Author Series: Chris Donnelly

New York baseball expert Chris Donnelly tells the story of the city’s baseball decline from 1990 to 1996, describing in detail the collapse of the Mets and the Yankees. After the chaos of the 1980s, the Yankees bottomed out in 1990, enduring one of the worst seasons in franchise history. In the meantime, the Mets made bad trades, fired managers seemingly every year, and became a powder keg of never-ending controversy. Both the Mets and Yankees would eventually find glory again, but not before struggles that left New York City baseball in tatters.