Managers

Jim Phelps - Seattle Pilots

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

Mike Lefkow - Concord Grape

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Occupation:

None

1 dog, 1 cat

Assistant sports editor, Contra Costa Times/Oakland Tribune/San Jose Mercury News before I stupidly agreed to become an Editor.  I spent many years as a Reporter, covering Stanford Football (4 years), Cal Football (1 year), S.F. Giants (6 years), Oakland A's (7 years) and the S.F. 49er's (1 year)..

Jeff Fleischman - Piney Creek Palookas

Family:

Married for 23 years to Robyn... who "let's me" play Strat-O-Matic
We have an 22 year old daughter, Sydney who graduated from Smokey Hill High School in Aurora, CO.  She is completing her 4th year (Senior) of College... where in the World has all the time gone??... lives off Campus and is finishing her Undergraduate studies at CSU (Colorado State University) in Fort Collins, CO majoring in Theatre Arts Performance and Business.  She recently performed as the "lead" part in the Spring Musical - Little Shop of Horrors (and many other productions), worked part-time (during her breaks from School at Godiva Chocolate, a Classroom Teaching Assistant and in the Kappa Delta Fraternity.  Her new job is as a Counselor for KDIA at Colorado State University Center for the Arts.    I also have two Sons (Joel - 38 years old), works in... and lives in Portland, Oregon and Richard (34 years old).  Richard, recently married to Emily, works as a Senior IT Project Manager for PayPal Corporate and lives in San Jose, CA.

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  (45 years)

Birth Date 12/28/1953.  You can do the math    (62)
                                                                           Shhhhh...

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

Occupation:  Medical Laboratoy Technologist, specializing in Immunohematology (Blood Bank).  Have worked at Swedish Covenant Hospital for 26 years.  Birth place of Harrison Ford (Are you reading, Jason??).  

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.  Used to do lot's of other stuff.  Have been going to a lot of concerts of late in many genre's.  Just saw Carl Palmer of ELP.  Have seen Greg Lake solo.  Keith??  Also just saw Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, with Martin Short.  Next up, Black Sabbath on 1/22/16.  Only 3 TV shows I watch regularly.  Walking Dead (believe it or not), Dr. Who (Unbelievably creative and challenging) and Top Gear (Now off the air due to their star going off on a staffer last year.  May return on Netflix or some other on line entity).

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.  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.  

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 4 cats as well as Fred Turtle.  Politically a lefty, to the point of being obnoxious about it at one point but toned it down (no more letters to the editor).  I bite my tongue now but living in tea party land makes it tough.  That's it for now.  Submitted 12/3/2015.

Donald Trump.   Seriously?????

             FRED TURTLE AND SOME MOB "HARDWARE"

              THE REAL "BOSS" BEHIND THE CHICAGO MOB!






        

Kevin Martin - Richmond Banshees

Bob Galvin- Northwest Ohio Franconians

Family Info:             

John Polumbo - Mississippi Big Orange

Strat Background: Began playing Strat as a young lad in mid-1980's with Old Timers sets. "Asst. Mgr" For Dad at age 12. Joined Gussomo in 1995 as league's 1st "2nd generation" manager.

Will Polumbo - Toronto Titans

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 manger at Atlas Copco, and industrial power tool manufacturer - and had two future GUSSOMO managers with my wife.  Max is three and getting ready for pre-school, and Ian is our latest addition, four months old, and I think he's getting up to speed on my line-ups already.

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
 

 J.P. Kaltenbrun - Milwaukee Beers