's Magazine, and has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, the Washington Post, and New York.  The winner of an American Book Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Baker has even  written (though not illustrated!) a graphic novel, and a memoir with Reggie Jackson.

6:00pm webinar, gratis. Advance registration required. Registrants will receive the link to view the lecture in the confirmation email.