First time starting a Blog.

Hi everyone,

I will start out by saying a little about myself and my love of the game. My name is Ryan. Currently, I am 18 years old living in the tri-state area. I am a senior in high school and absolutley love the game of baseball. I have lived in New York, Hong Kong and Sydney, Australia.

My love of the game started when I was 11, going to see my very first baseball game on June 9th, 2000 - it was a subway series game, the New York Mets vs. the New York Yankees. At the time, I knew very little about baseball. I was hardly into it at the game, but I did cry when I people started calling my favorite player at the time, Mike Piazza, Mike "Pizza". He did hit a grandslam in a 12-2 Mets' win.

I did not even follow baseball or really check in on it again until the next year, during the playoffs. I was in Australia when the Trade Centers collapsed, and with my Dad representing New York for that reason, I chose to as well. The New York Yankees rode through an incredible playoff run, as I watched the games around 16 hours after they had appeared live in the United Stats, usually having my mom tape it for me. I fell in love with the players such as Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and the other Yankee greats who were in the series. I cried at the end of game 7, not knowing my now favorite team, the Yankees, were a powerhouse in the MLB, and had been for a few years now.

I moved back to the United Stats in June of 2004. I quickly fell in love with the game, becoming a passionate Yankee fan during their '04 season. When they went up 3-0, I was one of the ones who thought they had it locked up. Looking back on it now, I can only congratulate the Red Sox team for accomplishing that great, historical moment. I was at game 7 for the 2004 ALCS, and today, my greatest baseball moment is still chanting "Who's your Daddy?" *Clap clap clap clap clap* when Pedro Martinez came into the game. The Yankees proceeded to score two runs in the inning, making the score 10-3, Red Sox. I was very upset afterward, but that moment has stuck with me ever since.

Ever since, I have been watching nearly every Yankee game of the season on the YES network. I hate Michael Kay, the Yankees lead play-by-play announcer, but love the work Ken Singleton and David Cone do.

Basically, all I am going to do on the blog is comment or give my opinion on my the news I get from all the different websites, such as mlbtraderumors.com and yankees.lhblogs.com.

Hope you enjoy my posts, check in often!

-Ryan-