Application- Mike McKean

[scrubs]

What is your name, age and general location? What is your email address?
Mike McKean, 49, PACNW, Seattle Area; [e-mail]

Which is your favourite real life team? How did you end up following them?
Phillies Phan. Growing up in NORCAL in the early 80's, I hated all of the local teams...the Giants, A's, Dodgers, Angels- Hated 'em all (I did like the Padres a little bit)! SO, when I started watching ball with my Uncle, I followed his team. He was a bit of a bandwagon dude, so he was following the Mighty Phillies teams of the Eighties. Schmidt, Carlton, Trillo, Bowa, The Sarge, The Bull, Pete Rose...damn exciting stuff! SO I have been a Phillies Phan since then...for better or worse (Mostly Worse!).

How did you find this league?
Played in another league with Stephen...thats was a fun one!

Please give a brief overview of your fantasy baseball experience. How many other leagues are you currently a member of, and what format are they (ie H2H, roto, redraft, keeper, auction etc)?
I have played fantasy sports of all kinds since the mid-90s. Currently a member of 6 Baseball, and 4 Football leagues. Played in all types/format...H2H, ROTO, Redraft, Auction, Keeper leaguers of various different levels of complexity and durations (Daily, weekly, etc)...Won (and Lost) dozens of championships!
And I LOVE TO TRADE!

How often will you be available to be contacted by fellow owners in this league?
Available just about everyday, most of the day. Very active in all aspects of a league Im in...from trades, rule feedback, chat, fairness commenter, etc. 


This is a league with 30 teams in it, and as such it can be expected that there will be a rather large number of teams that will not contend every season. Would you be content with building for the future? Do you need to always be in competition in order to remain interested in the league?
When I'm in a league, I compete everyday regardless of my record or what place Im in...I play SKILLFULLY,FAIRLY AND HARD EVERY DAY! Always building for the next match and next season...

Is there any other information you think we as a league should know in order to best determine your eligibility?
Always looking for the next Fantasy sports challenge, and will ALWAYS play my best each and every day.

 
Please post links to any other leagues you participate in.
Here's a few:
- fantasy.espn.com/baseball/team?leagueId=1376711950&teamId=9&seasonId=2021
- baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/113389/8
- 10102140632.baseball.cbssports.com/teams

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for applying. It's good to see you here.

My plan is to wait until the end of our season and work out what vacancies we think we'll have this offseason so we have a clear picture. I'll then set about filling teams.
There's not a lot to do for a team out of the playoffs to do at the moment, so any teams currently unowned at the moment would not be harmed.

Waiting to find if there are more vacancies means applicants have a better choice of teams (and more chance we match people up with their favoured real-life teams which I like to do).

If that's OK with you, we'll be in touch in a few weeks time.
If you want to keep checking in in the meantime, you're more than welcome.

All the best,
Stephen

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

I have contacted Mike by PM to discuss the current vacancies.