Michael DeTroia, a former Barnegat High School star athlete, is moving up the ladder inprofessional baseball, but not as a player. Rather, he’s on the sales and marketing end of the business. DeTroia, who recently turned 24, has begun a job as an account sales representative for the New York Yankees. He joined the Yankeesearlier this year as anoperations intern for theYankees at their spring training complex in Tampa beginning last spring.

“On (exhibition) game days, I’d workwith ticket sales,” he said during a recent phone interview with The SandPaper. “I’d also get involved with fan friendly, meet-and-greet events.”

After spring training, DeTroia stayed in Tampa to work with the club’s Class Aaffiliate.