Month: December 2017

Negron’s Impact: Christmas in the Bronx and the Birth of a Miracle

Negron’s Impact: Christmas in the Bronx and the Birth of a Miracle

It’s Christmas and I am driving back from a party for kids that come from a shelter. My dear friend, Dan Quintero, from the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club always helps me to put this together along with donations from a lot of my dear friends from the Yankees and Alfred Zaccagnino, a pal […]

Negron’s Impact: David Cassidy – He Made Us Happy

Negron’s Impact: David Cassidy – He Made Us Happy

When your as blessed as me, having worked for the New York Yankees for over 44 years,  you get to meet a lot of famous people. Some great, some not so great. Some nice, some not as nice. People from the world of Stage, screen, television, sports and politics. I come from such humble beginnings […]

Negron’s Impact: Omar Vizquel, Very HOF Worthy

Negron’s Impact: Omar Vizquel, Very HOF Worthy

Two of the greatest players of their generation and maybe the all time very best at their positions are Ozzie Smith and Robbie Alomar. Both won ten or more gold gloves, were on ten or more All Star teams, World Championship teams and both knew how to win. I spent some time with Ozzie on […]

Negron’s Impact: Yankee Batboy to Batman

Negron’s Impact: Yankee Batboy to Batman

During my years as a Yankee batboy I got to meet and work with a lot of kids that were very proud to put on the Yankee pinstripes. As batboys we were  made to feel like a part of the team by most of the players.  The harder we worked, the more the players made […]

Negron’s Impact: Aaron Boone, Baseball Pedigree and Royalty

Negron’s Impact: Aaron Boone, Baseball Pedigree and Royalty

In 1973, George Steinbrenner bought the New York Yankees and said that he had a five year plan for the Yankees to become winners. That following season the Boss and Gabe Paul, the first GM of the Steinbrenner era, made a series of trades to help to move the plan along to make the Yankees […]

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