| Bat Boy: Coming of Age with the New York Yankees Contributor(s): McGough, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307278646 ISBN-13: 9780307278647 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: In the fall of 1991, 16-year-old Matthew McGough asked the general manager of the New York Yankees for a position as a bat boy. He got the job and walked into the madness of the Yankee clubhouse on Opening Day, thus beginning two years of adventures and misadventures. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.52" W x 7.98" (0.49 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 88266 Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Most of us have dreamed of sitting in the dugout with our favorite baseball team, and at sixteen Matt McGough was no different. A few months after sending a blind application letter to George Steinbrenner, on Opening Day 1992 Matt found himself walking into the legendary Yankee clubhouse. There, amid the chaos and excitement, he was greeted by none other than his idol Don Mattingly -- who promptly played a prank on him.Thus began two years of adventures and misadventures, from being set up on a date by the bullpen to playing blackjack on the team plane to studying for an exam at 3 am in Yankee Stadium. Through these often hilarious experiences, and especially through his friendships with the ballplayers, Matt learned priceless lessons about honor, responsibility, and the importance of believing in oneself. A magical tale of what happens to a young man when his fondest dream comes true, Bat Boy wonderfully evokes that twilight time just before adulthood, ripe with possibility, foolishness, and hard-won knowledge. |