A proper introduction…

Alrighty, this is my first post of the season, and its coming about two days late (and narry a dollar short, thank you wordpress!) – sorry. I was playing colour commentator during the Braves – Pirates game on Monday (3/31 – 12-11 Pie-rats in 12 innings) to a friend of mine and thought I should try blogging about the Yankees. I’m sure I’ll be covering more ground than just the good ol’ NY of Y, but that’ll be the primary focus.

First, I could tell you a bit about myself. I grew up in upstate New York in a town called Vestal, which is a suburb of Binghamton. I lived there until the day after I graduated high school, when I began my journey in “real” life with Basic Combat Training in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. The day after I graduated there, I moved on to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. I studied (and partied) hard there for 4 years and left with a degree in Aerospace Studies, minors in Applied Meteorology, Aeronautical Studies, and International Relations, a commercial multi-engine flight rating (as well as an instrument rating), and a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve. After a few months of training (and partying) in Ft. Eustis, VA, I moved to Atlanta, GA and started working as a mechanical cost estimator. Only a month and a half later, I was activated for deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 15 months later, I’m back in Atlanta, back at my desk job, and bored out of my mind!

I have been rabidly following the Yankees’ off-season and pre-season, and I’m ready for real baseball to get here! What, it already did? Oh, that’s right, I’m two days late… Okay, on to baseball in a few…