Good luck with your book and everything ...

I'm not sure why the Daily News would give up column space on their sports pages for free advertising, but here it is:

"Yes, the Mets are revived. That’s my claim on the cover of my new book 'Baseball Maverick: How Sandy Alderson Revolutionized Baseball and Revived the Mets,' and I stand by it 100%: The Mets are relevant again, they’re exciting — and it’s time to circle Matt Harvey Day on the calendar."

Mmmkay.


"My title and subtitle have been carped about by the words-mean-what-I-think-they-mean crowd. What is a 'maverick'? A 19th Century Texan named Samuel Maverick refused to brand his cattle. Unbranded cattle were then assumed to be ‘mavericks', that is, his."

Wow. Thanks for the history lesson, I guess.

You're attacking the "words-mean-what-I-think-they-mean" crowd and oddly ended one of your sentences with "that is, his." Did your book have a better copy editor? Or are you doing this on purpose? You're pranking the readers?


"He developed a reputation for being smart and independent-minded. That’s the meaning longtime A’s GM Billy Beane, an Alderson protégé, had in mind with the quote that inspired the title."

Yeah, everybody knows the meaning of the word "maverick."

Everybody has seen Top Gun.


"That’s the 'revolutionized' part of the subtitle. Can a reasonable person infer that 'revived' suggests the Mets have already won a World Series on Alderson’s watch? Not by a mile."

Because they haven't won a World Series on Alderson's watch.


"Revive means 'to restore to consciousness or life,' 'to restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state: bring back,''“to renew in the mind or memory.' (Merriam-Webster)"

Jesus, pal.

We know what "maverick" means and we also know what "revive" means.

You're insulting your audience badly enough ... and then you're using the freaking dictionary as a source.


"Under Alderson’s leadership the Mets have already been revived. But now what? Alderson’s goal is not reaching .500 to shut up loud-mouthed critics, but achieving the critical mass to be a postseason force for years to come.

I join with Tom Verducci and other canny baseball observers in thinking the Mets have an excellent shot at doing that this season. We’ll see soon enough.

Play ball!"

The Mets are going to make the playoffs because they've achieved the critical mass (?) to be a postseason force for years to come.

Alright. That's one person's opinion. Rather, two people's opinion. Because when Tom Verducci talks, people listen.

Not sure who the loud-mouthed critics are. Outside of the weird Daily News Mets propaganda machine, I haven't heard anyone mention your book, positively or negatively.

I think the topic might be more interesting after all of the playoff success, but I'm quite sure I wouldn't buy that book, either.