How the New York Mets became the 'people's team'
About this episode
A.M. Gittlitz discusses his book on the New York Mets and their cultural significance in relation to class struggle and politics.
A.M. Gittlitz is an organizer and writer whose work focuses on the counterculture and radical politics. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller "Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team," a love letter to the New York Mets and a sweeping study of New York City through the electric and often calamitous history of the franchise. Gittlitz joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis and political director Bob Hardt to discuss the book, which traces the Mets' origins back to the 1880 Metropolitans and the class-coded nature of early baseball leagues. The conversation also explored the franchise's modern founding through Robert Moses' vision for Flushing Meadows–Corona Park and the deliberate branding of the Mets that later became associated with the New Left.
People in this episode
Host: Errol Louis
Guest: A.M. Gittlitz
Topics covered
- New York Mets
- baseball history
- class struggle
- politics
- counterculture
- sports branding
Keywords
- New York Mets
- A.M. Gittlitz
- baseball
- class struggle
- Flushing Meadows
- sports history
- political branding
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New York Times
Books & works: Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team
Places: Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
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