Burton Rocks

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Burton Rocks
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Born1972 (age 51–52)
New York, New York, US
Alma mater Stony Brook University, B.A. history 1994
Hofstra University, School of Law, J.D. 1997
Occupation(s)President, C.L. Rocks Corporation
Known forWriter, business entrepreneur, sports attorney/agent,
Notable workWith Paul O'Neill: Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir (Harper Collins 2004);
Parent(s) Lawrence Rocks, Marlene Rocks
Website www.clrockscorp.com

Burton Evan Rocks (born 1972, New York City) is an American sports attorney, agent, and writer. Rocks collaborated with Yankee outfielder Paul O'Neill on the 2003 New York Times bestseller Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir.

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Early life and education

Burton Rocks is the son of chemist Lawrence Rocks. [1]

As a child Rocks was often hospitalized due to life-threatening asthma, [2] suffering three code blues before the age of five. [3] He graduated from Ward Melville High School [4] and then graduated from Stony Brook University with a history degree in 1994, [5] where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. [6] Rocks then graduated Hofstra University School of Law.[ citation needed ]

Writing

Rocks is the co-author, with New York Yankees outfielder Paul O'Neill, of the 2003 New York Times bestselling book Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir, detailing O'Neill's relationship with his father and how they bonded over baseball. [7] Andrea Cooper reviewing for the New York Times described the book as a charming eulogy for O'Neill's father. [8] Rocks has also co-written books with other athletes and media figures.

In 2006, Burton Rocks and Andrew Goodwin co-founded and launched the social media company Chatwithastar Inc. [9] [ non-primary source needed ]

In 2015 Stony Brook University hired Rocks as an adjunct business professor. [5]

C.L. Rocks Corporation

Rocks is the founder and owner of C.L. Rocks Corporation, a sports agency, which he launched in 2008, [10] based on a metric he created during law school. [11] The agency has numerous high-profile clients.

In 2018 Rocks negotiated a six-year contract extension worth a guaranteed $26 million for client Paul DeJong, the biggest contract ever signed by a Major League Baseball player with less than one full year of major league service time. [12] [13] Forbes SportsMoney profiled Rocks' "Quantified Intangible Sheet" evaluation methodology used in DeJong's contract extension negotiations. [14]

In January 2019 Topps announced plans to issue a collectible card for Rocks. [15] [16]

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