Boycott The Yankees: A Call to Action by a Lifelong Yankees Fan - Softcover

DeLucia, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0997174102 ISBN 13: 9780997174106

Publisher: Green-T-Books, 2016

Synopsis

There’s no sport more American than baseball, but has the beloved pastime forgotten its fans? Mike DeLucia calls on his team to pay more attention to its followers than its cash flow in Boycott the Yankees, a biting critique of the team he worships.

DeLucia advocates that fans boycott the team until it lowers ticket prices and shows them a little more respect. He rallies against what he considers an obsession with ego and greed.

Like many kids in New York, DeLucia grew up playing baseball with his friends and pretending to be a Yankee. He collected baseball cards as tributes to his favorite players, savoring rather than trading them. He cherishes the history of the game but traces how corporate America came to be the one cashing in on the home runs, charging higher and higher ticket prices to cover the costs of players and their demands.

It’s a labor of love as he calls on fans to stand together and force baseball to return to its roots: a game dedicated to the people in the stands instead of the cash in their wallets.

About this title

About the Author

Mike DeLucia, a lifelong New York Yankees fan, teaches high school English. He grew up in the Throgs Neck/Pelham Bay section of the Bronx and remains a lover of the game, just not what he considers the corporate greed that feeds it. Mr. DeLucia’s next book, The Man Who Changed Basketball, is due out next year.

Edition details

• Publisher: Green-T-Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0997174102
• ISBN 13: 9780997174106
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128