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Bleeding Pinstripes: A Season with the Bleacher Creatures of Yankee Stadium
Bleeding Pinstripes A Season with the Bleacher Creatures of Yankee Stadium Author:Filip Bondy Bleeding Pinstripes is a unique, anthropological view of this most dedicated tribe of rooterstheir rituals, their personal tribulations, their uncanny commitment to the Bronx ball club 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 Blea... more »chers, 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.« less