Old MBBA GM Bios

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Team: Vancouver Mounties
Owner: Ray DeRoy
Month / Yr joined MBBA: Which time? January, 2003 (originally)
Number of Leagues In: 2 (MBBA & FIBB)
Location: Elizabethtown, PA
Occupation: Distribution Sales
Birthday: 10/27/1977
Family Info: Single with live-in girlfriend
Accolades: Made it to the playoffs with a 75-87 record
Favorite Baseball Moment: Game 7, Red Sox vs. Yankees 2004 ALCS
Favorite Baseball Movie: Bang the Drum Slowly
One place in the World you would like to visit: St. Helena Island
Hobbies/Pastimes: photography mostly

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Team: Birmingham Bandits (for now!)
Owner: Jason Bartlett
Month / Yr joined MBBA: September 2004, initially
Number of Leagues In: 4, probably too many
Location: Bridgewater, New Jersey
Occupation: Financial Services
Birthday: 3/10/78
Family Info: Recently Married
Accolades: '85 & '86 Owner of the Year, Owner of the MBBA's single season win record with the '86 Valencia Stars
Favorite Baseball Moment: The entire Red Sox '04 postseason run
Favorite Baseball Movie: Probably Bull Durham, though Field of Dreams and The Natural are also excellent
One place in the World you would like to visit: I'd like to go back to Tahiti
Hobbies/Pastimes: Red Sox baseball, Poker, Playstation, and movies.

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Team: Baltimore Monarchs
Owner: Andre Girard
Month / Yr joined MBBA: 1987
Number of Leagues In: 5
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: HydroCAD Technician
Birthday: December 28,1977
Family Info: Engaged with 2 fur babies
Accolades: I continue to suck in all my leagues
Favorite Baseball Moment: Manny Ramirez cuting off Johnny Damons throw from 20 feet away..
Favorite Baseball Movie: Bull Durham, Sandlot, 61
One place in the World you would like to visit: New Zealand & Fiji Islands
Hobbies/Pastimes: Avid reader, enjoy music and workout on a pretty constant basis.

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Team: Montreal Blazers
Owner: Mike Wilkinson
Month / Yr joined MBBA: Originally it was like early 2004.
Number of Leagues In: 4
Location: Bloomington, Illinois
Occupation: IT Systems Analyst
Birthday: July 12, 1981
Family Info: Married with no kids (hopefully i'm shootin blanks)
Accolades: Led my softball team in RBI and AVG this summer/fall
Favorite Baseball Moment: The Chicago Cubs winning the division in 2003
Favorite Baseball Movie: Major League
One place in the World you would like to visit: Italy
Hobbies/Pastimes: Other than OOTP, I like to watch sports, read the newspaper, yell at my cat, listen to music, and play guitar.

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Team: Seattle Storm
Owner: A.J. Holz
Month / Yr joined MBBA: OK, this confused me. I confuse easily. I joined to start the 1975 season. But it was around May 2003, really. See? Confusing.
Number of Leagues In: 4
Location: Atlanta, GA
Occupation: Computer Software QA Lead
Birthday: 12/9/72
Family Info: Married, no kids, plenty of animals
Accolades: Shortest MBBA Owner
Favorite Baseball Moment: Sid Bream's Slide
Favorite Baseball Movie: How did I answer this last time? I can't remember. I like a lot of 'em. Major League (the original of course). The Natural. Uh, and a few others.
One place in the World you would like to visit: I said Australia before if I remember correctly, but now I'm re-thinking it. Lessee...New Zealand? Any island I haven't been to, period?
Hobbies/Pastimes: Playing bass guitar, rescuing/fostering animals, playing computer games, drinking heavily

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Team: Austin Riverbats
Owner: Joel Odenbach
Month / Yr joined MBBA: When it started
Number of Leagues In: 4.5 (FIBB, MBBA, NGBL, NCLC, ACB - sometimes)
Location: The Woodlands, TX (N. suburb of Houston)
Occupation: Software Engineer / Database Administrator
Birthday: 10/3/1971
Family Info: Wife, Jeanne; twin sons, Nathan and Evan - just turned 4; one Siberian Husky, one Psycho Cat
Accolades: only "real" person in the MBBA Hall of Fame
Favorite Baseball Moment: don't have one, maybe when the Cubs win it all someday...
Favorite Baseball Movie: probably Bull Durham
One place in the World you would like to visit: it's changes on my mood - so many places to see and experience in the World
Hobbies/Pastimes: way too much OOTP, entertaining my kids killed most of my hobbies, video games (PC & xbox), love to read and watch movies, love to travel

I will need to add a pic when home. I'm now sans glasses after LASIK and currently sporting a goatee.

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Team: New Orleans Crawdads
Owner: Jerimy Kopra
Month / Yr joined MBBA: Original Owner (not many of us left these days)
Number of Leagues In: 4 (MBBA, FIBB, ACB, NBL)
Location: Scappoose, Oregon
Occupation: Network Analyst
Birthday: 6/25/71
Family Info: Married 10 years to my wife Amanda, two daughers (Kaylie - 6 yrs, Emily - 4 yrs), Dog Otis, couple cats I'm waiting on to die
Accolades: David Meiners was on my team the year he went 1-22
Favorite Baseball Moment: Red Sox coming back to win 4 straight and clinch the pennant in Yankee Stadium, resulting in my father not speaking to me for nearly 2 months
Favorite Baseball Movie: Mr. 3000
One place in the World you would like to visit: Fenway Park
Hobbies/Pastimes: Drinking beer around the fire pit at my house, fantasy sports, watching the Red Sox

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Team: Greenville Moonshiners
Owner: Ron Churches
Month / Yr joined MBBA: From the get-go
Number of Leagues In: MBBA, FIBB, ORB, tMBU, ACB, CLC, NBL (too many!)
Location: Greenville, SC
Occupation: I work with old Legacy Insurance/Annuity products for IBM
Birthday: 7/3/1978
Family Info: Engaged, currently. No kids, 8 fish, some houseplants.
Accolades: Joel named the bad team pitching awards after me.
Favorite Baseball Moment: Dale Murphy hitting 2 HR in one inning back in 1989
Favorite Baseball Movie: The Natural
One place in the World you would like to visit: Italy, I guess. We'll do that for the honeymoon.
Hobbies/Pastimes: Guitar, OOTP, remodeling my bathroom (almost finished!), cooking, following the Gamecocks

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Team: Valencia Suns
Owner: Brad Browne
Month / Yr joined MBBA: I think around Feb of '04, late in the '86 season with the Black Sox
Number of Leagues In: 3 - NBL, MBBA, ORB (NBL Commish)
Location: Milwaukee, WI, originally of Oconomowoc, WI
Occupation: IT Manager
Birthday: 1/20/74
Family Info: Married, Trent is 19 mos. and one on the way due in April. One Beagle named Marge.
Accolades: I have teh worst gas of anyone in the league. It's awful. I was in the stands at "Third World Country" Stadium when they were taping Major League. Founder of the GBC. Got Recte into computer Baseball. Took the "Sweaty Recte Wedding Pics". Got kicked out of the FIBB after being an owner for like 12 hours. ONce farted and made the wife vomit. Recte had my sloppy seconds in high school - he dated a girl after me (me - 6 mos., Recte 3 years I believe). Shot pool with Desmond Howard and Antonio Freeman. Almost killed Recte by making him do 15 shots of E&J Brandy.
Favorite Baseball Moment: Brewers pennant '82 (I was in 3rd grade)
Favorite Baseball Movie: Natural, Major League
One place in the World you would like to visit: Joel's house. I like Joel.
Hobbies/Pastimes: GolF golf golf. I've been teaching myself programming. dont' game much anymore, and baseball just doesn't have the allure it used to for me.

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Team: Phoenix Talons
Owner: Ryan Scott
Month / Yr joined MBBA: May/05
Number of Leagues In: Nine
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Occupation: Student/Bum
Birthday: May 12, 1979
Family Info: Single.
Accolades: Well, I have 5 OOTP WS Titles, but zero MBBA accolades.
Favorite Baseball Moment: The Jays winning that first WS.
Favorite Baseball Movie: Major League
One place in the World you would like to visit: Japan
Hobbies/Pastimes: OOTP, obviously. My X-Box. Reading, Writing, no 'rithmetic. Playing Sports. Watching Sports. Thinking about Sports.

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Team: Long Beach Surfers
Owner: Jason Russell
Month / Yr joined MBBA: 29 FEB 04
Number of Leagues In: 4 (MBBA, ORB, ACB, NBL) Plus the GBC Deuce.
Location: Leola, PA
Occupation: Theatre Lighting Technician
Birthday: 2 APR 70
Family Info: Wife, Mary (married 16 years), 3 sons, Christopher (14), Torin (10), Ripken (4), 1 daughter, Christiana (newborn)
Accolades: Jeopardy! champion (1997), Played trivia with Dante Bichette at a TGI Fridays in 1996.
Favorite Baseball Moment: Saw McGwire hit three homers in Philly during his record breaking season.
Favorite Baseball Movie: Field of Dreams
One place in the World you would like to visit: Always Cooperstown. Right after I leave, I want to go back.
Hobbies/Pastimes: Trivia nut, all of these ridiculous baseball leagues, stats, acting, singing, trying to be a good husband and father and an even better person.

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Team: California Crusaders
Owner: Nick Porcaro
Month / Yr joined MBBA: April, '05
Number of Leagues In: 3 - ORB, MBBA, NBL
Location: Crystal Lake, IL
Occupation: Controller for a benefits consulting firm
Birthday: April 4, 1960
Family Info: Married, 1 daughter, a dog, a fish and if my daughter gets her way (which she always does), potentially a hamster
Accolades: no.gif
Favorite Baseball Moment: Attending Kerry Wood's 20 strike-out game against the Astros
Favorite Baseball Movie: Bull Durham
One place in the World you would like to visit: Florence, Italy. Been there once - would love to go back
Hobbies/Pastimes: Helping my wife with her dance business. Also, trying to make the switch from Accounting to Photography. I'd be happy to take the band photos for the Jose Primo Five!

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Team: Madison Wolves
Owner: David Klein
Month / Yr joined MBBA: May 2005 (second time around), January 2003 (first time)
Number of Leagues In: 2
Location: Wauconda, IL
Occupation: Business Development
Birthday: December 2, 1975
Family Info: Married with twin boys
Accolades: Won the inaugural LMS going 11-0 in the post-season.
Favorite Baseball Moment: I threw a no-hitter in the 1988 Pony League State Play-offs. Not many MLB moments, as I am a Cubs fan.
Favorite Baseball Movie: Bull Durham
One place in the World you would like to visit: Cooperstown
Hobbies/Pastimes: OOTP, golf, school, and playing with my kids.

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Team: Hawaii Tropics
Owner: Joshua Gottesman
Month / Yr joined MBBA: April, 2004 according to the boards
Number of Leagues In: 5
Location: Lovely Las Vegas, NV
Occupation: CPA/Pimp
Birthday: October 12, 1961
Family Info: Married, no kids, 5 cats (Artemis, Tiramisu, Tofu (the Hutt), White Chocolat and Miss Jinx/Boonana McDamn) and 1 chihuahua puppy (Himeko).
Accolades: Reigning 2 time champion of the JLP. Married to a woman much hotter than I would have ever imagined.
Favorite Baseball Moment: Watching Bo Jackson run up the wall at Memorial Stadium to catch a ball. Watching the Orioles turn a triple play after a Leo Gomez error messed up a no-hitter.
Favorite Baseball Movie: Bull Durham
One place in the World you would like to visit: Nicole Kidman's bed while she's in it with me...but maybe that's not what you meant...geographically, Hong Kong.
Hobbies/Pastimes: OOTP, Ragnarok Online, Photography, Reading, Anime/Manga...I'm a 44 year old dork.

This is me at Ultramanland in Japan back in January...did I mention I'm a 44 year old dork? Although, in my defense, at the time I was only a 43 year old dork. And I don't wear my hear parted anymore...that was a phase I went through.

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Team: Black Sox
Owner: Mike Giovacchini
Month / Yr joined MBBA: Original Black Sox owner, left came back
Number of Leagues In: 6 (MBBA, ORB, USBA, FOBL, BOY, SHIBA (former FIBB))
Location: Lake In The Hills, IL
Occupation: Computer programmer
Birthday: 12/31/1970
Family Info: Married (Heather), 4 kids Brett (6), Hadley (4), The Twins Drake and Haden (9 days)
Accolades: 1995 USBA Champ, Tossed a no hitter in little Leauge, stole 101 bases in a row during 2 seasons of little league before being caught on a pitch out by my HS catcher and a bad call by the umpire. I also played 6 years of semi-pro baseball, if it were not for a disloacted elbow, I might have been signed as I had 5 scouts at the time watching me.
Favorite Baseball Moment: Attending the Cubs care dinner in 1985. Dinner was out in RF and at my table was Jack Brickhouse. Also met Marla Collins that day, and man did she have a nice rack.
Favorite Baseball Movie: Bull Durham
One place in the World you would like to visit: I have always wanted to go fishing in the dreaded place called Canada.
Hobbies/Pastimes: Too much OOTP, baseball, coaching baseball, huge star wars geek

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Team: Baltimore Monarchs
Owner: Kirk Pedersen
Month / Yr joined MBBA: 1/2006
Number of Leagues In: 3, this one, GMBA and SSBL.
Location: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (about a half hour outside Vancouver)
Occupation: Journalism student/Warehouseman
Birthday: January 6/85
Family Info: I got engaged on Dec 29/04, wedding tentatively set for next fall.
Accolades: none yet!
Favorite Baseball Moment: Joe Carter's walk-off WS winner in 1993.
Favorite Baseball Movie: either Little Big League, the Sandlot or the Bad News Bears
One place in the World you would like to visit: I'd love to visit Yankee Stadium
Hobbies/Pastimes: collecting baseball/hockey cards, sportswriting, I've worked for newspapers in the past, writing scouting reports

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Team: Baltimore Monarchs
Owner: Kirk Medlin
Month / Yr joined MBBA: 3/06
Number of Leagues In: Four (FIBB, NABA, MBBA, WHBL)
Location: Monroe, NC
Occupation: Office Drone/Student
Birthday: 4/3
Family Info: wife: Karen, children: Blake and Drew (both girls, despite the names)
Accolades: 2001 WHBL title, and that's about it.
Favorite Baseball Moment: Probably Games 1 and 2 of the '84 NLCS, back when I was too young to realize that the Cubs were doomed
Favorite Baseball Movie: Eight Men Out
One place in the World you would like to visit: Graduation ceremony, UNCC
Hobbies/Pastimes: OOTP, NCAA Football on the PS2, reading (especially history), taking my wife's monstrous dog outside to pee

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Team: Hackensack Bulls
Owner: Jeremy Reinholt
Month / Yr joined MBBA: January 2006
Number of Leagues In: 2
Location: Portland, OR
Occupation: International man of mystery
Birthday: February 14
Family Info: Parents, brother, 2 cats, no signifcant other at the moment
Accolades: I can fit a JFK half-dollar into my nostril
Favorite Baseball Moment: Whenever Rickey Henderson refers to himself in the third person, especially when he forgot he'd played on a team with John Olerud
Favorite Baseball Movie: Field of Dreams
One place in the World you would like to visit: New Zealand
Hobbies/Pastimes: Hiking, biking, rockclimbing, backpacking, traveling

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Team: New Orleans Crawdads
Owner: Mike Voelker
Month / Yr joined MBBA: 3/2006
Number of Leagues In: 3 (MBBA, Suicide Squeeze, NABA)
Location: Bay Area, CA
Occupation: Computer Support
Birthday: 6/6/1979
Family Info: Married, my wife just had our 2nd son
Accolades: Not really.
Favorite Baseball Moment: Bay Bridge Series in 89 b/c Oakland won. Close 2nd is the Giants choking like sorry little bitches in the WS in 02.
Favorite Baseball Movie: Major League. Fucking duh.
One place in the World you would like to visit: It'll never happen, but I always wanted to spend a summer going to every stadium in baseball (yes, like the stupid Visa commercial)
Hobbies/Pastimes: Motorcycles, Baseball (playing and going to pro games), golf (playing), fixing sh!t up around the house, and playing baseball with my son(s).

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Crazy, here I am, on my 4th team in the MBBA, and I never filled one of these out 8)

Team: Montreal Blazers
Owner: Matt "I-Pod Dude" Bornac
Month / Yr joined MBBA: oh, like Feb 2003
Number of Leagues In: This one.
Location: Edgerton, WI
Occupation: Test and Learn Data Geek
Birthday: 18th day of the 12th month of the 1,972nd year
Family Info: Married with Cats
Accolades: Signed Glen Groves
Favorite Baseball Moment: Seeing the 2005 World Series Champ Banner raised at Comisky last week 8)
Favorite Baseball Movie: Field of Dreams
One place in the World you would like to visit: So many to pick just one.. Western Europe is a good start.
Hobbies/Pastimes: EQ (Done?), OOTP, Watching MLB games on the dish, other video games, and of course, the IPod stats of DOOOM