About Sean Doolittle

For those of you who don't know me...or want to get to know me...or maybe you're unfamiliar with me...or maybe you've heard the name and always wanted to know a little about me...or maybe you read my blogs last year and it's been a while... This will be my third year of professional baseball (my second full season). I spent last season between Stockton, California as a member of the Ports in the California League and Midland, Texas, playing for the Rockhounds in the Texas League. I am a New Jersey native...and I'm proud of it! You might not know it just by talking to me - I don't rock the Jersey accent; or by my look - I can't pull off a blow out hair cut or the gold necklaces. But don't let that fool you. I grew up going "down the shore" and eating "hoagies" - not subs, heroes, or worse, grinders. Ask me where I'm from, don't be surprised if I smile and reply "exit 7". I listen to The Boss and take the Turnpike to "The City". A little cold weather doesn't bother me - after all, I'd like to think that playing in some less-than-ideal conditions up in the Northeast helped shape me into the player I am today. I earned three-fourths of an education from the best public school in the nation - the University of Virginia (Go 'Hoos) - where I was a pitcher as well as a first baseman. I don't pitch anymore, as the Athletics decided my future would be as an everyday position player when they drafted me after my junior season in 2007. I have a brother - Ryan - who was drafted as a right handed pitcher by the A's in the amateur draft last summer, and a sister - Meghan - who plays lacrosse at Messiah College (PA) so I come from a pretty athletic family. My dad served 27 years in the military - so I bounced a round a bit as a kid before we settled in Jersey. While he was station in California (at what used to be Castle AFB), we had season tickets for the A's, and some of my earliest memories are watching the Bash Brothers at the Coliseum. I'm sure over the course of the season you'll get to know me a little better, but now you have a start and a little background info. And hopefully you'll get used to my writing style - I'll try to keep it really light and make it enjoyable for you to see what life in the minor leagues is really like!