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Meet Neal

Hometown

West Des Moines, Iowa

Current city

Bloomington, MN - It sucks, I’m surrounded by pouty Vikings enthusiasts and have to listen to a fan base that worships a guy who can’t hit a baseball out of the infield most of the time (Joe Mauer).

College attended

Minneapolis Community and Technical College. I’m NOT making that up, it ACTUALLY exists!!!

Favorite Teams

Arizona Cardinals (Darnell Dockett is my boy), Green Bay Packers (this is the year they go undefeated AND win the Super Bowl), Oakland A’s (Ya we have zero payroll and I couldn’t name more than two people on this team if my life depended on it, oh how I miss the Bash Brothers), LA Black Mambas (Once Kobe gets his Sixth Ring they’re renaming the team) and Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football, (Been a looooooong twenty years).

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Athletic Experience:

The Flamethrower Nolan Ryan inspired me to play baseball and become a pitcher when I was a kid. Mom wouldn’t let me play football, but I do have the record for most backyard football touchdowns thrown in history. I play recreational basketball at the gym, preferably against guys that are just a lil worse than me so I can beat them with my 3 ball Reggie Miller style.

Favorite Sport to Watch:

Has to be Postseason Baseball. Every pitch and at bat is under the microscope and I love it. A single run, error or catch can turn a series. Nothing is more dramatic in sports.

Favorite Sport to Play:

Basketball hands down, I DO possess the clutch gene unlike Lebrick James, and I don’t care if he just won the title, he’s still not a killer like Kobe and

Favorite Athlete:

Kurt Warner. The guy is an inspiration both on and off the field. One of the few guys in sports who you KNOW doesn’t do drugs and actually is faithful to his wife (even though Brenda used to look like Gozer from Ghostbusters).

Favorite Sports Moment:

Kurt Warner and Fitzgerald getting past the Eagles in the 2008 NFC Championship Game. The Arizona Cardinals made the Super Bowl. In case it hasn’t sunk in, THE ARIZONA CARDINALS MADE THE SUPER BOWL!!!!! I cried my brains out for two solid hours it was magical.

Worst Sports Moment:

Roethlisberger to Holmes two weeks later in the Super Bowl. Yep I’m not afraid to admit it; I cried my brains out again☹

Favorite Sports Quote:

More like a tag line: “Life is a Contact Sport,” Any Given Sunday.

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