Burton Rocks

Burton Rocks
Born (1972-06-25) June 25, 1972
New York, New York, US
Alma mater Stony Brook University, B.A. History 1994
Hofstra University, School of Law, J.D. 1997
Occupation President, C.L. Rocks Corporation
Known for writer, business entrepreneur, sports attorney/agent,
Notable work With Paul O'Neill: Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir (Harper Collins 2004);
Parent(s) Lawrence Rocks (chemist), Marlene Rocks

Burton Evan Rocks (June 25, 1972), born in New York City, is an American sports attorney/agent, and writer. Rocks has collaborated with many sports personalities on their memoirs, including the 2003 New York Times bestseller Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir with Yankee outfielder Paul O'Neill.

Early life and career

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

He graduated from Stony Brook University with a history degree in 1994.[2] After graduating Hofstra University School of Law, he cowrote Clyde King's memoirs. In 2015 Stony Brook University hired Rocks as an adjunct business professor.[2][3] As a child Rocks was often hospitalized due to life-threatening childhood asthma.[4] Rocks is a 1990 graduate of Ward Melville High School.[5] He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[6]

In 2006, Burton Rocks and Andrew Goodwin co-founded and launched the social media company Chatwithastar Inc.[7]

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. It details O'Neill's relationship with his father and how they bonded over baseball.[8] Andrea Cooper reviewing for the New York Times described the book as a charming eulogy for O'Neill's father.[9]

Rocks has also collaborated on books with other sports personalities such as Bob Feller,[10] Carl Erskine,[11] Andy North, [12] and Steve Lyons.[13]

Rocks collaborated with actor Jack Klugman on his memoirs, which celebrated the friendship that Klugman shared with actor Tony Randall.[14] In 2006 Rocks also co-wrote Billy Wagner’s exclusive playoff column for the New York Post. [15]

C.L. Rocks Corporation

Rocks is the founder and owner of C.L. Rocks Corporation, a sports agency, which he launched in 2008.[16] [17][18]

C. L. Rocks Corporation MLB/NFL/college coaching clientele list includes: Jim Riggleman,[19][20][21]Joe Oliver,[22] Dave Eiland,[23] Chip Hale,[24] Charlie Montoyo,[25][26] Stump Mitchell[27][28]and Dawson Odums.[29] C.L. Rocks Corporation MLB players include: Alex Cintron,[30] Robinson Cancel,[31] Kip Wells,[32]Angel Sánchez,[33] Jonathan Albaladejo,[34] Paul DeJong,[35][36][37][38][39]and Aaron Wilkerson.[40][41]

In September 2015 the Boston Globe profiled an executive metric Rocks created, which he devised during law school, and applied in his agency based on quantified intangibles.[42] In November 2015 Rocks delivered a TedX talk on his Quantified Intangible Sheet anaylitc. [43][44]

In March 2018 Rocks negotiated a six-year contract 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. [45] [46][47] [48] [49] [50] [51]

In April 2018 Forbes profiled Rocks' Quantified Intangible Sheet player evaluation methodology on the Forbes SportsMoney podcast.[52]In the spring 2018 issue of The Key Reporter, Phi Beta Kappa profiled Rocks in their member spotlight, highlighting his Quantified Intangible Sheet evaluation metric.[53]

Bibliography

Co-authored

  • King, Clyde – A King's Legacy : The Clyde King Story (1999, Masters Press) ISBN 9780809226610
  • O'Neill, Paul – Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir (2003, Harpercollins Publishers) ISBN 0-06-052405-7
  • Klugman, Jack – Tony And Me: A Story Of Friendship (2005, Goodhill Press) ISBN 978-0976830306
  • Erskine, Carl – What I Learned From Jackie Robinson (2005, McGraw-Hill) ISBN 0-07-145085-8
  • Feller, Bob – Bob Feller's Little Black Book Of Baseball Wisdom (2001, McGraw-Hill) ISBN 0-8092-9843-0
  • Lyons, Steve "Psycho" – The Psycho 100: Baseball's Most Outrageous Moments (2009, Triumph Books) ISBN 978-1-60078-167-4
  • Feller, Bob – Bob Feller's Little Blue Book of Baseball Wisdom (2009 Triumph Books) ISBN 978-1-60078-219-0
  • North, Andy – The Long And The Short Of It (2002, Thomas Dunne Books) ISBN 0-3122-8797-6

References

  1. ↑ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,907177,00.html (May 7, 1973)
  2. 1 2 "Stony Brook Alum Rocks — as Author and Sports Agent". Stony Brook University. March 4, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Kazmi, Aleeza. "Burton Rocks brings sports agency experience to College of Business". The Statesman. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ Petriello, Anthony. "Ward Melville grad turned sports agent makes MLB history". Times Beacon Record. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Member Spotlight-Burton Rocks". www.keyreporter.org.
  7. ↑ "The Blogmobile: 'Blogmobile', the World's First Mobile Blogging Sanctuary, Makes Star-Studded Debut in New York City (press release)". businesswire.com. August 8, 2006.
  8. ↑ 10 Bestseller List, New York Times Book Review (Sunday, June 29, 2003)
  9. ↑ Baseball Books in Brief New York Times Book Review (Sunday, May 25, 2003)
  10. ↑ "Bob Feller's Little Black Book of Baseball Wisdom: Bob Feller, Burton Rocks: 9780809298433: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
  11. ↑ "What I Learned From Jackie Robinson: A Teammate's Reflections On and Off the Field: Carl Erskine: 9780071450850: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
  12. ↑ "The Long And The Short Of It: Andy North, Burton Rocks: 9781250111203: us.macmillan.com: Books". us.macmillan.com.
  13. ↑ "The Psycho 100: Baseball's Most Outrageous Moments: Steve "Psycho" Lyons, Burton Rocks: 9781600781674: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
  14. ↑ "Tony and Me: A Story of Friendship, with DVD of "The Odd Couple" out-takes, 1971-75: Jack Klugman, Burton Rocks, Garry Marshall: 9780976830306: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
  15. ↑ "The Psycho 100: Baseball's Most Outrageous Moments". Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  16. ↑ O'Neill, Paul; Rocks, Burton (2004). Me and My Dad. Harper Collins.
  17. ↑ (The Psycho 100: Baseball's Most Outrageous Moments)
  18. ↑ Goold, Derrick. "Cards had no substantial talks with Lynn; he'll reject qualifying offer". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 6, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2010. Riggleman Press Conference Reaction
  20. ↑ "Alumni in Arts & Sciences at Stony Brook University". stonybrook.edu. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
  21. ↑ Ladson, Bill. "Riggleman talks managing Reds' turnaround". MLB.com. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Joe Oliver to be named Spinners skipper". ESPN.com.
  23. ↑ Ken Davidoff. "Dave Eiland, Andy Pettitte, Joe Girardi and John Farrell". Newsday.
  24. ↑ "Kidd Endorses Nets' Move to Brooklyn". WSJ. June 1, 2011.
  25. ↑ Heyman: Eric Hosmer and the Royals' closing World Series window - Today's Knuckleball, July 14, 2016
  26. ↑ Topkin, Marc. "Chris Archer joins ESPN World Series rotation". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Stump Mitchell a candidate to coach at Southern". tribunedigital-baltimoresun.
  28. ↑ Stump Mitchell Leaves Redskins to Coach at Southern
  29. ↑ "Southern, Dawson Odums agree to 3-year contract extension". theadvocate.com.
  30. ↑ "Nationals Journal - Hector Taveras suspended, Alex Cintron signed". Washington Post.
  31. ↑ Jeff Sullivan. "POLL: The Best Baseball Agent Name". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
  32. ↑ "Kip Wells - remember him - is back with White Sox on a minor-league deal". CBSSports.com.
  33. ↑ "Angel Sanchez Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  34. ↑ "Jonathan Albaladejo Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  35. ↑ Goold, Derrick. "Grichuk ranks among the best in 'exit velocity'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  36. ↑ Davidoff, Ken. "Meet the newest Mets-killer, whom they nearly drafted". New York Post. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  37. ↑ Goold, Derrick. "Why Cardinals rookie DeJong averted his gaze during eclipse". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  38. ↑ Langosch, Jenifer. "Q&A: DeJong talks offseason, holidays & more". MLB.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  39. ↑ Davenport, Matt (July 29, 2018). "Science is in the (baseball) cards and comic books". cen.acs.org. Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  40. ↑ McCalvy, Adam. "Wilkerson on his way to give Crew extra arm". MLB.com. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  41. ↑ "Aaron Wilkerson Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  42. ↑ Cafardo, Nick. "Sunday Baseball Notes". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  43. ↑ "TEDXSBU". www.ted.com. TED. November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  44. ↑ Quantifying Life’s Intangibles: the UPA/UPAt metric (QI Sheet)-Burton Rocks. TEDx. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  45. ↑ Sheinin, Dave. "As chasm grows between MLB teams and players, Cardinals and Paul DeJong may have found a bridge". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  46. ↑ Goold, Derrick. "As DeJong and Cards commit to each other, Pham chooses to bet on himself". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  47. ↑ Heyman, Jon. "Inside Baseball MLB Notes". Fanrag Sports. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  48. ↑ Cafardo, Nick. "Sunday Baseball Notes". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  49. ↑ "Paul DeJong Wants To Be A Cardinal For Life". KMOX. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  50. ↑ Woods, Amy. "Meet the $26 million man". Florida Weekly. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  51. ↑ Ozanian, Mike. "PODCAST: Why Paul DeJong Got A Record-Breaking Contract From The Cardinals". Forbes. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  52. ↑ Ozanian, Mike. "PODCAST: Why Paul DeJong Got A Record-Breaking Contract From The Cardinals". Forbes. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  53. ↑ "Member Spotlight-Burton Rocks". www.keyreporter.org.
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