Quote:My mother married a Jacksonville native. She grew up in NY. Our entire family up there are Mets fans. I grew up playing baseball. When I was a kid, we went to NY every summer to see my grandparents and the rest of the family up there. My grandfather was an attorney. He rented out office space to a guy who was an engineer. This guy had season tickets to the Yankees and the Mets at the time. The first time I ever went to an MLB game, it was at Yankee Stadium. I think I was 5 or 6. Still remember it to this day. I've been a Yankees fan ever since, and that's going through some pretty God awful seasons.

I grew up in Philly, but was born in Atlanta. Lived there until I was 9. Naturally growing up in Philly I was a Phillies fan. However, I've always had a soft spot for the Yankees.


Growing up in Atlanta in the 50's and early 60's, the only baseball in town was a minor league team called the Atlanta Crackers. Obviously they were never on TV, but they did show the Yankees on weekends. I grew up with Mantle, Maris, Berra, Ford, etc. Then when my dad moved us to the Philly burbs in 1964, I got to go to the old Yankee Stadium a few times as he did a lot of business in NYC.

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