Game 7, 1986: failure and triumph in the biggest game of my life

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Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Be Careful What You Wish For -- 1. Who'll Stop the Rain? -- 2. The Impossible Dream -- 3. Scouting Report -- 4. Rinse and Repeat -- 5. Strutting Our Stuff -- 6. Things Fall Apart -- 7. Put Me Out, Put Me Out, Put Me Out of Misery -- 8. Middle Innings -- 9. Game on the Line -- 10. Redemption, of a Kind -- 11. The Morning After -- Index.;"Every little kid who's ever taken the mound in Little League dreams of someday getting the ball for Game Seven of the World Series. Ron Darling got to live that dream - only it didn't go exactly as planned. In Game 7, 1986, the award-winning baseball analyst looks back at what might have been a signature moment in his career, and reflects on the ways professional athletes must sometimes shoulder a personal disappointment as their teams find a way to win. Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the 1986 New York Mets championship season, Darling's book will break down one of baseball's great "forgotten" games - a game that stands as a thrilling, telling, and tantalizing exclamation point to one of the best-remembered seasons in Major League Baseball history. Working once again with New York Times best-selling collaborator Daniel Paisner, who teamed with the former All-Star pitcher on his acclaimed 2009 memoir, The Complete Game, Darling offers a book for the thinking baseball fan, a chance to reflect on what it means to compete at the game's highest level, with everything on the line"-- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Be Careful What You Wish For -- 1. Who'll Stop the Rain? -- 2. The Impossible Dream -- 3. Scouting Report -- 4. Rinse and Repeat -- 5. Strutting Our Stuff -- 6. Things Fall Apart -- 7. Put Me Out, Put Me Out, Put Me Out of Misery -- 8. Middle Innings -- 9. Game on the Line -- 10. Redemption, of a Kind -- 11. The Morning After -- Index.