Mount Fan Blog: Vittek signs Pro Contract

Friday, June 27, 2008

Vittek signs Pro Contract

Josh Vittek, the first baseman-catcher from Mt. St. Mary's, has signed on with the Burlington Royals in the Appalachian (Rookie) League. Vittek set all sorts of Mount offensive records but was undrafted after his senior season. Now, he will get his chance to play professional baseball. He did not play in Burlington's 7-6 loss to Pulaski last night, but is likely to make his professional debut this weekend. Congratulations to Vittek, and we wish him well.

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The Mount FanBlog is hosted by Ryan Raffensperger, a sports fan of all types and a Mount Basketball fan forever.

Raffensperger has loved the Mount as long as he can remember, which basically means 1981 - and remembers the true #GloryDays of Memorial Gym. He remembers the players from those days to the athletes who play at Knott Arena today. And if it's a #MountMayhem day, it's going to be a good day.

He holds a Syracuse University degree in broadcast journalism. He has broadcast high school, college & minor league levels of all sports in his past and regularly covered high school football for his hometown paper. So the blog does make a little sense.

Raffensperger worked professionally as a CPA for many years, but the chronic inflammatory immune disease Sarcoidosis made it impossible to continue that in a manner he found acceptable. Since then, he has spent more time around the Mount St. Mary's basketball program and values Coach Dan Englestad, his staff, and the players' impact on him. The blog was much more active, but the advent of Twitter (follow @themountfanblog) has made writing a little less important. But he hopes that the balance swings back in favor of more traditional content soon.