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Don MacAlister

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NAME: Don MacAlister

WWBA TEAM: Guildford Gulls

YEARS IN WWBA: I forget but website says 37!

Retired and live with my wide Heather in beautiful Kelowna, BC, the lake and wine country of western Canada

HOW OLD ARE YOU?  Turned 65 this May

FAMILY MEMBERS: Wife Heather and 2 adult daughters, Katie and Kelsey

LINE OF WORK:  Retired last September as COO for major Canadian/US security company after 43 years in that field – worked in corrections with Yves many years ago but healthcare security primary career focus

HOBBIES: Golf, reading, drinking craft beer and local wine and our sports gaming hobbies – like to travel

FAVORITE BASEBALL TEAM & WHY Boston Red Sox – love Fenway Park and have been there a handful of times and love Boston as a sports city.

FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER & WHY Willie Mays as a kid – just loved his raw talent and enthusiasm for the game

FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY Got a bunch, 1 game playoff Mariners/Angels with Yves, having beers with Pudge Fisk, seeing 5 midwest MLB games in 6 days with Brent, meeting Jim Lee at AZ spring training game, Fenway for the first time

1ST MLB GAME YOU ATTENDED & WHEN Not sure of the year but around 1970 on family vacation in San Francisco and my dad took me to see the Cards at Candlestick Park

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE WWBA?  I think an old NL member, Steve Grapstul, brought me to the WWBA as I knew him from our hockey gaming league at the time

WHAT OTHER LEAGUES DO YOU PLAY IN No other baseball leagues though Brent and I have played around with a home-made league like we did as youngsters. Play in 2 hockey leagues – Ray, Yves and Brent in both of them

WHAT YOU LIKE /DISLIKE ABOUT DMB    The games are easy to play and files and data easy to manage. Not much I dislike though wish net-play was easier and think the game could feel more like baseball

OTHER PRO SPORTS YOU ENJOY WATCHING I watch a lot of hockey/baseball and will watch big games in other sports like football, soccer and golf

YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

THE TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU LIKE   Not really fussy – get subjected to a lot of country by my family so that tends to be on the radio

THE BEST BOOK YOU EVER READ Hospital and Healthcare Security, 6th edition (Google it!)

ANY PERSON LIVING OR DEAD YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET & WHY?: The author John LeCarre as find his books fascinating

YOUR WORDS TO LIVE BY   “Stay humble and be good to people”