A Drive into the Gap is a true story about fathers and sons, baseball and memory, and the improbable journey of a bat from one of the most iconic moments in the history of the game to the bedroom of a 12-year-old boy.
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One evening his neighbor stopped by for a cup of coffee and during the conversation he asked if Jackie would be interested in arranging some local gigs for his teen-age son, Frankie, whom the father felt might have a future as a singer. Jackie turned him down, saying, “If he were a wrestler I might be interested, but singers are a dime-a-dozen.” Over the years Jackie often wondered how his life might have been different if he had seized the opportunity so many years ago to become Frank Sinatra’s manager. —Chapter 2
(Pictured are members of the New York Yankees front office staff sometime in the 1960s. L-R: Bill Kane, statistician; Louis Requena, free-lance photographer; Bill Guilfoile, Asst. PR Director; Jackie Farrell, Director of Speakers’ Bureau; Connie Fernandez, PR secretary; Bob Fishel, PR Director.)
“An extraordinary, beautifully written story about baseball and memory.
Simply amazing.”
– Jonathan Eig, New York Times best-selling author of Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of
Lou Gehrig and
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season.
“Kevin Guilfoile weaves laughter with tears, history with mystery, and the blessings of baseball with the curse of Alzheimer’s.”
– Steve Wulf, Senior Writer, ESPN The Magazine
“A suspenseful mystery involving one of baseball’s greatest heroes, Roberto Clemente, and the relationship between a devoted son and a remarkable father. A spectacular home run.”
– Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune
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“I’m not writing it down to remember it later,
I’m writing it down to remember it now.”
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