Reviews
A Joyous Celebration, a Reminder That There's a Nobility in Rooting for a Sublimely Hopeless Team., So Many Ways to Lose is, ironically, a 20-game winner. Devin Gordon's ability to explain the Sisyphean plight of all Mets fans is truly remarkable, and I was thoroughly entertained with his stories of how coming up short can be an art form. Bravo., Devin Gordon pulls off something here that's so hard: writing about one team in a way that makes you feel like he's actually writing about your team. I've never watched a Mets game in my life, but two chapters in, I couldn't put this book down., "So Many Ways to Lose is, ironically, a 20-game winner. Devin Gordon's ability to explain the Sisyphean plight of all Mets fans is truly remarkable, and I was thoroughly entertained with his stories of how coming up short can be an art form. Bravo." -- Ron Darling, New York Times bestselling author of Game 7, 1986 "A joyous celebration, a reminder that there's a nobility in rooting for a sublimely hopeless team." -- Joe Posnanski, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of Baseball and Michael Schur, creator of Parks and Recreation and The Good Place "Devin Gordon pulls off something here that's so hard: writing about one team in a way that makes you feel like he's actually writing about your team. I've never watched a Mets game in my life, but two chapters in, I couldn't put this book down." -- Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author of Basketball (and Other Things) and The Rap Yearbook "Every child who grows up around New York knows they face a choice on which everything else depends: Mets or Yankees? But what kind of person actually chooses the Mets? In So Many Ways to Lose, Devin Gordon answers that question with a gift for jaunty fatalism and aphoristic self-abasement." -- Tom Junod, two-time National Magazine Award winner "Devin Gordon's vivisection of the psyche of a Mets fan is brutal and hilarious. It's a must-read for anyone who loves baseball." -- Jeff Passan, ESPN senior MLB insider and New York Times bestselling author of The Arm "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 "As a third generation Yankee fan, I've always wondered why anyone would be a Mets fan. This crackling, funny, thoughtful book explained it: you're losers." -- Joel Stein, author of In Defense of Elitism, Devin Gordon's vivisection of the psyche of a Mets fan is brutal and hilarious. It's a must-read for anyone who loves baseball., As a third generation Yankee fan, I've always wondered why anyone would be a Mets fan. This crackling, funny, thoughtful book explained it: you're losers., 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., Every child who grows up around New York knows they face a choice on which everything else depends: Mets or Yankees? But what kind of person actually chooses the Mets? In So Many Ways to Lose, Devin Gordon answers that question with a gift for jaunty fatalism and aphoristic self-abasement.
