Ryan Hankettemiff, you are on the sports collectibles beat for ESPN daily.

And that means that I have no idea where your story is generally begin.

So where are we today?

Well, this one began on March 19th in Sarasota, Florida.

It was a Yankees Orioles spring training game. Not exactly the Super Bowl,

but it was the Super Bowl for a kid named Elijah Blankenberg. He was an 11-year-old

boy. He went to that game for the first time trying to get autographs from his favorite players.

And he is an incredibly shy kid. So when I say it was his Super Bowl, it was in many regards.

His goal was to get autographs, but it also was an opportunity to just come out of his

shell. And it's not an easy thing. And so that was the goal. For those of us who have not been

to spring training for the New York Yankees, what has that seen like how hectic is it?

How kind of intimidating is it for a kid who might be, as you said, super, super shy?

Well, getting autographs, it's a hockey scrum. And it is not a planned hockey scrum.

It is absolute mayhem a player pops out of the dugout or he doesn't. He just don't know who's

going to show up and when and for how long. There's nothing more heartbreaking than seeing a pack

of 25 kids swarmed to get an autograph from a baseball player. And then the player signs 11 and

then goes and stretches in the outfield. So the stakes are incredible because you just don't know

how long it's going to go. It's exciting, but it's also potentially heartbreaking.

So amid all of this jostling, all of this chaos, why is this 11 year old there in specific?

What's making him try his hand at this lottery? Well, he really, really wanted DJ La Mayhew's

autograph. Yes, DJ La Mayhew, the all-star utility man for the Yankees.

High fly ball, deep brake center, going back Hernandez, track long time game,

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