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• Winner of School Library Journal Adult Books for Young Adults.

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Wonderful. . . . It should eventually find its way to that very short shelf of enduring sports nonfiction, perhaps somewhere between Ball Four and Friday Night Lights, <br> --Leigh Montville, author of Ted Williams and The Big Bam <br> A terrific memoir, combining an endearing coming-of-age story with a unique window on the inner world of baseball. It is warm, witty, shrewd, and entertaining from start to finish. --Doris Kearns Goodwin <br> [McGough] writes fondly and opens a window that baseball fans rarely see. -- The Tampa Tribune <br> McGough provides humorous, often poignant, observations about Bronx Bombers legends. -- USA Today

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After his two-year career as a Yankee bat boy, Matthew McGough graduated from Regis High School, Williams College (George Steinbrenner’s alma mater), and Fordham University School of Law. After law school he clerked for a district court judge at the Federal Courthouse in Lower Manhattan. McGough lives in New York City.

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