Devin Gordon is a contributing writer for a number of publications, including the The Atlantic, New York Times Magazine, and ESPN the Magazine. He has served as executive editor at GQ Magazine and was a writer and editor at Newsweek. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife, two kids and their dog.
"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
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