About “A Ballplayer’s Blog”

A Ballplayer’s Blog was created to share stories about my experiences as a Minor League ballplayer and shed light on life during and after my professional baseball career.  The posts will offer a humorous and honest glimpse into the scattered lives my teammates and I lived during our playing days and what life is like for me after my professional career came to a conclusion. It will bring those from the outside closer to understanding the struggles, physically and mentally, of a job where failing 7 out of 10 times makes you one of the best. A game so difficult, yet so enjoyable; one that gave a kid from Sharon Connecticut nearly everything, with a whole lot of help from family and friends along the way.

About the Writer

Willy Yahn here to share stories and opinions about the great game of baseball. Mainly, I will focus on life before, during and after my five year professional baseball career in an amusing yet intriguing way. I was born and raised the beautiful small-town Sharon, Connecticut, population just north of 2,000. I went to Housatonic Valley Regional High School and then was recruited to play ball at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. After three seasons at UConn and an unforgettable summer experience playing for the Bourne Braves in the Cape Cod League, the Baltimore Orioles drafted me in the 25th round of the 2017 MLB Draft. I have played every level from the Gulf Coast League to the International League in AAA, including a year without pro baseball during the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. I was released by the Orioles following Spring Training 2022, but still play competitively in Connecticut for the Tri-Town Trojan’s of the Tri-State League and for the M&T Bank team in the Greater Hartford Twilight League. Since the middle of my professional baseball career, I have written for fun on A Ballplayer’s Blog and have written for the Lakeville Journal after finishing my Journalism Degree at UConn in 2018.