I became a Yankee fan in 1954 when I was kid growing up in Brooklyn. My dad was a Dodger fan and my Uncle Jim was a Yankee fan. In October, my mom went to the A&S department store on Fulton Street in Brooklyn to buy me a Dodger Jacket for my 7th birthday. Turns out they didn't have my size in a Dodger jacket but did have it in a Yankee jacket. Mom, being Mom, didn't know the first thing about baseball but wanted to make sure I had a jacket that fit properly so she purchased the Yankee jacket. You can imagine my dad's surprise when he came home from work that day and saw me wearing the Yankee jacket. He laughed, took me by the hand, and we walked the two blocks to Uncle Jim's. When we arrived at my uncle's apartment dad said to him, "look what you did to my son". They both laughed and made that birthday something that I will never forget. From that day on I was a Yankee fan.
