Growing up in Cohasset, Ben Rice gravitated toward baseball at an early age and dreamed of one day playing in the Majors.
Ben Rice was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He grew up a @Yankees fan despite being around @RedSox fans (including his own family).
Tonight, he hit a home run on the first pitch of his first #Postseason at-bat. For the Yankees. Against the Red Sox. pic.twitter.com/rbTcNdDn7Q — Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) October 1, 2025
Despite his roots, however, the Yankees were his team of choice. Rice had a Derek Jeter poster in his room and wrote “Yankees Rule” on the Pesky Pole, according to The Boston Globe ‘s Alex Speier .
Rice attended Noble & Greenough School in Dedham and Dartmouth College, and he played for the Cotuit Kettleers in t