The New York Yankees Adam Robert Ottavino was born on November 22, 1985. The 34-year-old was born to Eve and John Ottavino in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York. He attended elementary school at PS 39 where his mother was a teacher. Adam grew up playing baseball and being a Yankee fan.

He played on childhood teams that his father coached. Adam loved baseball and dreamed of someday being a Yankee. He actually can be seen at Yankee Stadium with his Dad in full Yankee away uniform back when he was ten years old. He attended junior high school at The Bay Academy for the Arts and Sciences in Sheepshead Bay and graduated from the Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope in 2003.