A nostalgic look back at a brief, highly entertaining slice of new york baseball. The book was laid out and told in a fascinating way that kept the material fresh - snippets of the first ever interleague matchup between the Mets and Yankees interspersed between the larger narrative of the 1997-2000 seasons covering each team culminating in the world series. I was only a youngster during the time period of this book but vividly remember much of the more media covered things - bobby valentine emerging in the dugout under disguise after an ejection, the yips of chuck knoblauch, rise of Piazza, tense battles between the Mets and my Atlanta Braves and of course the world series meeting of new york squads. I enjoyed having the author take a deeper dive into this brief but memorable era in baseball history. Thank you to the author, publisher and netgalley for the advance copy.

The late 90s are my earliest memories of watching Major League Baseball. As a native New Yorker and life long Yankees fan, The subway series was a huge part of my formative years. “Get Your Tokens Ready” does a fantastic job of transporting you right back to the time period. The descriptions of the games and players are so detailed and informative that it brought me right back to those moments leading up to the infamous subway series. I thoroughly enjoyed this retrospective and I’d recommend to long time fans who want to relive history and new fans who are in for a treat. This book a must for lovers of history and baseball.