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At some point in elementary school, you were probably asked what you wanted to be when you grew up. If you were a kid in New York or New Jersey, odds are someone in that classroom wrote down shortstop for the New York Yankees.
Most people never reach the heights their childhood selves aspired to.
But Anthony Volpe isn’t most people.
Fueled by years of preparation, passion and patience, Volpe made his major league debut for his beloved Yankees in 2023, just four years after being drafted. Today, he’s living his dream — starting at shortstop for the team he grew up