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Post by A's GM (Justin - Commissioner) on Sept 25, 2015 19:00:09 GMT
Name: Justin P Occupation: Undergraduate student at Syracuse University From: New York Favorite MLB Team: Cincinnati Reds Favorite Player (Present): Aroldis Chapman Favorite Player (Past): Johnny Bench Favorite Baseball Factoid: The Chapman filter on Statcast's fastest pitch leaderboardFavorite Baseball Statistic: xBABIP Fun Fact: I'm a writer for Beyond the Box Score |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 2:10:54 GMT
Hey guys! I'm Nate. I'm currently a graduate student living in Maine, though I'm originally from Rhode Island. My favorite team is the Boston Red Sox, current favorite player is Brock Holt (though Hunter Pence is a close second), historical player is Nomar Garciaparra.
Favorite Baseball Factoid: Tony Gwynn struck out only 16 times in 1992, over the course of 569 plate appearances.
Favorite Baseball Statistic: wRC+
Fun fact: The first Red Sox game I ever got to attend was in Tampa Bay in 2007. It was Jon Lester's second start back from beating cancer (before that, I got to see the Pawtucket Red Sox almost get no-hit a lot).
By the way Justin, I'm ridiculously jealous. I love Beyond the Box Score; they've been my home page for almost a year now.
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Post by Diamondbacks GM (JT) on Sept 26, 2015 4:39:08 GMT
Name: JT C.
Occupation: Undergraduate student at Barrett @ ASU
From: Arizona
Favorite MLB Team: Arizona Diamondbacks
Favorite Player (Present): Paul Goldschmidt
Favorite Player (Past): Luis Gonzalez
Favorite Baseball Factoid: Don't really have one off the top of my head, but following the theme above, Joe Sewell only struck out three times during the entire 1930 season (353 at bats). Two of them were in the same game. And then he did it again in 1932 in 200 more at bats.
Favorite Baseball Statistic: wRC+
Fun Fact: Again, stealing ideas, but I used to write for Grading on the Curve, although it was a short stint.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 10:40:58 GMT
El Guapo (Waterboy) GM of the New York Yankees franchise.
Retired English Professor/Writer.
Live in downtown St Petersburg FL, so we follow the Rays, of course.
Favorite Player Past: Mickey Mantle
Favorite Current Player: Kevin Kiermaier
Fun Fact: Picked the Yankees franchise because we were born in the Bronx and grew up a Yankees fan. We have lived in Florida almost all of our life and taught at various colleges and universities in the Tampa Bay area, finishing at U. of South Florida, in Tampa. Wrote for hundreds of national circulation newspapers and magazines. Have no single favorite player these days. We only posted Kiermaier above because we admire how hard he plays the game, every play in centerfield, every at bat, every ground ball run out as though the 7th game of the World Series was on the line.
Second Fun Fact: We live in an apartment building in downtown St Pete, a block from the Bay; Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig lived in this building back in the day.
Third Fun Fact: In 1941 Joe DiMaggio batted .357, with 30 HR and 125 RBI in 541 at bats and had an OPS of 1.083 -- he struck out 13 times.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2015 0:31:01 GMT
Name: DarylH
Occupation: Logistics manager for Ken Ham/Answers in Genesis
From: Cincinnati OH area, born in Seattle WA
Favorite MLB team: Reds & Ms; I figure you should be able to pick a team in each league
Favorite Player Past: Roger Maris
Favorite Player Present: Ichiro
Don't have a factoid
Favorite stat: wRC+
Factoid: I have 6 MLB parks remaining to go to and I have been to them all. Just missing OAK, HOU, KC, CHW, MIN & ARI
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Post by Giants GM (Josh) on Sept 27, 2015 2:15:29 GMT
Name: Josh
From: California
Favorite MLB Team: Giants
Favorite Player past: Willie Mays
Favorite Player present: Buster Posey.
Favorite factoid: Because of the fact that Carter Capps jumps off the mound in his delivery, he threw the fastest perceived pitch this year (105 mph)
Favorite Stat: WAR, wRC+, or K/9
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2015 21:29:56 GMT
Name: Brad W
Occupation: Nonprofit Finance Coordinator
From: Winston-Salem, NC
Favorite MLB Team: St Louis Cardinals
Favorite Player (Present): Jaime Garcia / Tommy Pham
Favorite Player (Past): Mark McGwire
Favorite Baseball Factoid: The first organized attempt to desegregate baseball was initiated by Lester Rodney, the sports editor of the Daily Worker newspaper. He and other activists collected signatures outside of Ebbets Field and other NYC parks in the 1930s.
Favorite Baseball Statistic: exit velocity
Fun Fact: I moved to the mountains of NC to work in a progressive boarding school in order to have more time with my wife and kid (now kids).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2015 3:29:59 GMT
Name: Justin M
Occupation: Undergraduate student at Syracuse University
From: Northern New York
Favorite MLB Team: St. Louis Cardinals
Favorite Player (Present): Matt Carpenter
Favorite Player (Past): Stan Musial
Favorite Baseball Factoid: Ted Williams out-hit Joe DiMaggio during DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak
Favorite Baseball Statistic: Offensive Win Percentage
Fun Fact: I've been to every Major League Baseball stadium.
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Post by Padres GM (Steven) on Sept 28, 2015 13:33:15 GMT
Name: Steven
Occupation: Money Laundering Analyst
From: Born and raised in CA, now living in Buffalo, NY
Favorite MLB Team: San Diego Padres
Favorite Player (Present): Kris Bryant
Favorite Player (Past): Tony Gwynn
Favorite Baseball Factoid: Well, someone beat me to the punch, and got to post this before I did, but I'm going to use it anyways... Tony Gwynn struck out only 16 times in 1992, over the course of 569 plate appearances
Favorite Baseball Statistic: wRC+
Fun Fact: I run a youth travel baseball program in WNY.
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Post by Orioles GM (Ryan) on Sept 28, 2015 16:41:46 GMT
Name: Ryan
Occupation: Legal Assistant Supervisor/Site Administrator
From: Small town near Harrisburg PA
Favorite MLB Team: Baltimore Orioles
Favorite Player (Present): Manny Machado
Favorite Player (Past): Cal Ripken Jr.
Favorite Baseball Factoid: At one point during is 2,632 consecutive game streak, Cal played in an incredible 8,264 consecutive innings from 6/5/82-9/14/87. Believed to be the record by more than 3,000 innings.
Favorite Baseball Statistic: BABIP
Fun Fact: My Brother and Dad were drafted and played Minor League Baseball.
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Post by Royals GM (Ryan) on Oct 6, 2015 23:07:49 GMT
Name: Ryan Schultz
Occupation: Undergrad at Mizzou
Outfield Experience at Kauffman Stadium
From: Kansas City, MO
Live in: Columbia, MO
Favorite Team: Kansas City Royals
Favorite Player (Present): George Springer
Favorite Player (Past): George Brett
Favorite Stat: wRC+
Favorite Factoid: Already used, but I love Carter Capps' delivery
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Post by Phillies GM (Nick) on Oct 8, 2015 1:53:33 GMT
Name: Nick
Occupation: Accounting/Finance
From: Ohio
Live in: Arizona
Favorite MLB Team: Pittsburgh Pirates
Favorite Player (Present): Andrew McCutchen
Favorite Player (Past): Well my childhood favorite was a skinny Barry Bonds. I liked Eric Davis and Bo Jackson a lot too.
Fun Fact: I've seen a no hitter in person. Homer Bailey at PNC Park in September 2012.
Fun Fact 2: I've been to 16 of the current MLB stadiums.
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Post by Mets GM (Amy) on Oct 8, 2015 16:04:22 GMT
Name: Amy
Occupation: Social Worker
From: Boston
Live in: Boston
Favorite MLB Team: I like the Red Sox because they're from my hometown but love following rebuilding, small market clubs and seeing how they come together.
Favorite Player (Present): too many to name, at the moment I'm a huge fan of the players on my fantasy team that just won me $500!
Favorite Player (Past): I liked Scott Cooper growing up because he had my last name. Cried when the Sox traded him.
Fun Fact: I alternate baseball caps between KC, CHICUBS, SD and OAK. SD because I bought the hat at Petco. The others because I like the way they are run or their players.
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Post by Indians GM (Scott) on Oct 8, 2015 22:20:16 GMT
Scott
I am a Vendor Manager for Chase and am enrolled full time in an MBA program.
I live in Metro Phoenix
My favorite team is the Padres
My all time favorite player is Willie Mays
My current favorite player is AJ Pollack
All the FanGraphs nerds are going to shake their heads, but my favorite stats are OPS+ and ERA+
I still can't believe that Tony Gwynn never struck out more than 40 times in any season. Amazing
I sometimes write for various Padres blogs/fan sites.
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Post by Angels GM (Wood) on Oct 10, 2015 13:45:53 GMT
Name: Matthew Wood
Occupation: IT Technician/Analyst
From: Illinois
Favorite MLB Team: St Louis Cardinals
Favorite Player (Present): Matt Carpenter
Favorite Player (Past): Stan "The Man" Musial / Willie McGee
Favorite Baseball Factoid: Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. didn't miss a game in 16 years. He played in 2,632 consecutive games from April 30, 1982 to Sept. 19, 1998.
Favorite Baseball Statistic: Batters BABIP / Pitchers SIERA
Fun Fact: I Run Central Dynasties Fantasy Platform which handles 4 Major League Sports at the moment (MLB, NHL, NFL and NBA). While these for the moment are only Fantasy Based Leagues, Future Plans will be to add in Blogs, Articles and Eventually down the line have a Statistics Site geared toward Fantasy Leagues.
Fun Fact 2: Ive been Cardinals Fan since I was like 7 years old, My Grandma and I would sit around and watch Cardinals play every weekend.
Side Note: While I love statistics, I also require a Visual Representation to watch Players Mechanics and overall Game Ethic.
"There is no limit to what can be accomplished when nobody cares who gets the credit."
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