Official Brewster Baseball Association GM Biographies Thread

[woods]

Just found this thread digging through the archives, so let's have some fun and bring it back:

Team: Cairo Pharaohs
GM: Woody Donahue
Other Leagues: none
Location: Berlin, Germany
Occupation: Video editor/animator for a mobile games company
Birthday: 14 July 1987
Family: Wife, no kids
Accolades: Career batting average below the Mendoza line, but I think I won a game ball once in Little League.
How would your friends describe you: Friendly but competitive, I’m here to have a good time but also hand your own ass to you while I’m at it.
Favorite Sports Moment: I’m a Giants fan, so I really should say Uribe in 2010, or Romo striking out Miggy in 2012, or Ishikawa in 2014, but no, it’s not even a Giants moment. It’s Dan Johnson’s pinch-hit home run for Tampa Bay in the last game of the 2011 season.
Favorite Sports Movie: The Sandlot or Bull Durham
Favorite MLB Team: San Francisco Giants
Favorite MLB Player: Francisco Lindor
Favorite NFL Team: n/a
Favorite NBA Team: n/a
Favorite NHL Team: n/a
Favorite College: My college (UNC School of the Arts) didn’t have sports, and our mascot was the “fighting pickles,” so I’ll take them.
One place in the World you would like to visit: Japan for Koshien
GM "Style": More humanist. I will disregard what the ratings say as long as I see effort, competitive AB’s, good fundamentals, etc. A big fan of bargain bin deals for players written off by the rest of the league.
Why do you love online baseball? I’m a numbers & stats guy, so I enjoy crunching all of that. But also playing against real, thinking humans rather than the AI adds an extra challenge and makes it harder to get an edge.

[jleddy]

Nice find, Woody!

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Team: Boise Spuds
GM: Joe Lederer
Other Leagues: none
Location: Long Beach, CA (also live rent-free in Shoeless’ head)
Occupation: National Sales Director for golf ball company
Birthday: March 1
Family: They publicly disavowed me sometime around turn of century
Accolades: No Cavity Club, won Dragon’s Lair on one quarter, never returned a Blockbuster video without rewinding
How would your friends describe you: Mysterious
Favorite Sports Moment: Watching last out of 2004 World Series, visiting Cooperstown with my dad
Favorite Sports Movie: Field of Dreams
Favorite MLB Team: Boston Red Sox
Favorite MLB Player: Ted Williams
Favorite NFL Team: n/a
Favorite NBA Team: n/a
Favorite NHL Team: Los Angeles Kings
Favorite College: University of Southern California
One place in the World you would like to visit: St. Andrews
GM "Style": Ultra-analytical, patient, tinkerer
Why do you love online baseball? Ability to implement different strategies in the attempt to win a championship, connecting with fellow nerds who have same passion for a game

[shoeless.db]

Team: Sacramento Mad Popes
GM: Shoeless
Other Leagues: none
Location: North Dakota
Occupation: Umm... GM of the Mad Popes...
Birthday: April-ish
Family: Patient wife and three kids
Accolades: Eighth place in the 1989 6th Grade Math Contest (picture of ribbon available upon request); Had sex at least three times (sorry for rubbing that accolade in, Joe); and once used the word/non-word "irregardless" three times in a meeting with a large hospital system's board of directors and CEO to win a bet (reward was a caramel roll).
How would your friends describe you: they would typically describe me in a nonverbal fashion with a roll of their eyes and a shake of their head
Favorite Sports Moment: Bob Horner hitting four homeruns in a game against the Expos in 1986
Favorite Sports Movie: Pitch Perfect
Favorite MLB Team: Twins
Favorite MLB Player: Ron Gant (FU Hrbek)
Favorite NFL Team: Bears
Favorite NBA Team: Twolves
Favorite NHL Team: Wild
Favorite College: Bismarck State College
One place in the World you would like to visit: New Zealand
GM "Style": Is chaos a style?
Why do you love online baseball? The food.

[jleddy]

Favorite Sports Movie: Pitch Perfect

I suggest the jury be dismissed so that we can move to an immediate Article 39 session. The witness has rights.

[HerbD]

Team: Montreal Blazers
GM: Herb DeSpain
Other Leagues: none
Location: Indiana
Occupation: Supply chain management(when you figure out what it is please let me know!)
Birthday: Feb 19...a long time ago
Family: A wife who pretends to accept this as a hobby, four kids, two grandkids
Accolades: I am spectacularly unspectacular!
How would your friends describe you: you guys have friends??
Favorite Sports Moment: The Reds sweeping the A's in 90 except I was in basic training for the entire thing and didn't see an out of the series
Favorite Sports Movie: Bull Durham
Favorite MLB Team: Reds(I know!!)
Favorite MLB Player: All time Johnny Bench, Growing up it was Rickey Henderson, now it's Joey Votto
Favorite NFL Team: Colts
Favorite NBA Team: Pacers
Favorite NHL Team: Hockey sucks
Favorite College: Indiana University
One place in the World you would like to visit: Australia
GM "Style": I'm the opposite of Ted...I'm not win now, I'm win sometime, when you feel like it!!
Why do you love online baseball? What, this isn't real....I'm gonna need that franchise fee back Recte!!

[Dington]

Team: Nashville Bluebirds
GM: Chad Nason
Other Leagues: ex-Lakewood Cerritos Little League 1997 Minor A District 38 TOC Champ (MVP)
Location: Long Beach, CA
Occupation: Realtor
Birthday: 9/2/87
Family: Wife, son (11 mos), one on the way
Accolades: see "Other Leagues"
How would your friends describe you: I'm just gonna believe that they all think of me like @jgg614 does in his GM's corner podcast. Helps me sleep better.
Favorite Sports Moment: see "Other Leagues"
Favorite Sports Movie: video tape of 1997 Minor A District 38 TOC Championship. The Sandlot
Favorite MLB Team: Yankees
Favorite MLB Player: Derek Jeter
Favorite NFL Team: n/a
Favorite NBA Team: Lakers
Favorite NHL Team: n/a
Favorite College: USC Trojans
One place in the World you would like to visit: District 38 Hall of Fame. Will also settle for Cooperstown and Great Barrier Reef
GM "Style": Doggy because I'm always coming from behind
Why do you love online baseball? I'm ineligible to continue playing Little League

[jgg614]

Team: Baghdad Kings
GM: Jose Gonzalez
Other Leagues: None atm
Location: Parma, OH
Occupation: Marketing Specialist
Birthday: 6/14/89
Family: Me, myself, and I
Accolades: "Most Likely to Make You Smile" 2007
How would your friends describe you: Kind and helpful to a fault. Hopeful.
Favorite Sports Moment: My grandmother accidently kicking someone after my basketball team won a game. Cleveland Cavaliers winning Championship in '16
Favorite Sports Movie: Coach Carter
Favorite MLB Team: Cleveland Baseball Team
Favorite MLB Player: Vlad Guerrero
Favorite NFL Team: Cleveland Browns
Favorite NBA Team: Cleveland Cavs
Favorite NHL Team: Dallas Stars
Favorite College: Ohio University Bobcats
One place in the World you would like to visit: Seattle, Washington (Griffey was the guy for me growing up )
GM "Style": Trying
Why do you love online baseball? Comradery

[Jwalk100]

Team: Hawaii Tropics
GM: James Walker
Other Leagues: WBL, UEBA, ABA, WHEBO, MBL, FoD, HRBL, SimBL
Location: El Paso, Texas
Occupation: Retired
Birthday: March 20, 1966
Family: Wife, daughter, son, grand son
Accolades: Multiple softball championships
How would your friends describe you: Out of his damn mind.
Favorite Sports Moment: Aaron passing Ruth and Rose passing Cobb.
Favorite Sports Movie: Bull Durham
Favorite MLB Team: Houston Astros
Favorite MLB Player: Now, Carlos Correa. All time, Johnny Bench
Favorite NFL Team: Dallas Cowboys
Favorite NBA Team: Houston Rockets
Favorite NHL Team: Dallas Stars
Favorite College: UTEP, I was born the night they won the NCAA Basketball Title (Known the as Texas Western)
One place in the World you would like to visit: Ireland
GM "Style": Patient bordering on dumb.
Why do you love online baseball? You cant beat the competition with real people. The game AI cant keep up with what a person can do. Makes it more realistic.

[HoosierVic]

Team: Chicago Black Sox
GM: Benny Vitale (Vic Caleca, moi, in other words, is the assistant to the assistant GM)
Other Leagues: PEBA
Location: Fishers, IN
Occupation: Retired newspaper reporter and editor
Birthday: 7/11/56
Family: Wife, son, daughter, new grand-daughter
Accolades: My in-game reputation just went to "legendary" despite never getting the Sox past the first round of the playoffs. Digital sarcasm. Who knew?
How would your friends describe you: Well, sarcastic.
Favorite Sports Moment: Interviewing Ernie Banks at Wrigley Field while in college and getting to touch the ivy; 2016 World Series
Favorite Sports Movie: Bull Durham, Field of Dreams
Favorite MLB Team: Chicago Cubs
Favorite MLB Player: Ernie Banks, all-time; Javier Baez, current.
Favorite NFL Team: Indianapolis Colts
Favorite NBA Team: Indiana Pacers
Favorite NHL Team: Chicago Black Hawks
Favorite College: Northwestern University (Go Cats!)
One place in the World you would like to visit: The Grand Canyon.
GM "Style": Bumbling.
Why do you love online baseball? The competition, the camaraderie, and the day-in, day-out humor. Also, being "legendary."

[CTBrewCrew]

Team: Madison Wolves (2040 Midseason - to current, Jerusalem 2039-2040)
GM: Mike Simon
Other Leagues: ABL, CBL
Location: Milford, CT
Occupation: IT Nerd
Birthday: September 20th
Family: Happily Married with two teenage boys.
Accolades:

How would your friends describe you:


Favorite Sports Moment: The year the Lions and Brewers won respective championship's. WAIT that hasn't happened yet.
Favorite Sports Movie: The Battered Bastards of Baseball, followed closely by LadyBugs (Hey you can never count out a Dangerfield flick)
Favorite MLB Team: Milwaukee Brewers
Favorite MLB Player: Paul "F-in" Molitor
Favorite NFL Team: Motor City Kitties....aka Lions
Favorite NBA Team: Don't watch anymore until my Sonics come back.
Favorite NHL Team: Edmonton Oilers
Favorite College: Muncie School of Pinball Mechanics
One place in the World you would like to visit:
I wouldn't like to visit here


GM "Style":


Why do you love online baseball?

(Because this theme song is my ringtone - feel free to watch the entire clip. See kids this is HOW we got highlights before ESPN).

Please feel free to include a picture of yourself. Vultures (those without a team) encouraged to participate as well.


Here's one of me and my buddy Gary Coleman...."What you talkin' 'bout Simon?!" Ah, he was such a kidder...

[recte44]

Did you just pop a "hot side hot and cold side cold" reference in there??? DAMMMMNNNNN!

[7teen]

Holy hell I filled this out 9 real life years ago.

[CTBrewCrew]

Holy hell I filled this out 9 real life years ago.

Just like the 80s its coming back baby!

[usnspecialist]

1) pitch perfect (while a damn good movie) is not a sports movie
2) that is great about Jwalk and the UTEP/Texas Western timing
3) a journalist from northwestern?!? Shocking!!

[shoeless.db]

1) pitch perfect (while a damn good movie) is not a sports movie

Is your argument that eye-humping Anna Kendrick for two hours is not a sport? All I know is I have to rehydrate after watching.

[usnspecialist]

1) pitch perfect (while a damn good movie) is not a sports movie

Is your argument that eye-humping Anna Kendrick for two hours is not a sport? All I know is I have to rehydrate after watching.

anna kendrick and brittany snow are an unholy pairing in those movies, good god.

Funny story about the first movie, on our deployment from 2014-2015 the ship would have 2 movie channels playing 24/7, and on sundays they would take requests from the crew. They eventually realized that everyone would only call to see the movie, so they actually scheduled it 2x on sunday (once for day and once for night crew) and then forbade it from being called in the rest of the day lol.

[mragland]

Team: None
GM: Morris Ragland
Other Leagues: None active.
Location: Fayetteville, AR
Occupation: Insurance Underwriter
Birthday: February 23
Family: Partner (Idiz), Dog (Anton), Cat (Marco)
Accolades: None
How would your friends describe you: Wiseass without the wisdom
Favorite Sports Moment: This one. Apologies to Mets fans.
Favorite Sports Movie: Bull Durham
Favorite MLB Team: St. Louis
Favorite MLB Player: Shohei Ohtani
Favorite NFL Team: New Orleans
Favorite NBA Team: Showtime Lakers, none current
Favorite NHL Team: Detroit (they used to be good, y'all)
Favorite College: Arkansas and Tulane
One place in the World you would like to visit: New Zealand
GM "Style": In offline leagues, I like to try on different styles. Online, I try to adapt to where I think the team is.
Why do you love online baseball? There's really no substitute for interaction with real people.

[hbcollins]

Team: Athens Fighting Centaurs
GM: Henry Collins
Other Leagues: None
Location: Greenville, SC
Occupation: Electrical Engineer - Consulting/Manufacturing
Birthday: 01/06/1994
Family: 1 soon to be fiancé
Accolades: Self Proclaimed Top 30 Under 30 UMEBA General Managers
How would your friends describe you: Laid back, reliable, a little nerdy
Favorite Sports Moment: 2016 & 2018 Clemson National Champs
Favorite Sports Movie: Friday Night Lights, Does Ken Burns 'Baseball' count? Because I could watch that on a non stop loop.
Favorite MLB Team: Atlanta Braves, Detroit is my AL team. Also have a soft spot for Pittsburgh
Favorite MLB Player: Mike Trout
Favorite NFL Team: Indianapolis Colts
Favorite NBA Team: N/A
Favorite NHL Team: Toronto Maple Leafs
Favorite College: Clemson
One place in the World you would like to visit: Alaska
GM "Style": I'm not sure if I have one yet. Newbie to online leagues, but in offline leagues I've managed teams a variety of different ways. I plan on digging into my team and determining what the best path to maintained success will be.
Why do you love online baseball? It combines two of the greatest inventions ever, Baseball and the Internet, how could it not be great?

[recte44]

I actually am close to watching Ken Burns “Baseball” on loop in the offseason.

[Treydmarq]

Team: Tripoli Piranhas
GM: Anthony Kates
Other Leagues: PBE (Created Player sim league)
Location: Alabama via Texas
Occupation: Security Officer on a military base
Birthday: May 1st, 1985
Family: Wife, Christina; Two son, Hunter (13), Lucas (5)
Accolades: Only person on my Dad's side of the family to graduate from college; Father of the Year for 13 years running; Husband of the Year 8 of the 14 years i've been married
How would your friends describe you: Life of the party; loud and rambunctious; hopefully funny
Favorite Sports Moment: Vince Young sprinting for the end zone in the 2006/07 NCAA Football Championships; The Dallas Mavericks defeating the Miami Heat in the 2010/11 NBA Finals
Favorite Sports Movie: I cannot pick just one: Rudy, The Sandlot, Rookie of the Year, Talladega Nights, Space Jam, The Replacements
Favorite MLB Team: Houston Astros
Favorite MLB Player: Mike Piazza, Jeff Bagwell, Chipper Jones (childhood); Hunter Pence, Roy Oswalt (recently retired); Yordan Alvarez, Michael Fishman, Fernando Tatis (current)
Favorite NFL Team: Tennessee Titans
Favorite NBA Team: Dallas Mavericks
Favorite NHL Team: Nashville Predators (when I watched hockey)
Favorite College: The University of Texas Longhorns
One place in the World you would like to visit: Australia
GM "Style": I love to trade, trade, trade and trade. I focus more on youth and potential than older guys who have proven themselves, but I am always wanting to compete, never going full rebuild.
Why do you love online baseball? It's tougher to beat a human opponent than an AI opponent. It also gives me a chance to talk baseball with more people than I do in real life.