Personal

Birthdate: January 28, 1966

Where born: Defiance, Ohio          

Height:        6’0”                                                    

Weight: 205

Eyes: Brown                      

Hair: Brown

Family

Wife’s Name: Annette

#Years Married:  17 years

Where you met:  In the local watering spot, the “Red Owl”

Kid’s Name(s) and ages:  Benjamin (23) currently pursuing masters degree in chemistry at the University of South Carolina, Jackson (12) currently attending 7th grade

What are they doing.           See above

Pets:           Two miniature Dachshunds

What types of vacations do you take:          Most have some kind of a sports slant.  It is the joke between my wife and I that she doesn’t go anywhere without it being wrapped around a football or baseball game.  My latest venture is attending baseball fantasy camp with the Cleveland Indians.  January will be more fourth year.

Career

College and Major: Defiance College undergraduate in Accounting and Business Management and Regis University (Denver, Colorado) MBA

Employer:   Paulding County Hospital

How long have you been at this job/employer?        11 years

Type of Work:        CEO

DELCAL

Origin of your team name:  Ontario Midges  Named after the infamous midges that showed up on the corner of Carnegie and Ontario in Cleveland in Game 2 of the ALDS this year when Cleveland defeated the New York Yankees.

Number of Years: This is my first year        

Remarkable Moment(s): Hopefully yet to come.

Early memories: same as above

Things you like about it: I just got back into it after playing several years ago.  I enjoyed playing years ago and really enjoyed some of the changes that have taken place with the game since then.

Needs improvement: Don’t really know of any yet.

Typical DelCal playing setting:         In my sunroom at home.

Strat-O and Baseball

Your favorite single strat-O Card: 1983 Tim Raines….he was my first draft pick in the first league I ever participated in.  Led the league in SB and runs.  Chose him over Fernando Valenzuela.

How long have you played Strat-O: Counting my reintroduction to the game last year about ten years.

How did you start:              I was always a baseball statistician nut and the game kind of fed that passion.  I saw an ad in a magazine and bought the game.

Do play other Strat-O-Sports: I have played football but haven’t done that for years.

What is your favorite MLB team: Cleveland Indians

Who is your favorite baseball player: Grady Sizemore

Who is the best player ever: Joe Dimaggio

What is the best team (single season ever): 1976 Cincinnati Reds

Hobbies:

What other strat-o or fantasy Leagues do you play: Fantasy Baseball, Football, and Basketball

What sports do you play:          Baseball is about it anymore.

What other hobbies and interests:  attending Indians or Browns games

Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump

Favorite Book: I enjoyed reading Kardiac Kids which was about the 1980 Cleveland Browns one of my favorite teams growing up.

Most recent book read (non work):      Tales from the Reds Dugout: Tom Browning

 

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