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TIL former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner once caught and detained a 17 year old named Ray Negron spraying graffiti on Yankee stadium. As a punishment, he made him the team’s batboy. Negron worked his way up the baseball ladder and went on to become a Yankees executive and a best selling author.

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