Yankees’ Cam Schlittler didn’t always care about baseball. Now he’s the AL Cy Young.

NEW YORK — Standing tall in Fenway Park’s visiting clubhouse, not too far from where he grew up, Cam Schlittler reflected on his childhood and high school years. He recalled not being all that great at baseball, or all that interested. The way he remembers it, he was at the “bottom of the totem pole” on his AAU team when he was 12, and more drawn to the physicality of football as he grew up. Admittedly, he wasn’t patient enough to love the mental rigors of America’s pastime, especially on the mound. kAm“x C62==J 5:5?’E 42C6 E92E >F49 23@FE 32D632== H96? x H2D J@F?86C[” E96 *2?<66D’ 6>6C8:?8 246 D2:5 :? yF?6] “x 5@?’E E9:?< x C62=:K65 9@H >F49 A@E6?E:2= x 925]”k^Am kAmu2DE 7@CH2C5 E@ AC6D6?E 52J[ 2?5 E92E A@E6?E:2= 92D 366? C62=:K65 — 3J $49=:EE=6C 2?5 E96 C6DE @7 E96 32D632== H@C=5]k^Am kAm%96 ad\J62C\@=5[ 7C6D9 @77 9:D 7:CDE 7F== D62D@? :? E96 >2;@CD[ H@? E96 p>6C:42? {628F6 rJ *@F?8 @? 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