Bat BoyMy True Life Adventures Coming Of Age With The New York Yankees
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Review by Tobias Carroll, eMusic
Fond nostalgia and pained hindsight both color this writer's lifelong fascination with the New York Yankees.
Matthew McGough’s lifelong fascination with the New York Yankees began at an early age: his memoir opens with him as a child in the '80s, watching a controversial game with his father and observing players who would become some of the best in the league. A decade later, McGough was himself wearing pinstripes, going on fast food runs, sleeping in the clubhouse and balancing schoolwork with the surprisingly busy schedule of a bat boy. He has a knack for zeroing in on surreal images — one involves him driving a player’s SUV full of children's furniture on the beach during spring break — and is unafraid to point out his youthful indiscretions. McGough handles the narration himself, and both fond nostalgia and pained hindsight are abundant in both his cadence and his prose.
Matthew McGough’s lifelong fascination with the New York Yankees began at an early age: his memoir opens with him as a child in the '80s, watching a controversial game with his father and observing players who would become some of the best in the league. A decade later, McGough was himself wearing pinstripes, going on fast food runs, sleeping in the clubhouse and balancing schoolwork with the surprisingly busy schedule of a bat boy. He has a knack for zeroing in on surreal images — one involves him driving a player’s SUV full of children's furniture on the beach during spring break — and is unafraid to point out his youthful indiscretions. McGough handles the narration himself, and both fond nostalgia and pained hindsight are abundant in both his cadence and his prose.
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