Bat boy yankees book

Coming of age with the new york yankees, available now. Autographed by author with inscription to former owner. This book also gives the reader a good understanding as to exactly what a batboys duties are and i think readers will have a new respect for those young men and what they mean to baseball players. Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from penguin random house. Just a teenager, ralph carrieri literally had a frontrow seat for the summer of 49 the legendary seasonlong baseball battle between the new york yankees and boston red sox chronicled in the book. His coldcall letter to george steinbrenner, the irascible owner of the new york yankees, gets him the coveted job of batboy for the venerable baseball club for. Matthew mcgoughs memoir of his teenage days in the bronx is a winning, inside look at clubhouse life. It used to be for the most part, anyway that batboy aspirants or their parents knew somebody with an insider connection to the yankee organization. Ray negron and his yankee miracle story will take you on a sentimental trip behind the scenes of the great yankee teams of the 70s. Buy yankee batboy by joe carrieri online at alibris. Im a yankee fan, so it was great hearing some things about yankees from the past.

He was the bat boy for the yankees for a time period of 2 years. We interviewed a producer an actor in the play to find out more. My true life adventures coming of age with the new york yankees. Dominick ardovino wrote about his batboy experience with the new york mets in the bat boy new york. Later, after college and law school, i wrote about the experience in my book bat boy. Matt mcgough, a batboy for the new york yankees, concedes that he is eager to start his freshman year at williams college this fall. Radio hour bat stretchers, glass eyes, and laugh breaks the moth. Within days, ray became a yankees bat boy and 46 years later is still involved with the team. At the library, florio will talk about his book, yankee batboy, from little italy to yankee stadium and share stories about growing up in little italy and traveling with the yankees during the. Yankee batboy who made it on his own the new york times. Most of us have dreamed of sitting in the dugout with our favorite baseball. Drew storen of the cincinnati reds was a batboy for the montreal expos. Its an honest but fun look into his stint in the yankees organization. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your.

I purchase this book after hearing mathhew on the internet. Very good condition, very clean and bright pages, tight spine. He signed up and was chosen, and faced the challenges of adding more task to a list. Bat boy is an biography about a sixteen year old boy, who is in high school and likes the sport baseball. Memories of a yankee batboy 1956 1961 by frank prudenti. As part of the last group of batboys who did not have to sign confidentiality agreements, castillo is able to divulge yankee secrets in his new memoir, clubhouse confidential.

After law school he clerked for a district court judge at the federal courthouse in lower manhattan. Coming of age with the new york yankees doubleday anchor books. In this hour, a batboy for the new york yankees goes on a wild goose chase. Clubhouse confidential is one of the truly enjoyable reads for any baseball fan, told by former yankees bat boy luis castillo. From 1998 until 2005, he ran errands for arod, caught warmup pitches from andy pettitte and david cone, and partied with ruben sierra. Jesse litsch who pitched for the toronto blue jays, was a batboy for the tampa bay devil rays in 2001 and 2002. Joe carrieris book, searching for heroes, the quest of a yankee batboy is a wonderful picture of a great era in yankee history. Ray negrons new book yankee miracles chonicles his life. After his twoyear career as a yankee bat boy, matthew mcgough graduated from regis high school, williams college george steinbrenners alma mater, and fordham university school of law. He was in a unique position as a youngster, some would say a dream spot. Coming of age with the new york yankees by matthew. After a twoyear career as a yankee bat boy, he graduated from regis high. The george steinbrenner i remember from childhood was a villain as dastardly as any id ever encountered in pro wrestling or comic books. At age 15, luis castillo lived every city kids dream he became a batboy for the new york yankees.