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Growing up, baseball was not an option; it was a way of life. Most of my earliest memories involve baseball, but to get my full story we will have to go back a little further than my earliest memories.\u00a0 If I could remember being 9 months old I would say my earliest memory was seeing my father drafted in the 33rd<\/sup> round by the Atlanta Braves.\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember that or all of the pictures I see of myself decked out in Braves<\/a> gear at Spring Training or the ballpark in Pulaski where the Braves Appalachian League affiliate was then.\u00a0 Unfortunately an injury cut my father\u2019s career short before he could climb the ladder much, however, all of my early memories are of the dugout for his adult league team he played on when he came back to central Pennsylvania.\u00a0 My brother, sister and I grew up in that dugout until he gave up playing to coach all of us.\u00a0 While I never had the god given talent my dad had, my brother did inherit that talent and I am fortunate enough to have been able to watch him get the call in the 21st<\/sup> round by the Texas Rangers in 2005.\u00a0 My brother spent two seasons between the Arizona Rookie League and Short Season A Ball before moving on to other things.\u00a0 So baseball is in my blood and while playing beyond high school was never in the cards for me, I love the game and love fantasy baseball and prospects as much as going to games.<\/p>\n

Growing up in central Pennsylvania has also allowed me to see plenty of professional baseball growing up. It\u2019s a great location surrounded by a ton of baseball.\u00a0 My great-grandfather had season tickets to the Orioles<\/a> from the mid 1960\u2019s and I have been to Camden Yards hundreds of times since it opened in 1992 – including the Home Run Derby in 1993, Game 2130 of Cal\u2019s streak, the game Cal Ripken Jr. sat out and a handful of playoff games.\u00a0 Just in the immediate area I regularly take in minor league games in Frederick, Hagerstown, Harrisburg, Reading, Wilkes-Barre and of course Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington.\u00a0 I am fortunate to have married an amazing woman 5 years ago that has learned to love going to games and has become a pretty big baseball fan herself, although she would likely tell you I am in too many fantasy leagues.<\/p>\n

I’ve covered the Pirates for the first few years on this site, but as of 2020 I\u2019m incredibly excited to cover the Orioles minor league organization for Prospects1500.com<\/a>. Writing about baseball is something I have been looking to get into and covering prospects is an amazing way to do it.\u00a0 I look forward to interacting with everyone as often as possible! \u00a0Follow me on Twitter at @RyanJames5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

~Ryan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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