Bleeding Pinstripes : A Season with the Bleacher Creatures of Yankee Stadium

by Bondy, Filip

• ISBN13: 9781582617695
• ISBN10: 1582617694
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-15
• Publisher: Sports Pub

Summary

Bleeding Pinstripes is a unique, anthropological view of this most dedicated tribe of rooters?their rituals, their personal tribulations, their uncanny commitment to the Bronx ball clu . and to each other. You will meet an assortment of Bleacher Creatures, characters of a very different sort: Tina Lewis, the self-proclaimed Queen of the Bleachers, a spirited cancer survivor, and the chief lobbyist for Section 39; Donald Simpson, a 9/11 victim and the bleachers? only known millionaire; Milton Ousland, the only bleacher fan authorized to bang the cowbell during Yankee games; Bald Vinny, the ultimate T-shirt entrepreneur and a good-natured hustler who has made a living off his passion; and Luis Castillo, the Yankee clubhouse attendant and the insider who started out as just another Creature in the bleachers.

Author Biography

Filip Bondy is an award-winning sports columnist for the New York Daily News

Table of Contents

Foreword	vi
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	xviii
Cast of Characters	xxiv
April 8 Home Opener	1	(10)
April 9 The Second Time Around	11	(8)
April 23 Rivalries and Revelries	19	(12)
April 29 Pulling for Jeter	31	(6)
May 16 The Queen Returns	37	(12)
May 29 Donald's New Home	49	(6)
June 2 A Sense of Pride	55	(8)
June 9 A Wave of Dissent	63	(10)
June 13 Until the End	73	(6)
June 27 The Other Team	79	(10)
July 1 Revenge Exacted	89	(4)
July 7 Trouble at the Stadium	93	(10)
July 21 Love and Money	103	(8)
August 2 The Dog Days	111	(8)
August 20 A Dark Aloha	119	(6)
August 31 The Hits Kept Coming	125	(6)
September 2 Right Wing in Right Field	131	(6)
September 6 The Perfect Storm	137	(12)
September 17 Those Dreaded Sox	149	(10)
September 20 The Bleachers Favorite	159	(8)
September 30 Clinching the Deal	167	(10)
October 5 ALDS Game 1	177	(10)
October 6 ALDS Game 2	187	(6)
October 12 ALCS Game 1	193	(6)
October 13 ALCS Game 2	199	(6)
October 19 ALCS Game 6	205	(6)
October 20 ALCS Game 7	211	(8)
Epilogue	219