A DEDICATION TO ONE OF BYB'S FAVORITES...

If you're on Twitter and a Yankee fan, you know of a girl named Kiley.  Her handle is @Jeterfan_02.  She is a bubbly, sweet girl who is probably the most interactive on Twitter in the history of Twitter.  She will engage you, she'll make you laugh out loud, and often, and I mean quite often, she is the one you went to when you needed a post you wrote retweeted. The bottom line is, if she likes you, you're in her heart forever, because she's already won over yours.  She was a nice person.

Kiley was also fighting cancer and on that rare occasion she wasn't on Twitter, one could only assume she was being her strongest somewhere else and would be back soon.  Kiley always did came back to us. She was a fighter and we all enjoyed her company every single day on Twitter, but definitely during the Yankee season where it was always extra special. Kiley read Bleeding Yankee Blue religiously and told us that it "made her day." She was one of our readers from when it all began back in 2010 and she never left us. I was always touched by her loyalty.

Our sweet Kiley passed away yesterday.  While the battle was long, it was a surprise and last night many were devastated.  The tweet came over her account by her family yesterday afternoon:

Kiley ask that this account remain open for one week, to allow you all express memories for her family. God bless you Kiley. RIP 5/22
— KB❤⚾ (@JeterFan_02) May 22, 2013

Now, it's never easy to say goodbye and today is no different.  We were all touched by Kiley and strangely I know that she would probably hate all the fuss and right about now she's probably in Heaven asking for the closest computer she could find so she can check her Twitter and let us all know that "It's going to be OK."  And she's probably doing what she always did best. Simply writing:  "Lets go Yankees!!! clap clap clap clap clap"

She was always rooting and made you want to do the same. Even in the darkest Yankee days... she was front and center and she believed in our team always.

Finally, I'll leave you with one of Kiley's final tweets from just 5 days ago:

"Life is beautiful. Life is short. Live everyday as if it were your last. No regret. Paint the sky your favorite color."

No doubt Kiley's painting the sky pinstripe right now...

Rest in Peace my friend.

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