So Many Ways to Lose

2021-03-16 Sports & Recreation

Author : Devin Gordon
Release : 2021-03-16
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 04X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book So Many Ways to Lose written by Devin Gordon. This book was released on 2021-03-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a weird, wonderful, and essential book about both America and its pastime. It’s about a place as vast as New York City and as intimate as the human heart. Fred Exley meets Richard Ben Cramer—a funny, wild, heartfelt, and keenly observed portrait of yearning itself.”—Wright Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of The Cost of These Dreams “Mr. Gordon’s ability to explain the Sisyphean plight of all Mets fans is truly remarkable. Bravo!”—Ron Darling, New York Times bestselling author of Game 7, 1986 The Mets lose when they should win. They win when they should lose. And when it comes to being the worst, no team in sports has ever done it better than the Mets. In So Many Ways to Lose, author and lifelong Mets fan Devin Gordon sifts through the detritus of Queens for a baseball history like no other. Remember the time the Mets lost an All-Star after Yoenis Céspedes got charged by a wild boar? Or the time they blew a six-run ninth-inning lead at the peak of a pennant race? Or the time they fired their manager before he ever managed a game? Sure you do. It was only two years ago, and it was all in the same season. The Mets have an unrivaled gift for getting it backward, doing the impossible, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, and then snatching defeat right back again. And yet, just ask any Mets fan: Amazing and/or miraculous postseason runs are as much a part of our team's identity as losing 120 games in 1962. The DNA of seasons like 1969, the original Miracle Mets, and the 1973 “Ya Gotta Believe” Mets, who went from last place to Game 7 of the World Series in two months, and the powerhouse 1986 Mets, has encoded in us this hapless instinct that a reversal of fortune is always possible. It’s happened before. It’s kind of our thing. And now we've got Steve Cohen's hedge-fund billions to play with! What could go wrong? In this hilarious history of the Mets and love letter to the art of disaster, Devin Gordon presents baseball the way it really is, not in the wistful sepia tones we've come to expect from other sportswriters. Along the way, he explains the difference between being bad and being gifted at losing, and why this distinction holds the key to understanding the true amazin’ magic of the New York Mets.

So Many Ways to Lose

2021-03-16 Baseball

Author : Devin Gordon
Release : 2021-03-16
Genre : Baseball
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 025/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book So Many Ways to Lose written by Devin Gordon. This book was released on 2021-03-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seasoned journalist and editor offers a humorously provocative look at the "best worst team" in professional sports, the New York Mets. There is a difference between being bad and being gifted at losing, and this distinction holds the key to understanding the true magic of the New York Mets. Plenty of teams have longer and stronger records of championship futility than the Mets--after all, since their inception in 1962, they've reached the World Series five times and won twice, in 1969 and 1986. But when it comes to losing in spectacular fashion--when they're dead from day one or they're one base hit from the World Series--no one's ever done it better. That's why the New York Mets are the best worst team in sports, their true secret ingredient, the thing that distinguishes the Mets from all the so-called bad teams who stink without charm or interruption. Mets fans are capable of a bottomless optimism even when it's at odds with all available evidence. Every spring with the arrival of Opening Day, we keep coming back, convinced that this year will be our year. Sometimes it is. It's probably not. In So Many Ways to Lose, Devin Gordon takes a clear-headed, fascinating look at the Mets to understand how one team above all others has perfected the art of losing--yet remains beloved by millions. Each chapter tells the story of the franchise's history through the prism of the Mets' singular gift. This version of the Mets' history isn't about the miraculous '69 team or the dominant '86 team--it's about what happened next. Featuring exclusive interviews with beloved Mets including Mike Piazza, Ron Darling, Todd Zeile, Frank Viola, and Mackey Sasser, longtime Mets broadcaster Gary Cohen, and long-suffering Mets fans like Jimmy Kimmel, Gordon offers fresh insight into winning, losing, and what it means to be a sports fan.

Lose Weight Like Crazy Even If You Have a Crazy Life!

2020-08-18 Health & Fitness

Author : Autumn Calabrese
Release : 2020-08-18
Genre : Health & Fitness
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 531/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Lose Weight Like Crazy Even If You Have a Crazy Life! written by Autumn Calabrese. This book was released on 2020-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can lose weight like crazy, and you can achieve anything! Autumn Calabrese shares the revolutionary step-by-step approach to lose weight that made her one of the top fitness and nutrition celebrities in the world. No cutting corners and no BS: In this book she reveals the personal struggles that shaped her approach to overcome excuses that led to this 30-day plan to succeed at weight loss, and life! Hey there! I’m Autumn Calabrese. I’m a Midwest girl, a single working mom who really had no business being in the business of health and fitness. But I found my passion in helping people achieve their weight-loss and health goals. I turned myself into a mini mega-mogul of nutrition and fitness with two of Beachbody’s most successful programs ever: 21 Day Fix and The Ultimate Portion Fix. I’ve led a crazy life and it’s still crazy—probably a lot like yours. I’ve faced tremendous hardships and disappointments that have deflated my self-confidence. But I’ve found a way to turn “failures” into “redirections” that have transformed my life. And you can do it, too! Over the past five years, I’ve helped hundreds of thousands of people finally get control of food and lose 10, 20, 30, even more than 100 pounds with my breakthrough weight-loss programs. And, now I’m going to do the same for you! Imagine enjoying your favorite CARBS, WINE AND COCKTAILS, AND EVEN CHOCOLATE CAKE and still melt fat to build the lean, fit, healthy body you’ve always wanted! Here’s my proposition: Give me just 30 days of your time, trust my process, GO ALL IN, and see what happens to your body. If you’ve ever struggled to lose weight before, I know why, and I have the solution. Lose Weight Like Crazy is NOT a DIET. There’s Zero Deprivation. It works by automatically controlling your portion sizes, eliminating those unhealthy, sugary processed foods that trigger cravings, and filling you up on a proven ratio of healthy whole foods. It’s simple. It’s backed by science. And it works. You Won't Count Calories! You won’t feel hungry or deprived! You can enjoy dessert! You can have a cocktail with your friends! You can speed up your results by adding fast, fun exercise routines that you’ll love! (free lifetime access to my 2 new workout videos included with the book!) You can maintain your new body and feel amazing—for life!

This Is How You Lose the Time War

2019-07-16 Fiction

Author : Amal El-Mohtar
Release : 2019-07-16
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 012/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book This Is How You Lose the Time War written by Amal El-Mohtar. This book was released on 2019-07-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * “[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as it plays with cause and effect, wildly imaginative technologies, and increasingly intricate wordplay...This short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That’s how war works, right? Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.

101 Ways to Lose Weight and Never Find It Again

2019-01-10 Health & Fitness

Author : Scott Baptie
Release : 2019-01-10
Genre : Health & Fitness
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 516/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book 101 Ways to Lose Weight and Never Find It Again written by Scott Baptie. This book was released on 2019-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’re fed up with dieting, detoxing, punishing fitness regimes, ‘clean eating’ and deprivation, then this is the book for you. Your days of kale smoothies and chia seeds are over. You’ll never need to take another ‘fat-burner’ again, you won’t have to re-mortgage the house to buy the latest detox kit, nor will you have to force yourself to eat nothing but chicken, broccoli and brown rice six times a day because a magazine feature told you to... 101 Ways to Lose Weight and Never Find It Again is for everyone who is sick of restricting, dieting, detoxing and confusing weight-loss advice. The book contains clear, enjoyable and easy-to-follow habits that will help you to get leaner, fitter, stronger and happier without the hunger and heartache. Why this book is different: Many popular weight-loss books just offer a slightly different ‘diet’ that demonises a certain food (sugar, carbs, fat, wheat, etc). These FAD-dy books promote a form of pseudoscientific ‘clean eating’ that quickly becomes unsustainable, unhealthy and boring. Cabbage soup diet sound familiar? 101 Ways to Lose Weight and Never Find It Again debunks all of the fat-loss myths and includes encouraging, scientifically proven ways to make small changes to your lifestyle for long-term health and sustainable weight loss. Here are just a few of the things you're going to learn in this book: How to eat ANY food like ice-cream, bread, pasta and chocolate and still lose weight Why ‘detoxing’, ‘cleansing’, ‘rebooting’ and ‘juicing’ are a load of garbage Why everything you know about when to eat is probably wrong The secret two words that are essential for fat loss The definitive list of supplements that help you to burn fat (it’s not what you think) Why you can have your cake and eat it, plus lots more

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