EPISODE · Dec 3, 2021 · 32 MIN
NEW YORK YANKEES former Batboy Ray Negron shares Yankee legend stories
from The Motivation Show · host Eli Marcus
In 1977 and 1978, the New York Yankees won world championships with one of the most colorful teams in sports history . Ray Negron was the batboy and got to know & be friends with the greatest Yankees of them all including three of the most controversial and flamboyant: Mr. October Reggie Jackson, 5 time hired/fired Yankee Manager Billy Martin, & "The Boss" George Steinbrenner. His story about Mickey Mantle in this podcast is priceless. Hear how a teenager from a Bronx ghetto defaces Yankee Stadium, but instead of becoming a jail bird, catches a break and becomes a Bat Boy for the Yankees instead during these glory years. if you are a baseball fan or just likes to be inspired by an against all odds story, this podcast will have you believing that anyone can turn their life around from the depths to the heights!
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In 1977 and 1978, the New York Yankees won world championships with one of the most colorful teams in sports history . Ray Negron was the batboy and got to know & be friends with the greatest Yankees of them all including three of the most controversial and flamboyant: Mr. October Reggie Jackson, 5 time hired/fired Yankee Manager Billy Martin, & "The Boss" George Steinbrenner. His story about Mickey Mantle in this podcast is priceless. Hear how a teenager from a Bronx ghetto defaces Yankee Stadium, but instead of becoming a jail bird, catches a break and becomes a Bat Boy for the Yankees instead during these glory years. if you are a baseball fan or just likes to be inspired by an against all odds story, this podcast will have you believing that anyone can turn their life around from the depths to the heights!
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