Yankee Miracles Life with the Boss and the Bronx Bombers

Name: Yankee Miracles Life with the Boss and the Bronx Bombers
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ISBN: 9780871404619

ISBN-10: 0871404613

ISBN-13: 9780871404619

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ray Negron, Sally Cook, Hank Steinbrenner

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If it was not all so true, you’d think it was a fairy tale. A seventeen-year-old from Queens spray paints graffiti on Yankee Stadium and gets nabbed by George Steinbrenner himself. Contrary to his gruff public image, the Boss—driven by a compassionate inner voice—reclaims the teen at a time when the Bronx is literally burning. Thus begins the unlikeliest of baseball stories, one in which Ray Negron is transformed from street kid to batboy and beyond. Befriending many of major league baseball’s greatest stars—Billy Martin, Reggie Jackson, Munson, Mantle, Catfish, A-Rod, Jeter, even Mrs. Lou Gehrig—Negron ultimately emerges as a dynamic community leader, dedicating his own life to helping the…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 9/3/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.61" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Ray Negron, a community advisor for the New York Yankees, is the author of three children's books and the producer of an animated film.

Sally Cook, the author of two children's books, is also the coauthor of Another Season, a New York Times bestseller.



Introduction



Prologue



The Boss and the Batboy



The Legend of Billy the Kid and a Sister Named Adele



The Birth of Mr. October



Two Cheesies: What I Learned from Thurman Munson



Bobby Murcer: Because We Loved Him



Catfish Hunter: Thank You for Being a Friend



Alex Rodriguez: The Man in the Mirror



Another Bronx Tale: No Favors Between Friends



Brett Gardner and the Girl with the Yellow Bracelet



Last at Bat


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Kay Negron Timeline


Index