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Q: Who is PBOYS?
Paul Chastain, 40-year old married Florida boy with a 9-month-old baby boy, born in Orlando, sales manager at auto dealership, spent ten years in the air force.
Q: How did you learn about whatifsports.com?
A: don't really remember, probably search engine
Q: Which games of ours have you played?
A: mostly dynasty but have tried them all at least one time.
Q: Besides sports, what are some of your other interests and hobbies?
A: I don't really have time for hobbies with a nine-month-old. This is my first baby and after doing what I want when I want for 20 years its a shocker to say the least. lol
Q: Which five people, past or present sit at your dream roundtable discussion?
A: Elvis, Travolta, Hugh Hefner, Ty Cobb, Joe Namath
Q: Who are your favorite players of all-time?
A: Cal Ripken, Pete Rose, Dale Murphy, John Smoltz
Q: Which are your favorite teams of all-time?
A: 1991 Atlanta Braves
Q: Did you play baseball or basketball (or other sports) growing up?
A: Baseball every day
Q: What is the top sports-related thing you want to do in life that you have not yet done?
A: Be at a world series game seven
Q: What would you consider your greatest WIS moment?
A: Season 3 gerhinger, world series winner
Q: In Hardball Dynasty, how do allocate your budget?
A: I look at free agency first and if i have a chance to win this season will make bold moves to get certain players that will help, doesn't always work out though. If I have no shot I will build through international free agency and draft prospects.
Q: How do you approach off-season events with players such as arbitration and free agency?
A: If its a player I plan on keeping for a while and can afford the salary in the budget I will pay what he wants so that he doesn't get negative
Q: What is your general strategy for hiring/re-hiring coaches?
A: I hate hiring coaches, more and more of my budget is going towards coaches now just cause you can't lock them up for more than one year.
Q: How do you finalize rosters at each level? What role does spring training play in your decision making?
A: I look at my 40-man roster mostly at what they did the year before at what level and their age plays into it also.
Q: What is your basic strategy for setting your starting lineups and pitching rotation?
A: Same as everyone else, put your best players on the field and hope for the best
Q: What do you believe are the most important individual player ratings for performance?
A: Hitters - contact and vs rhp, pitchers - walk ratio and vs rhb
Q: How do you approach in-season player events like the draft, international prospects, waivers and promotions/demotions?
A: Do your homework early on what players I would like to focus on.
Q: Do you think your strategy will be conducive to building a multi-season dynasty? Or, do you feel that your team may be great for a couple seasons, but then must rebuild?
A: Dynasty
Q: Do you have any favorite players from any of your HBD teams?
A: If they are on my roster they are my favorites
Q: How much time do you spend on your Hardball Dynasty teams? How much do you think is necessary to be competitive?
A: I'm off and on all day until I get home then the wife and baby occupy my time
Q: Who are the users you respect the most?
A: av84aal and Pubs
Q: What is your favorite aspect of HBD?
A: living the baseball dream through the internet with other washups like myself around this great country of ours.
Q: What is your least favorite aspect of Hardball Dynasty? As it is still a relatively new game, if you could change three things about HBD, what would they be?
A: Coach hiring, coach hiring and coach hiring
Q: If you were in one of our games, which sport would you play? At which position? And, what would you be rated?
A: Shortstop 80 good contact, great range, good speed with a hot head
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