Hey y'all,
Wanted to introduce the co-op that makes up the Mariners GM contingent. I'm Patrick, and my two good friends Troy and Jake will also be involved in managing. We felt it was necessary to be transparent up front and are looking at this league as another outlet of our constant baseball gchat talk that happens all year long. We worked together a couple years back when Miggy was a fresh face in Detroit. K formal introductions!
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Name: Troy Wilson
Occupation: Supply Chain Manager
From: Flint, MI or Detroit for this purpose
Favorite MLB Team: Detroit Tigers
Favorite Player (Present): Ryan Raburn
Favorite Player (Past): Brandon Inge
Favorite Baseball Factoid: Former MLB player, Tim Raines has been known to use cocaine between innings in the dugout, and used to slide head first to avoid breaking the cocaine vials he carried in his back pocket.
Favorite Baseball Statistic: The one statistical record I feel will never be broken is consecutive no hitters. Now this is over Bonds tainted HR mark, Nap Lajoie .426 batting average, Dimaggio 56 game hit streak, or even Cal Ripkens consecutive games played. That is because he did it in back to back games, so the only way to break this record is to pitch three consecutive no hitters. I just don't see that happening.
Fun Fact: Jim Abbot is the only one-handed major league pitcher to pitch a no hitter. Again the kid had one hand! Also from Flint, Michigan.
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Name: Jake Walker
Occupation: Underwriter
From: Detroit (close enough lol)
Favorite MLB Team: Detroit Tigers
Favorite Player (Present): Bryce Harper
Favorite Player (Past): Ken Griffey, Jr.
Favorite Baseball Factoid: Gates Brown grabbed 2 hot dogs in a game because he wasn't starting. He got called in to pinch hit and stuffed the hot dogs in his jersey to hide them from the manager. He hits a shot and has to slide head first into second, smashing the hot dogs, leaving ketchup and mustard all over his jersey.
Favorite Baseball Statistic: FIP
Fun Fact: once razzed Willy Mo Pena so badly that he turned to me from LF and grabbed his junk and said something very unkind to me.
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Name: Patrick Hayes
Occupation: Business Manager @ an interactive marketing agency
From: Ann Arbor area, now in San Diego
Favorite MLB Team: Detroit Tigers
Favorite Player (Present): currently having an open audition
Favorite Player (Past): Ken Griffey Jr.
Favorite Baseball Factoid: Alex Avila changed the way his last name was historically pronounced, and his dad is the GM. (please let this be wrong for 2016)
Favorite Baseball Statistic: wOBA (my new hotness)
Fun Fact: wrote a few sabermetric articles here:
www.fullspectrumbaseball.com/author/phayes/