Jim Phelps - Seattle Pilots 

Mike Lefkow - Concord Grape 

 

THE ANATOMY OF A MIKE LEFKOW
(CONCORD GRAPE)
PRE-SEASON G.U.S.S.O.M.O.  DRAFT

Residence:

Marital Status:

Children:

Occupation:

Not

2 dog, 1 cat

Retired, though I do freelance work for my old publication

 Jeff Fleischman - Las Vegas High Rollers 

Family:

Was married for 30 years to Robyn until her passing the early AM after Valentines Day 2025... She was very supportive and "allowed" me to play Strat-O-Matic for all these years. 
We have a 28 year old daughter, Sydney who graduated Cum Laude from Colorado State University (CSU) in 2019... where in the World has all the time gone?? She majored in Theatre Performance/Business.  Moved to Los Angeles in September 2021 in order to continue her career as an Actress. She recently appeared in her 1st commercial!  I also have two Sons (44 yeal old Joel), who works and lives in Littleton, CO, and 40 year old Richard, who works as a Senior IT Project Manager for PayPal Corporate. He married Emily over the Labor Day Weekend  in September of 2018. They moved from San Jose to Portland, Oregon, and made me and Robyn Grandparents at the end of July 2024..... a Granddaughter... Zoey Ester. 

Retired. Formerly Regional Sales Manager, Sales Trainer and Operations Manager

Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies (I kind of leaned towards Purple... but Vegas??  Maybe... Probably), Denver Broncos.... I have a really good feeling that Bo Nix is going to be a Star.  The Blue and Orange have been terrible the past couple of years... Thanks a lot, John Elway).... but it didn't get any better with the $245 Million Dollar "Power Ball" payout to Russell "Russ" Wilson. He could have set a record for being "sacked" the most times in a Season. The Broncos had no Blocking for Wilson when he tried to Pass... and they also had NO Blocking when the Broncos tried to run the Ball. Oh, if  I forgot to mention it... the Broncos were among the lowest scoring teams in the entire League..... And NOW back to the action.... But now things are starting look up for my Broncos. I drafted Bo Nix early in Clay Grant's League (4th round). Everyone else said... What??? That was a very unexpected pick. I even got ripped in the "After Draft Evaluation. But the Evalutation that give you a "Grade" gave my an "A".  Don't mess with me.... I know what I'm doing  .

I also (liked) the Colorado Avalanche... and still like the Denver Nuggets and the Temple Universtiy Football and Basketball teams.  Yeah... I went to Temple University... along with UCLA and San Jose State. There could be some "new" favorite teams coming up in the very near future! How about the Las Vegas Golden Knights? I got a really nice Jersey LAST year. And now a cool-looking Team Sweatshirt/Hoodie. I also have AAA Baseball Las Vegas Aviator Jersey and Team Hat. Went to see my first game on September 3rd, 2024.  Las Vegas A's in 2028? We'll see... we'll see...

 Larry D. Steinberg - Chicago Mob 

I have a more aggressive managerial style than the previous manager.  I expect my players to give 100% all the time or it's aquarium cleaning duties.  I welcome the challenge of managing and expect to be in the post season every year.  2014 was exciting but also disappointing.  The team worked hard to get into the world series but ran into an unexpected buzz saw in Busters' A.J. Griffin.  Earning manager of the year was nice, thank you.  And now, on to the GM.

GM Larry Steinberg -- Member since 1971  (53years)

Birth Date 12/28/1953.  You can do the math     he's 69+... yikes!
                                                                           Shhhhh...

Residence:  Algonquin, Illinois, about 45 miles NW of downtown Chicago.

Occupation:  Gratefully retired as of 12/31/19. I was a Medical Laboratoy Technologist, specializing in Immunohematology (Blood Bank).  Have worked at Swedish Covenant Hospital since 1989.  Birth place of Harrison Ford (Are you reading, Jason??)

Favorite Teams:  Favorite Teams:  Basically a Chicago fan.  White Sox are #1 with me. And Baseball.  I follow the Bulls, Black Hawks and Bears when they are doing well but generally am not as big a fan of the sport as Baseball.  I'll watch MLB post season, not so much the other sports.  Not a Cubs fan but was OK with them doing well in 2015 and will hope for the same in the future, but come Cub/Sox series, I'll root for the Sox every time.  No exception.

Favorite Players:  Can't say I have a favorite at this point in my life.  Can say the last one was Frank Thomas.  My favorite player as a child and first becoming baseball aware was Willie Mays.  I loved the way he crushed the Cubs every time the Giants came to town.  My favorite player of all time is Walter Payton

Hobbies:  Sad to say Strat is the only real hobby I have but now that I'm retired I'll likely take up some stuff that I used to do.   My wife and I like to go to concerts covering many genre's.  We love Bluegrass and have seen the legends from Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury and Special Consensus to contemporary like Allison Krause and Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers.  Just saw Carl Palmer of ELP for the 4th time.  Have seen Greg Lake solo, sadly gone.  In 2019 it was ELO (not that big a fan but Mrs. Steinberg is.  Sorry, Jeff) and Elton John.  Only 2 TV shows I watch regularly.  Walking Dead (believe it or not), Dr. Who (Unbelievably creative and challenging but the latest Doctor is disappointing so far.)   Biggest event of my 2019 summer was winning a raffle with the prize being sitting in the engineers seat and driving a 100+ year old steam train at our local railroad museum.  Yes, it was awesome.  

                                                   

Strat Backround:  Saw an add for Strat-O-Matic in a 1967 X-Men comic book.  I disobeyed my mother and sent away for it anyway.  Odd that it was an X-Men comic that I had, because I was exclusively a DC comics reader (Superman, Batman, etc.).  Fate.  Introduced it to my neighborhood friends and we wasted many hours playing.  Joined GUSSOMO in 1971, left in 1977 and rejoined in 1980.  I play baseball exclusively.  Dabbled with the other games but gave up on football in the late 70's.  Besides this league, I'm in the Charles O. Finley league, owning the Red Sox and after losing in the world series twice, my 1982 team finally won it all in 2014.  Won it all again with the 1988 Red Sox in 2018.  Also a recent member of Clay Grant's MATSA league with the Fox Valley Zephyrs.  Was going to call the team the Terrapins but Fred would have none of it.  I have been invited to other leagues but 3 is pushing it for me.  Can't see how so many guys are in so many leagues and still have a life.  OK, I did join a 4th league last year, CCBA and made it to their World Series with a 90 win team beating a 112 win team and a 106 win team, only to lose in 5 to another 106 win team. 

Other:  Married to Elaine Cheney 10/23/83 (again, you can do the math).  Two boys.  Evan you know, and Sam (many of you know).  Fairly active in our synagogue.  Recently retired from the board of directors as treasurer for 4 years.  Have learned how to read Torah and do so 2 or 3 times a year.  Currently have 2 cats as well as Fred Turtle.  Politically.... 

             FRED TURTLE AND SOME MOB "HARDWARE"

              THE REAL "BOSS" BEHIND THE CHICAGO MOB!






        

 Kevin Martin - Richmond Banshees 

 Bob Fidler - Indianapolis Clowns 

 John Polumbo - Mississippi Big Orange 

 Will Polumbo - Michigan Marvels 

I joined the League in 1998, in my Junior year of High School, and promptly got fleeced in first trade, dealing away slugger Ray Lankford for Troy Percival.

Since joining the League, I've gone to College (go Blue!), married my wife Adrienne, gone through several jobs - I'm now a Marketing Director at Atlas Copco, and industrial power tool manufacturer - and had two future GUSSOMO managers with my wife.  Max is 9 and Ian is 6.  I've already got both of them playing with the dice and cards.  Ian's favortie team is the 2004 Red Sox.

In GUSSOMO, my team has had four World Series appearances, and we finally broke through and won one in 2010.
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My All-Time Team:

C - Ramon Hernandez
1B - Justin Morneau
2B - Chase Utley
SS - Jimmy Rollins
3B - Aramis Ramirez
LF - Manny Ramirez
CF - Vernon Wells
RF - Shinn-Soo Choo
SP - Bartolo Colon
RP - Jonathan Pabelbon
 

  Nick Diiorio - Gilead Gunslingers

IP Project manager for Department of Homeland Security. Yes I work for the Federal government please don’t hold that against me. LOL

Philadelphia Phillies and Flyers Oakland A’s and Duke basketball

Started playing in 1977 when I saw an ad in a magazine for the game, got the baseball game with the 1976 Phillies and Reds, from there I was hooked. My friends and I played the baseball hockey and football games. Spent many an evening at the dinning room table starting leagues and playing games with my friends. Play mainly in computer leagues (baseball and hockey) but still get the baseball cards every year and like to roll the dice on solo projects.

Purchased the '61 season and enjoy playing some games between the Yankees and various other teams that have players that I remember fondly from my days as a kid. Also, joining this league.

Claims to G.U.S.S.O.M.O. fame...

Best moments: 10 championships and now 20 WS. (Believe it or not, the "10 and 20" was a goal, and I was (almost) happy to lose last year to get there!??

Also, being named to the G.U.S.S.O.M.O. All-Time Manager list (ahead of Fred Turtle).

I joined Gussomo in 2001, and was part of a 3 team dispersal draft with Don Sprague and another guy who didn’t last long.  And I recall that my first 4 picks were Lance Berkman, Troy Glaus, Nomar Garciaparra (coming off an injury plagued less than 100ab season and Roy Halladay (fresh off his 3^rd return to the Bigs and 100 or so terrific innings).  In those early years, my primary function (and most everybody) was to provide victims for Ralph to beat up on.

Amazingly, the team turned into an offensive force and won 2 championships in the first 5 years.

I found out about strat around 1997 while in college at the University of Delaware.  I got involved in a league that rapidly disbanded and then found a good home in the NASBL.  There I was lucky enough to win a championship when I didn’t have the best team and was unlucky enough to lose a championship when (in my opinion) I had the best team,  I also slogged through a few 100 loss seasons.  I had to bow out of strat in 2015 or so when my first was born (Max).  Now that my two kids are older (7 and 4), I’m thrilled to get back into Strat!

My favorite Strat moment (in a different league) was when Kenta Maeda pitched a perfect game!