Most of us have dreamed of sitting in the dugout with our favorite baseball team and at sixteen Matt McGough was no different. A few months after sending a blind application letter to George Steinbrenner on Opening Day 1992 Matt found himself walking into the legendary Yankee clubhouse. There amid the chaos and excitement he was greeted by none other than his idol Don Mattingly -- who promptly played a prank on him.Thus began two years of adventures and misadventures from being set up on a date by the bullpen to playing blackjack on the team plane to studying for an exam at 3 am in Yankee Stadium. Through these often hilarious experiences and especially through his friendships with the ballplayers Matt learned priceless lessons about honor responsibility and the importance of believing in oneself. A magical tale of what happens to a young man when his fondest dream comes true Bat Boy wonderfully evokes that twilight time just before adulthood ripe with possibility foolishness and hard-won knowledge.