{"product_id":"coming-home-my-amazin-life-with-the-new-york-mets-hardcover","title":"Coming Home: My Amazin' Life with the New York Mets - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCleon Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGary Kaschak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling memoir at the intersection of baseball and American history \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cleon Jones has never forgotten where he came from. As a child, growing up in a Mobile, Alabama shotgun house with no electricity or running water, he yearned to follow the path of hometown heroes Satchel Paige and Hank Aaron, and his community uplifted him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Navigating the perilous norms of the Jim Crow South, Jones ascended to baseball's highest ranks, leading the 1969 New York Mets with his bat and catching the final out to clinch the \"miracle\" World Series title. But after 13 years in the major leagues, Jones returned to the place he loves, the neighborhood where it all started: Africatown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eComing Home\u003c\/i\u003e is Jones's love letter to his roots in Alabama's most historic Black settlement, whose origins can be traced back to the last known illegal transport of slaves to the United States aboard the Clotilda. Jones candidly discusses how his Africatown neighbors helped supply him with a bat and glove when his family could not afford equipment, the opposition he faced as a Black player after leaving Alabama, his fond memories of the Miracle Mets, and his post-baseball fight to save his dying community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso featuring Jones's outlook on the modern game and American society, this timely chronicle is a profound slice of history for all baseball fans.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCleon Jones\u003c\/b\u003e played 13 seasons in Major League baseball, winning a World Series with the 1969 \"Miracle Mets.\" With The Last Out Community Foundation, Jones now works to refurbish and build affordable homes, combat blight, and provide positive youth programs for the Africatown community in Mobile, Alabama. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Kaschak\u003c\/b\u003e has served as sports writer and columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Vestal News\u003c\/i\u003e (upper New York state), \u003ci\u003eThe Green Bay Press Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e (Wisconsin), and \u003ci\u003eThe Burlington County Times\u003c\/i\u003e (New Jersey). He served \u003ci\u003eThe Montrose Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (Pennsylvania) as its Sports Editor and has also reported for WKOP radio in Binghampton, New York.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766557638944,"sku":"9781637270073","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/34542bc25496bf884b2705ee24c2327c.webp?v=1780294584","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/coming-home-my-amazin-life-with-the-new-york-mets-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}