My love for baseball started with the Big Red Machine and the rise to dominance of the Reds and the subsequent dismantling of the team as costs to keep key people forced Perez and Rose to move on to other teams. I played first base in order to emulate my childhood hero Tony Perez. I loved his clutch performances at the plate and the way he went about his business on and off the field.

  I played baseball from tee-ball through high school and fell victim to the fastball with movement which forced my early retirement from playing the game. I never gave up my love for the nuances of the game and how strategy can have a big impact on determining the winner of the game.

   My wife has encouraged the obsession of playing fantasy baseball for 17 years and has accepted this as my hobby which keeps me out of trouble. Krista and I have been married for 11 years and we have two children Sam 7 years old and Ellie 6 years old. Though none of them are really baseball fans, they tolerate my habit and keep me young with all of that energy. Currently Ellie loves drawing pictures and webkins and Sam is obsessed with videogames while Krista keeps us all sane.