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Better Know A Citizen - FirstTimeLongTime

Jul 14th, 2008 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen, Featured Articles

ColbertAndrew visits with SBG Nation Citizen FirstTimeLongTime and gives us all a better look at our citizen from the East.



Better Know A Citizen - meat

Jul 9th, 2008 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen, Featured Articles

We're back with a new installment of Better Know A Citizen. Today's profilee is one of our new Citizens - meat. For those other new guys out there (or you old timers who haven't done this yet) email sbg-bkac[at]hotmail[dot]com or andrew[at]stickandballguy[dot]com to get signed up.



Better Know A Citizen - frightwig

Oct 31st, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen, frightwig

Name: frightwig
Hometown: Bremerton, WA
Town I Currently Live In: relocating to an undisclosed location in Oregon
Profession: dedicated parental unit
Bats: R
Throws: R
Positions: corner IF/OF
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I was good enough to be a regular starter for my county youth league teams, but I was never an All-Star. I don't recall being the [...]



Better Know A Citizen - SoCalTwinsFan

Oct 4th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: SoCalTwinsfan
Hometown: Born - Salt Lake City; Raised - All over. If I must pick, I'll go with Nampa, Idaho
Town I Currently Live In: San Bernardino, Cali
Profession: Sports Page Designer. Mainly, I design the national sports pages (Baseball and NBA/NHL) and the agate page (Scoreboard) for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which has [...]



Better Know A Citizen - kg2005

Oct 2nd, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Erik Dikken
SBG Moniker: kg2005
Hometown: Renville, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Brookings, SD
Profession: Computer Science student, Software Quality Assurance student at Daktronics, Inc
Bats: With a 9-iron
Throws: Picture Johnny Damon
Positions: 2B, CF
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: Last year in softball I had a .700 OBP. Nevermind my OPS [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Will Young

Sep 27th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Will Young (pronounced "Will Young")
Hometown: Richfield, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Saint Paul, MN
Profession: Making Events Occur Smoothly
Bats: Both (more power as a righty, better bat control as a lefty)
Throws: Left
Positions: Pitcher and First Base through Little League, Left-Center in Softball
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I threw 3 perfect innings in the Little [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Sheenie

Sep 25th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Sheenie
Hometown: New Orleans "The Big Easy", LA
Town I Currently Live In: Just up river... St. Paul, MN ... I actually only moved 1 block closer to The River
Profession: I work at a law firm
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Positions: 2nd base and outfield and catching, basically whatever position is needed on a rec. softball team
Greatest [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Seth Stohs

Sep 20th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Seth Stohs
Hometown: Perham, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Warroad until Sept. 18th, then Bloomington
Profession: Product Planner
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Positions: when I was young, I played Shortstop. In high school, played 3B, SS and pitched some. In college, I was a really good scorebook keeper and occasional pinch hitter!
Greatest Career Achievement in [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Whiffers

Sep 18th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Whiffers
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Town I Currently Live In: Plymouth, MN
Profession: Sales Analyst-type employee
Bats: R
Throws: R
Positions: 3B, 2B
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: A Willis Reed moment in Babe Ruth baseball against my team's biggest rival—playing on a sprained ankle, I had a couple hits, stole a base, and a Punto-style [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Andrew

Sep 13th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Andrew
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
Town I Currently Live In: Des Moines, Iowa
Profession: None, currently, but I've got interviews at a few companies Downtown coming up.
Bats: S. I really only hit lefty to pull something down the line or thrown down a drag bunt.
Throws: R
Positions: 1B, OF
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: Hit [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Greek House

Sep 11th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen, GreekHouse

Name: GreekHouse
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN (although I was actually born in Fargo, ND)
Town I Currently Live In: Ames, IA
Profession: Math PhD Student
Bats: R
Throws: R
Positions: 1B,3B,DH
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: When I was in college, I was nicknamed "The One Man Home Run Derby". When the fence was up on the women's softball [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Twayn

Sep 6th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Twayn
Hometown: Fort Recovery, Ohio
Town I Currently Live In: Champlin, Minnesota
Profession: Communications.
Bats: Low in the order
Throws: With elbow pain.
Positions: That’s a rather personal question, don’t you think? Oh, you mean...?! Second base and emergency outfielder.
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: Batting sixth in the lineup when our Little League team was decimated by [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Kris

Sep 4th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Better Know a Citizen

Name: Kris K.
Hometown: Jordan, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Forest Lake, MN
Profession: My title is Software Engineer, though in deference to people with actual engineering degrees, I much prefer "computer programmer" or "code monkey".
Bats: R
Throws: R
Positions: Left Bench; Right Field if the coach is feeling generous or sorry for me
[...]



Better Know A Citizen - Moss

Aug 30th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Moss (as conferred by SBG, and it has nothing to do with Randy Moss or with the green growth)
Hometown: Winsted, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Golden Valley, MN, one-time home of Torii, Sid and TK (does Death Star live here too?).
Profession: Patent attorney for a pharmaceutical company.
Bats: Weakly -- struck out a lot. [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Algonad

Aug 28th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Algonad
Hometown: Algona, IA (Ed's Note: This is where I currently, and begrudgingly, live right now - Andrew)
Town I Currently Live In: Chanhassen, MN
Profession: Finance
Bats: Poorly
Throws: Equally poorly
Positions: 2B, OF
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I think I lead the conference in stolen bases and runs scored but had one [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Banjo

Aug 23rd, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Banjo
Hometown: Hoyt Lakes, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Minneapolis, MN
Profession: Small Business Owner
Bats: L
Throws: L
Positions: 1st Base, Right Field
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I was HBP 13 times in Cadets, the equivalent of Little League and took a high, infield fly ball on the noggin. (That might explain [...]



Better Know A Citizen - SideshowTootie

Aug 21st, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Better Know a Citizen

colbert.jpgName: SideshowTootie
Hometown: Fridley, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Northfield, MN
Profession: College Student, Stats monkey
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Positions: 2nd Base, Sidewinding ROOGY
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: Probably a game-winning home run in a JV high school game



Better Know A Citizen - Beau

Aug 16th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

colbert.jpgName: Beau
Hometown: Coon Rapids, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Buffalo, MN
Profession: Director of Social Services in a nursing home
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Positions: First base, catcher
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: My last year in AAA (12 years old), we were playing in the final regular season game, one we needed to win to win the division. We were facing the champion of the other division (a team we’d later lose to in the tournament championship). In the top of the final inning, we were down 4-3 with two outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd. I worked the count to 0-2, before lacing a double over the center fielder’s head. We held on to win 5-4 and take the division.



Better Know A Citizen - Aaron Gleeman

Aug 14th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Aaron Gleeman
Hometown: St. Paul, Minnesota
Town I Currently Live In: Minnetonka, Minnesota
Profession: Hand model
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Positions: Second Base
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I once got beaned in the forehead by a pitch, dropped into an unconscious heap at home plate, woke up to a couple dozen people standing [...]



Better Know A Citizen - ubelmann

Aug 9th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Better Know a Citizen, ubelmann

Name: Herr Ubelmann von Ubel
Hometown: Lake Crystal, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Seattle, WA
Profession: Physics Grad Student
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Positions: Super-futility
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: Certainly nothing special. I think the play I remember most fondly is playing catcher in a slowpitch rec league and tagging two [...]



Better Know A Citizen - BeenAroundAwhile Guy

Aug 7th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Ian
SBG Moniker: BeenAroundAwhile Guy
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Tacoma, WA in a few weeks
Profession: Creative Writing major
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Positions: Third base, outfield
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Sofball/T-ball: I hit 1.000 for almost an entire season of coach-pitch... I think I went 0-3 in the last game. Struck out the side in my only [...]



Better Know A Citizen - davidwatts

Aug 2nd, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: James
SBG moniker: davidwatts
Hometown: Madelia, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Albert Lea, MN
Profession: radio guy!
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Positions: C/1B/rover outfielder
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Sofball/T-ball: I was a catcher in Little League. In the Consolation playoff game, I threw out 2 base runners while trying to advanced on passed [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Big Mak

Jul 31st, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Big Mak (or Ray Felix)
Hometown: Marshall, MN (world headquarters of Schwan's Ice Cream)
Town I Currently Live In: Evanston, IL
Profession: Graduate Student at Northwestern University (Chemistry)
Bats: R (singles hitter, good patience)
Throws: R (not very well, shoulder is suspect)
Positions: Corner outfielder (wait, a glass-armed outfielder with [...]



Better Know A Citizen - zooomx

Jul 26th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: zooomx
Hometown: St. Cloud
Town I Currently Live In: Alexandria
Profession: Restaurant Manager
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Positions: played them all, began with SS, CF and Pitcher. The first baseman's glove came with the extra 50 pounds
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Sofball/T-ball: played men's fastpitch league and tourneys at the [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Freealonzo

Jul 24th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Dean E. Carlson
SBG Name:Freealonzo. I was friends with Alonzo Newby as an undergrad at the U. During the Gopher academic scandal it looked like Clem was setting up Alonzo as the patsy. At the same time I was looking for a nom de web and came up with Freealonzo. Been [...]



Better Know A Citizen - E-6

Jul 19th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen, Guest Writers

Name: E-6
Hometown: Mankato, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Minneapolis (Northeast)
Profession: Artist / Restaurant drone
Bats: R
Throws: R
Positions: 1B
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Sofball/T-ball: State Babe Ruth Champs (13-year old.) We beat Edina in Edina. I was 3 for 3 with a walk in the title game.
Hobbies: Music, the [...]



Better Know A Citizen- Nick N.

Jul 17th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen, Guest Writers

Name: Nick N.
Hometown: St. Louis Park
Sports Allegiances: Minnesota Twins, Gophers sports teams, Tennessee Titans
Favorite Book: Goodnight Moon
Favorite Baseball Movie: Major League
Favorite Non-baseball Movie: The Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Food & Drink: Chicken wings and beer.
Favorite TV Show(s): The Simpsons.
Favorite Twins Player, historically: Puckett.
Favorite Twins Player, currently: Not Nick [...]



Better Know A Citizen - New Britain Bo

Jul 12th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: New Britain Bo
Hometown: born in Sioux City; father in USAF- spent time in/around airbases including Panama- settled in Park Rapids, MN. After college, 18 years in Scandia, MN; then to Hartford, CT (last 3.5 yrs).
Bats/throws: R/R.
Positions: 2B, SS. Aggressive at base-paths.
Sports allegiances: Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Colts, New Britain [...]



Better Know A Citizen - bjhess

Jul 10th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: Barry Hess (bjhess)
Hometown: Pipestone, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Owatonna, MN
Profession: Freelance web developer. My first website is Scrawlers. It's in the very early stages. The idea is to have a community that writes 100-word stories as an exercise in writing constraints. Eventually we'd like to create the feel of a [...]



Better Know A Citizen - AMR

Jun 30th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Andrew, Better Know a Citizen

Name: AMR (My initials. I'm not hiding, I just don't want my boss to google my name once and see my wasted time when I should be studying for exams. So I guess I am hiding.)
Hometown: New Ulm, MN
Town I Currently Live In: Brooklyn Park, MN
Profession: [...]



Better Know A Citizen - CarterHayes

Jun 26th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Better Know a Citizen

Name: Wyl, aka CarterHayes
Hometown: born in Winona, MN; grew up splitting time in a joint-custody arrangement between Winona and Trempealeau, WI
Town I Currently Live In: Madison, WI (since late January)
Profession: Currently an undergraduate student majoring in English and Russian. Recently (honorably) discharged from the Marine Corps. Prior to that I worked the pastry station at [...]



Better Know A Citizen - brianS

Jun 23rd, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Better Know a Citizen

Name: brianS
Hometown: Spamtown USA.
Town I Currently Live In: Warehouse City, NorCal
Profession: edge-a-kater
Bats: right. although I hit almost as well lefty in slow-pitch
Throws: right. but I throw a football better lefty.
Positions: mostly first base. I also pitched in "yoot" baseball.
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: Drove in the winning runs in bottom-of-last-at bats in an intramural
softball playoff [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Jeff A.

Jun 19th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Better Know a Citizen

Name: Jeff A
Hometown: Delmont, SD. Actually, though, the town I currently live in is much more my “home town” than the town in which I grew up.
Town I currently live in: Wessington Springs, SD
Profession: Lawyer/Pastor
Bats: Poorly
Throws: Weakly
Positions: Generally seated.
Greatest Career Achievement in Baseball/Softball/T-ball: I hit a home run when I was eleven. We were playing [...]



Better Know A Citizen - Rhubarb_Runner

Jun 16th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Better Know a Citizen

Name: David
SBG Name: Rhubarb_Runner
Hometown: grew up in Beltrami, MN. Since then, Los Angeles, and St. Charles, MO
Town I Currently Live In: St. Charles, MO (since 1990), a western suburb of St. Louis
Profession: software engineer (consultant) for UP Railroad. In the past I was also a radar programmer, including on the B-2 Spirit
Bats: S (honest! almost [...]



Better Know A Citizen - SBG

Jun 9th, 2007 | By Andrew | Category: Better Know a Citizen

Inspired by The Colbert Report's "Better Know A District", I bring you "Better Know A Citizen". This is just a fun little thing to get know each other better. It's a mix of serious questions and some goofy ones. To kick it all off, our fearless leader himself, SBG. Email me at sbg-bkac at hotmail.com [...]