1. Age: 40

2. City in which you currently live: Palm Bay, Florida

3. Hometown: Crystal Lake, Illinois

4. Occupation: Police Detective

5. Single/Married: Married

6. Kids (and ages): Son (15), Daughter (14)

7. Years playing APBA: 24

8. How many APBA games do you roll per year: 100

9. Favorite Baseball team and why (current): Cubs, I never change my loyalties

10. Favorite Baseball team and why (all-time):  Cubs, Chicago area native

11. Favorite Baseball player and why (current): Alex Rodriguez, The greatest shortstop of all time, Sorry Ernie.

12. Favorite Baseball player and why (all-time): Ryne Sandberg, greatest second baseman of all time. A model for how players should play and act.

13. Favorite Baseball stadium (current): Of course, Wrigley

14. List of Major League Baseball stadiums you’ve been to: Wrigley, Old Comiskey, Tiger Stadium, Fulton County Stadium, Astro Dome, Devil Rays Stadium, Marlins Stadium. Numerous spring training stadiums.

15. Favorite College Team: Florida State

16. Non-APBA hobbies: Attending my sons baseball games. In Florida he plays 12 months a year.

17. If I could play MLB, what position would I play: First Base

18. Most Memorable APBA Moment (sentences/paragraphs OK here): My 1998 draft in the now extinct Sunbelt Winter League. After the 97 season I knew that I could not compete with the pitching I had so I traded all my front line players for draft picks, Piazza, Bonds, Mo Vaughn, Edgar Martinez etc. After the trades ended I had the first three picks in the first round and a total of seven first round picks. I also went into the draft with four second round picks and even more third and fourth round picks. The first three picks were Andruw Jones, Scott Rolen and Darrin Erstad. Some of my picks outside the first round turned out well also, Todd Walker and Dimitri Young in second. A year later I traded Dimitri Young for Todd Helton. In the later rounds I picked, Driefort, Urbina, Mike Sweeney, Tony Batista and Kevin Young. Not a bad draft. Too bad the league folded last year. My lineup for the 2000 season would have been 1b Helton, 2b Castillo, ss Rodriguez, 3b Rolen, C Lieberthal, lf Erstad, cf Jones, rf Shawn Green, dh Jenkins, Bench Nevin, T. Walker, Burnitz, Sexton.

19. If you had a chance to have dinner with any baseball player that ever lived, who would that be? Babe Ruth, I’m sure he would have shown me a real good time.

20. General Comments (Do you like the DH?  Do you like interleague play?  Have you ever rolled any No Hitters or Perfect games?  Ever end a game in a “Walk Off Home Run?) I enjoy using the DH in APBA but not in real life. This league like most APBA leagues has less teams than real life baseball so everyone has extra hitters. I like to get those hitters in the game. In real life I am a National League purest and like the extra strategy used.
I have had several other great moments playing APBA. I won two titles in the Sunbelt Winter League 1992 and 1993. Bonds was always a great player for me and I owned him for nine Sunbelt Winter League seasons. He has been probably one of the great APBA players ever because of his fielding, power and on base percentage. I love trading and I have made several big trades over the years. I once traded Wil Clark, Darren Daulton and Albert Belle for Piazza, Mo Vaughn and Justice. A couple of years ago I traded Mondesi, V. Guerrero and Niffi Perez for Alex Rodriguez. I would still make that trade as Rodriguez is worth it. All in all I love playing this game and look forward to a long relationship with everyone in the New Era League.