A Bronx Kid Is Living Something Larger Than His Dreams

Andrew Velazquez’s call-up to the Yankees has been “way better” than anything he had imagined. If he keeps it up, he might have to move out of his parents’ house.

Andrew Velazquez attended countless Yankee games as a kid, but he could not remember attending a matchup against the team’s most bitter rivals. “Those tickets were probably too expensive for me,” Velazquez, a Bronx native, said Wednesday when asked if he had ever seen the Red Sox visit Yankee Stadium. Velazquez, 27, spoke while wearing a fitted Yankees cap backward and a gray Yankees hoodie. Hardly unique apparel choices in Velazquez’s home borough, if not for the wrestling-style championship belt draped over his left shoulder.