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Being female, you’re not supposed to love sports the way men do. WRONG!!! There are lots of women who love sports and will sit down with their man to watch a game. Ladies, this is a way to bond with your man, would you rather be cleaning the bathroom while he watches the game?

My love for sports dates back to when I was a young kid running track and playing softball. Growing up on  island of St Vincent, West Indies, Cricket was the sport I was supposed to love, but, umm not so much. I’ve been a baseball fan since I was 9 years old.  My dad was the biggest Met fan on the planet, and me being the tomboy that I was, sat down and watched game after game with him. Always eager to please him, I remember getting tickets to a Met game and inviting my dad, only to have him  turn me down, he’d rather watch in on TV than see it live. Are you kidding me? For the record, my dad never went to a baseball game while he was alive.

My favorite Met at the time was pitcher David Cone? For some reason, I’ve always loved pitching. I sucked at catching a ball, but I could throw a mean curveball. I remember going to a game and waiting with all the little boys outside the clubhouse to get Coney’s autograph (and no I’m not embarrassed to reveal this). My best friend at the time was a Yankee lover and we would go back and forth about which team was the best. I swore I would never set foot in Yankee Stadium (little did I know she would end up getting married in the stadium) and yes I attended her wedding.

The following year Coney ended up with the enemy and I became a Yankee fan. I got to know and love all the players and even ended up with a new favorite pitcher after Coney retired. Mariano Rivera was my new baseball god (yes another pitcher) “Mo” as he is known is the best closer in baseball history.

So here we are over 10 years later and yours truly is a die-hard Yankee fan.  I’ve been through the ups and downs that most Yankee fans experience and yes I’ve even shed a few tears (the loss to the Diamondbacks in 2001)

We now have a new $1.5-billion stadium (which I was so against), what is wrong with the house that Ruth built?  But like most Yankee fans, we know that this organization is all about first-class, over-the-top, no concern for expense.

Today is opening day at Yankee stadium and I will be bringing you updates throughout the season, and who knows you just may end up loving baseball as much as I do. So without further adieu…Let’s play ball!!!

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