I remember most things that happened in 1997. It was the year the Mets romanced me back. I want to say Kirby played a series against the Brewers with the mets but things get fuzzy
I thought the chapters on the lesser-known players, like the pitcher who invites him over for a BBQ, were much better than those on the big names. The Mazzilli chapter wasn't insightful enough. He did a good job with Rick Sutcliffe though.
Golenbcock would have done better to use all this material as a journalist rather than a ghostwriter. Back in 1973, Valentine's remarks at a Rotary Club meeting insult teammate Frank Robinson. We experienced the same thing in the famous UPenn speech
so far, nothing too interesting, other than his having 2 girlfriends at once in high school. But he's beginning to get injured in the minors so there's more to come