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Yankee Miracles: Life with the Boss and the Bronx Bombers
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...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
September 3rd 2012
by Liveright
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I cannot remember a time I was not a baseball fan – and as a kid growing up in a small town in the ‘60s that meant I was a Yankee fan. No other team was on television as much or got as much national press coverage. Those were the days of Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Yogi Berra, Tony Kubek, Whitey Ford, Clete Boyer, Bobby Richardson, etc. – a classic Yankee lineup. Although my keenest interest in the team would only last another decade or so, I could never resist keeping up with all the drama asso...more
Negron, an employee of the Yankees off and one for nearly 40 years, has written a book at times very moving, at other times a bit saccharine, about some of the Yankee players past and present who have made a difference in his life. The author enables us to see a side of these athletes usually not seen. Included are many kind words for George Steinbrenner and the many charitable deeds he did for the people around him. Well worth the read.
Great literature? No. A great and entertaining memoir? Absolutely. Especially if you are a Yankees fan over the age of 30. Over the age of 40 and a Yankees fan it goes up a star or two. The story of how Ray Negron became part of the Yankees is amazing enough but his extended career with The Boss and the Yankee organization and the portraits of some of the star players he paints are big fun.
Being a Yankee fan almost all my life and excited to say I enjoyed reading, ”Yankee Miracles.” Ray Negron a seventeen year old teen who was obsessed with the game of baseball. On June 29, 1973, Ray’s journey began. Spraying graffiti on the Yankee Stadium and being caught by security and meeting George Steinbrenner himself .
Ray was now in a Yankee uniform and working as a bat boy. Reading Ray’s journey
of baseball games as a bat boy. Meeting famous Yankee players like, Thurman Munson, Bobby Maurc...more
Ray was now in a Yankee uniform and working as a bat boy. Reading Ray’s journey
of baseball games as a bat boy. Meeting famous Yankee players like, Thurman Munson, Bobby Maurc...more
This is a great story (memoir) of a Bronx kid picked up off the streets and immersed in the Yankee clubhouse. You'll love this book especially if you are a Yankees fan>
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Yes! Yes! Yes! My two passions collide: baseball and books! Winning this warms my heart and brings a loving smile to my face. :) Thank you!
For a Yankee fan this is a good book. The story of his life chaning and the other stories of Yankee players he became friends with. A good story.
Tremendous story of a Bronx kid picked up off the streets and immersed in the Yankee clubhouse. Tremendous chapter towards the end will have me rooting extra hard for Brett Gardner from now on
Excellent book . Must read for Yankees fans. Gives different. Picture of a caring Steinbrenner
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Along with Bobby Murcer's "Yankee For Life" , are the best baseball books I ever read.
If you're a Yankee fan, I would recommend it.
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