OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland Athletics right-hander Jesse Hahn is no stranger to the mystique and history of the New York Yankees. He grew up in Connecticut, watching countless Yankees games on television, even though much of his family was from Pittsburgh and he was a Pirates fan.
But it was while Hahn attended Virginia Tech that he became a true fan of the Yankees.
"When I was in college at Virginia Tech after the massacre we had there in 2007, they came and played a memorial game for us and donated money to the school," Hahn said Friday.