Owner Interview - mburgy

 

Owner Interview with mburgy. 

 

Burgy runs the Boston Beacon Hillers and has for the past 50 seasons.  Oddly enough he only has 82 seasons played even though it seems like it would be more and he has captured a title to tie him in that category with his arch nemesis, torrone.  Time for some questions:

 

“What is your favorite team and when did you start following baseball?

 

” I can't remember a time when I didn't follow baseball, I'm a lifelong fan.  Being a Dallas native, my favorite team is the Rangers, though I grew up watching the Cubs on WGN when I got home from school every day.”

 

“Who was your favorite player growing up?”

 

“Without a doubt, Nolan Ryan”

 

“What is your favorite baseball memory?”

 

“I had the fortune of watching Nolan's 7th no-hitter, his first attempt at 300 wins, and his 5000th strikeout.  I was also at Kenny Rogers perfect game.”

 

“How did you find HBD?”

 

“I found HD first during March Madness, and just decided to give HBD a try when I got a discount code from HD.  I've since dropped HD and do only HBD now.”

 

“How many teams are you comfortable running at one time?”

 

“Just this one.  I've tried to run other teams, but my job (school administrator) keeps me pretty busy.”

 

“How do you like to build your teams?

 

” This is a game of statistics, so I try to get high OBP guys.  Strong defense around the diamond to keep guys off base.  Pitching- 3 high quality starters with a deep bullpen that are groundball pitchers if possible.  I like to draft and develop.”

 

“What is your favorite HBD team?”

 

“My season 44-53 Kansas City Monarchs teams here in AU were awesome. It took 20 seasons to rebuild this franchise to that level, and I won 9 of 10 AL East titles during that time frame.”

 

"What is your favorite aspect of HBD?”

 

“The AU world community.  This is a fun world, regardless of the fact that torrone is here.”

 

“What would be the one thing you’d change about the HBD (what’s the most important thing to fix?

 

” Coach hiring and the lack of transparency in the draft in regard to ratings.  We should all see the top prospects.  The "fuzziness" should be around the projected ratings.”

 

“Thanks burgy, I’ve enjoyed this”