It all still seemed like a dream for Anthony Volpe: Finally deciding to go pro after a few sleepless nights, hearing his name called in the MLB draft by the team he grew up rooting for and getting a call from Yankees manager Aaron Boone to congratulate him.
Then he put on the pinstripes for the first time on Monday — the real ones — and it all started to hit him. He was a New York Yankee.
“I’ve been getting goose bumps the whole day,” Volpe said Monday at Yankee Stadium after signing a contract to turn pro and forego a college career at Vanderbilt.