January 19, 2008
The Yankees Ray
Alex Belth profiles Ray Negron, an unusual story of fate and the Yankees.
The story also shows the underappreciated charitable side of George Steinbrenner:
Steinbrenner replied, "No. You are going to learn. You're going to pay the price for this. I'm going to make sure you learn."
He shoved Negron into the cell and left. Negron was terrified. One of the cops taunted him.
"You know what?" Negron remembers today. "It was just, the team was bad, the stadium was corroded. It was just about doing an 'NY' on the wall as far as I was concerned. It was innocent. It wasn't about writing 'fuck you' on the wall or anything."
Less than ten minutes later, Steinbrenner returned. "Get him out of there." Steinbrenner escorted Negron around the corner to the Yankee clubhouse and brought him to Pete Sheehy, the team's clubhouse manager since the Babe Ruth days. Steinbrenner told Sheehy to get Negron a uniform. "He's got damages he's got to work off."
Great work by Alex on the story. He really brings his characters to life.
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