Sixteenyearold matthew mcgough was a fairly typical teenager, obsessed with getting. Coming of age with the new york yankees by matthew. Bat stretchers, glass eyes, and laugh breaks the moth. Wry and nostalgic, bat boy takes readers back to a time before steroid scandals and 200 milliondollar payrolls when the mattinglyled yankees were still lovable losers. His passion for the new york yankees was absolute, complete with a poster of his hero, yankees first baseman don mattingly, hanging on his bedroom wall. Bat boy and millions of other books are available for instant access. In the fall of 1991, 16yearold matthew mcgough asked the general manager of the new york yankees for a position as a bat boy. Bat boy by matthew mcgough penguin random house audio. Matthew mcgough s memoir of his teenage days in the bronx is a winning, inside look at clubhouse life. Most of us have dreamed of sitting in the dugout with our favorite baseball team, and at sixteen matt mcgough was no different.
A cold case investigation, about whether the lapd covered up a murder by one its own officers. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more. Matthew mcgough wonderfully evokes that twilight time just before adulthood, ripe with possibility, foolishness, and hardwon knowledge. You can read about more of matthews adventures in baseball in his book bat boy. He was the bat boy for the yankees for a time period of 2 years. Mar 03, 2012 the baseball reliquary and pasadena public library present a discussion and book signing with matthew mcgough, author of bat boy. A winsome little reminiscence of two years spent at the bronx zoo. Mcgough had no connections to the new york yankees organization when he sat down and wrote them for a job as batboy as he was about to enter his junior year in high schoo. After law school he clerked for a district court judge at t.
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Coming of age with the new york yankees by matthew mcgough. Sixteenyearold matthew mcgough was a fairly typical teenager, obsessed with getting through high school, girls, and baseball, not necessarily in that order. Bat boy is an biography about a sixteen year old boy, who is in high school and likes the sport baseball. The ballad of songbirds and snakes from the author that brought you the hunger games, reenter the world of panem again sixtyfour years before the events of the original series. Matthew mcgough described his batboy experiences with the new york yankees in bat boy. Coming of age with the new york yankees matthew mcgough on. If there were bat stretchers to be bought and sold in the sporting goods. Bat boy by matthew mcgough overdrive rakuten overdrive. After law school he clerked for a district court judge at the federal courthouse in lower manhattan. My true life adventures coming of age with the new. Coming of age with the new york yankees 9780307278647 by mcgough, matthew and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Matthew mcgough is the author of the memoir bat boy. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Matt mcgough, a batboy for the new york yankees, concedes that he is eager to start his freshman year at williams college this fall.
He signed up and was chosen, and faced the challenges of adding more task to a list. Bat boy captures the lure and beauty of the american pastime, but much more it is a tale of what happens to a young man when his fondest dream comes true. Mcgough had no connections to the new york yankees organization when he sat down and wrote them for a job as batboy as he was about to enter his junior year in high school. Coming of age with the new york yankees by matthew mcgough at indigo. Coming of age with the new york yankees, on saturday, march 24, 2012, at 1. Yankee batboy who made it on his own the new york times. His passion for the new york yankees was absolute, complete with a poster of his hero, yankees first baseman don mattingly, hanging on his. Mar, 2007 matthew mcgough s memoir of his teenage days in the bronx is a winning, inside look at clubhouse life. But out of the blue he got the job, a plum for any young yankees fan. Since yankee policy dictates that bat boys can work a maximum of two years, mcgough matured from rookie to old hand in a short time, losing a degree of innocence as he learned how to take advantage of his veteran status, which he describes in honest and selfeffacing terms. The george steinbrenner i remember from childhood was a villain as dastardly as any id ever encountered in pro wrestling or comic books. Coming of age with the new york yankees, available now.
The books best passages are those that deal with the seemingly mundane activities on game days. Coming of age with the new york yankees, paperback by mcgough, matthew, isbn 0307278646, isbn 9780307278647, brand new, free shipping in the us the author describes how he got a job as a bat boy for the new york yankees at the age of sixteen, his encounters with his heroes including don mattingly, and his adventures and misadventures during his two years in the position. My true life adventures coming of age with the new york yankees. Coming of age with the new york yankees, and most recently, the true crime book the lazarus files. Matt mcgough, from bat boy i have only two criticisms of matt mcgough s new book, bat boy. Matthew mcgough in the fall of 1991, 16yearold matthew mcgough asked the general manager of the new york yankees for a position as a bat boy. My truelife adventures coming of age with the new york yankees, a book published by doubleday in 2005.
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