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Who am I and what do I do?

In a word? Tired.

In a few more words? I am a professional tabletop role-playing game master who has a few obsessive interests that can be easily channeled into writing overlong biographies on my favorite and least favorite athletes. You may know me from my penchant for writing on some of the, uh, more colorful characters that Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League have to offer. People like Trevor Bauer, Brad Marchand, Tom Wilson, that whole rogues gallery. Another focus of mine is on athletes, both human and animal, who die during their playing careers, like Tyler Skaggs, Colby Cave, and Medina Spirit.

I am trying to branch out from my comfort zone a little bit and hope that gets reflected in some of my contributions going forward. I am also a fairly prolific GA reviewer, particularly with regards to sports and history (if you have a sports history article, whoa mama!) but I am also interested in learning new things and will pick up anything that seems quirky.

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Did you know? (26)

... that in 1973, jockey Robyn Smith won a race while riding a horse named after her?
... that The Ghost Inside's self-titled 2020 album was their first release since a deadly tour bus crash in 2015?
... that the BoJack Horseman episode "The View from Halfway Down" received its title because series creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg needed an episode title starting with the letter "V"?
... that Will Arnett is the only voice actor to appear in the BoJack Horseman episode "Free Churro"?
... that Carter Hart is the youngest goaltender in Philadelphia Flyers history to record a shutout, doing so at the age of 21 years and 57 days?
... that the Frightened Rabbit album Painting of a Panic Attack was written mostly over email?
... that hockey player Kevin Hayes came within two hours of needing his leg amputated due to compartment syndrome?
... that the combined no-hitter at the Los Angeles Angels' memorial game for Tyler Skaggs was the first combined no-hitter in California since the day Skaggs was born?
... that Brandon Kintzler married his wife at a drive-through chapel in Las Vegas?
... that Aaron Nola is the first Philadelphia Phillies pitcher since 1989 to make his major league debut the year after he was drafted?
... that Ivan Provorov moved to Pennsylvania from Russia at the age of 13 to play ice hockey?
... that Barack Obama was once gifted a baseball glove belonging to Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Matt Moore?
... that at the time of its dedication, the Ulysses S. Grant Monument in Chicago was the largest statue ever cast in bronze in the United States?
... that Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler had to have fingernail surgery in 2020 due to an injury sustained from putting on a pair of jeans?
... that Didi Gregorius tweets after every game his baseball team wins, and has dedicated emojis for his teammates?
... that James van Riemsdyk once scored a goal for the Philadelphia Flyers on a puck that bounced off of his face and into the net?
... that Major League Baseball set a single-day record with $1.4 billion in new player contracts the day before the 2021 lockout was set to begin?
... that ice hockey player Trent Frederic was coached by former professional athletes in three of his childhood sports?
... that Cody Bellinger made a motion capture appearance in Assassin's Creed Valhalla as the Viking Otta Sluggasson, with Bellinger's own baseball bat serving as Sluggasson's weapon?
... that a pornographic video service once offered NFL quarterback Gardner Minshew a one-million-dollar endorsement deal based on his habit of exercising in nothing but a jockstrap?
... that when a reporter asked for updates on Jayson Werth's wrist injury, his manager at the time responded "Who?"
... that in 2016, Luke Kunin became the first sophomore captain of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team since 1975?
... that Brandon Tanev said he saw a ghost while his head shot was being taken for the Pittsburgh Penguins?
... that Jason Robertson is only the second Filipino American to play in the National Hockey League?
... that Jeff Malott scored his first three goals for Cornell University on the same day?
... that Nick Schmaltz's older brother and younger sister would team up against him when they played basement hockey as children?

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Barnstar gallery

The Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star is awarded for copy edits totaling over 50,000 words (including rollover words during the GOCE February 2021 Copy Editing Blitz. 2/23/21
The Copy Editor's 10K Star is awarded for copy-editing at least one individual article of more than 10,000 words during the most recent Guild of Copy Editors' Drive or Blitz. 2/23/21
The Reviewer Barnstar. Thank you for your thorough review of William B. Jordan and your helpful suggestions. A good reviewer makes a lot of difference and you have done exactly that! It was an absolute pleasure working with you and I hope we cross paths again. 3/23/21
The Writer's Barnstar: You're certainly back with a vengeance! Well done on Aaron Nola as well as the plethora of other articles you've brought up to GA recently. Go Phils. 3/31/21
The Multiple Good Article Reviewer's Barnstar: Thank you for completing 21 reviews in the March 2021 backlog drive. Your work helped us reduce the backlog by over 52%. 4/21/21
The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar: Thank you for your help at CCI. Your help is greatly appreciated! Keep up the great work. :) 4/23/21
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar: For your valued work in the July 2021 GAN Backlog Drive, which, in a single month, helped to reduce the backlog by nearly 50%. 9/19/2021
The Pelican in Her Piety Barnstar: Thank you for the GA review of Étienne Perier (governor). It was a long slog cleaning it up from the mess created by edit wars and sockpuppetry, so thank you for helping nudge it another rung up the ladder. 10/11/21
The Writer's Barnstar: Literally doing G-d's work taking on Connor McDavid's article. It's so long and the amount of information available is truly overwhelming. 2/22/22
The Original Barnstar: Thank you for your superb article creations. 11/17/24