He is composed, focused and of course has the skill to play at the varsity level.” Pittaro’s head coach Brian Gialella (who knows a thing or two about having to live up to families past legacies) will also tell you, CJ is far from phased, “CJ doesn’t play or act like a freshman. I try to go out there and be myself and prove what I can personally do.” Pittaro will tell you differently, “I don’t really think about it (his father’s name being in outfield horizon) obviously it’s in the back of my mind. Starting as a freshman for Steinert, and having to live up to an absurdly prized family of athletic achievements seems down right impossible. Starting on the fourth best team in the state of New Jersey, as a freshman is a daunting task in it’s own right. Each and every time the lefty steps up to bat, his father’s name is visibly mounted on the right field wall. Perhaps no one is more aware of CJ’s athletic ancestry than CJ. Pittaro’s dad is a former professional baseball player, his mother is one of the greatest soccer players in Mercer County History, his grandfather is the namesake of Rider University’s baseball field, and his grandmother won a state championship coaching at Nottingham. Due to his lineage, if Steinert’s freshman CJ Pittaro were a horse in this past weekends Kentucky Derby, he would be the odds on favorite to win.
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