dodgerfan.net Welcomes New Contributor

I’m happy to announce that the dodgerfan.net staff has recruited a new member to our staff. Ryan (pictured above in his best Manny Ramirez threads) is a long-time friend of mine – we went to school together way, way back in the day and he brings a fresh perspective to some new areas we’d like to cover with the blog.

A few words from Ryan himself:

My earliest memories of Dodger baseball came back in the early 80′s when my dad would turn down the volume on the TV and turn up the radio so we could listen to Vin Scully call the game…

My athletic background revolves around swimming, water polo and golf…I bet there are 8 year olds out there who can strike me out on 3 pitches…

My interest in baseball exploded in the mid 80′s when I started collecting baseball cards…from there, I moved into fantasy baseball and began to study the numbers…now I’m back into collecting cards…my wife and dog love the fact that I’m in front of the computer looking at stats and managing my fantasy team while also spending time sorting and cataloging cards…I guess this is better than drinking and doing drugs, right?

I’m certainly looking forward to contributing to the blog and will cover things that I find interesting – stats, fantasy baseball, baseball memorabilia…of course, talking Dodger baseball is always high on my list!

As he mentioned, Ryan is (and has been) an avid card collector not too long ago, so expect some interesting perspectives from him on that front – both on the current state of memorabilia and a retrospective. Ryan is also the closest thing we have to a “numbers guy” here at dodgerfan.net so if anyone is going to crunch the stats to get to
some unique and intriguing insights, it will be him.

Watch for some great posts coming your way soon – as well as interesting perspectives from the press box and the field as Ryan joins our team that blogs from Chavez Ravine periodically.

Welcome, Ryan!