One Last Time: Good-bye to Yankee Stadium - Hardcover

Negron, Ray

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061471623 ISBN 13: 9780061471629

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2009

Synopsis

It was the legendary home of baseball immortals, World Series champions, and classic moments in sports history, but after eighty-five years the House that Ruth Built is feeling her age, and the time has come to say good-bye. So as a new Yankee Stadium opens, Ray the Batboy and the Boss summon some of the greatest players who have worn the pinstripes to this hallowed field for one last game. And what a game it is!

In One Last Time: Good-bye to Yankee Stadium, Ray Negron and Laura Seeley, the New York Times bestselling team that created The Boy of Steel and The Greatest Story Never Told: The Babe and Jackie, pay tribute to the ballpark that housed so many Yankee greats and welcome the new stadium that will be home to future baseball heroes.

About this title

About the Author:

Ray Negron is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Boy of Steel: A Baseball Dream Come True, as well as two other children's picture books. He was a Yankees batboy, played minor league ball, and worked for the Cleveland Indians. He currently works with the Yankees as a special advisor on community relations for Hank Steinbrenner and Randy Levine. In addition, he is the producer of the animated film Henry & Me. He lives in Florida with his four children.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1–4—This is not the kind of tribute that Yankee Stadium deserves. Postgame, George Steinbrenner calls Ray, the batboy, to his office to tell him that Yankee Stadium will be torn down, and he asks Ray to tell the good ol' boys—Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, et al—that they can return to the stadium "one last time and say good-bye." At this point, it's unclear how Ray will do this or what the Boss is talking about; then, they wax poetic about the "old lady" and about how the greats will be carried in fans' hearts forever. Ray fulfills his assignment. The guys are gathered in a "magic room," and he lets them out to play one last time. Naturally, it's the game of a lifetime. As they are playing, they hear bulldozers, and Steinbrenner gets a call that the stadium is coming down immediately. Everyone has to run to the magic room or risk never being able to leave. The text is overlong and maudlin. The color illustrations are static, and there are jarring close-ups of Ray's face. Even New York City libraries should be wary of purchasing this title.—Laura Lutz, formerly at Queens Borough Public Library, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061471623
• ISBN 13: 9780061471629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Seeley Laura