{"id":2475,"date":"2013-03-26T07:58:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T11:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2013-03-22T18:11:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T22:11:20","slug":"book-review-send-the-beer-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2013\/03\/26\/book-review-send-the-beer-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Send The Beer Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"No<\/a>Shannon Shark of Mets Police wrote an ebook called Send The Beer Guy<\/a>. So I read it, and then wrote this review of said ebook.<\/p>\n

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Even if he’s a little harsh on the Piazza-era Mets, it’s a good read. There’s the typical Mets fan timeline of how he became, and was cemented as, a Mets fan, his favorite players and all that, but it also chronicles his time working as a vendor at Shea Stadium (hence the title).<\/p>\n

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Some great behind the scenes stories there, and much like Dickey’s book last year, he\u00a0intersperses\u00a0‘current’ impressions of the 2012 season as he’s writing. That part was probably unnecessary, particularly since most of the people buying it are already fans and probably got those observations first hand from @MetsPolice during the season, but it does break up the book in an interesting way.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, It’s a scant $3.99 in the Amazon Kindle Store<\/a>, and is a quick read. Give it a whirl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shannon Shark of Mets Police wrote an ebook called Send The Beer Guy. So I read it, and then wrote this review of said ebook.   Even if he’s a little harsh on the Piazza-era Mets, it’s a good read. There’s the typical Mets fan timeline of how he became, and was cemented as, a … <\/p>\n

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