NEWSLETTER (LEE)* 

LEE COHEN

PERSONAL INFO:

NAME: Lee Cohen

WWBA TEAM: Ybor City Legends

YEARS IN WWBA:11

HOW OLD ARE YOU? 38

FAMILY MEMBERS: Define Family Members……… I think 3 is the answer you are looking for immediate family (Wife Kim, daughter’s Addison (7) and Brooklyn (3). Related to the Mendillo’s, which seems to be half of the NL….!

LINE OF WORK:  President of Tampa Bay Rowdies Soccer Team in the USL Champions League

HOBBIES: Sports, Boating, Family

FAVORITE BASEBALL TEAM & WHY: Chicago Cubs as I grew up on WGN, but the Tampa Bay Rays are a close second as Stu Sternberg is my boss

FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER & WHY: AS A KID RYNE SANDBERG / AS AN ADULT JAVY BAEZ

FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: GOING TO CHICAGO EVERY LABOR DAY FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS FOR A CUB’S SERIES. THEN I GOT MY CHANCE TO BECOME A SEASON TICKET HOLDER. I BECAME ONE AND NEVER GOT TO A GAME AND HAVENT BEEN BACK SINCE 2013.

1ST MLB GAME YOU ATTENDED & WHEN:  ATLANTA BRAVES, I DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHEH, I DO REMEMVER SEEING DAVID CONE PITCH AGAINST THE BRAVES. MY FATHER EVERY YEAR WOULD TAKE US TO EITHER ATLANTA OR MIAMI FOR A BASEBALL SERIES AND I DO BELIEVE WE STARTED OUT IN ATLANTA BEFORE THE MARLINS ARRIVED. I DID A QUICK LOOK AT DAVID CONES STARTS AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JULY 7, 1990. WE WENT TO A BRAVES GAME AND STONE MOUNTAIN FOR JULY 4TH WEEKEND.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE WWBA? BLOODLINE!

WHAT OTHER LEAGUES DO YOU PLAY IN: NONE

WHAT YOU LIKE /DISLIKE ABOUT DMB: NETPLAY COST ME A CHANCE AT PLAYING IN THE ONLY WORLD SERIES I GOT TO.

OTHER PRO SPORTS YOU ENJOY WATCHING: REDZONE AS IT GRABS MY ATTENTION SPAN, MOST SPORTS ARE BORING DUE TO THE LENGTH OF THE REGULAR SEASON AND THE MEANINGLESSNESS OF IT. I REALLY ENJOY PLAYOFF NBA / HOCKEY. I ALSO WATCH A LOT OF SOCCER!

YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE: I LOVE SO MANY MOVIES AND THIS IS HARD. COMIC BOOK MOVIES: IRON-MAN / BEST STORYLINE: FOREST GUMP / BEST LOVE STORY: FOR LOVE OF THE GAME / BEST ACTION: DIEHARD / BEST SERIES: ROCKY / BEST MIND MOVIE: INCEPTION / BEST THEATRICAL: GREATEST SHOWMAN.  I CAN GO ON AND ON.

THE TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU LIKE: COLDPLAY

THE BEST BOOK YOU EVER READ: I DON’T KNOW IF I HAVE ACTUALLY EVER READ A BOOK!!!!

ANY PERSON LIVING OR DEAD YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET & WHY?: I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO MEET MICHAEL JORDAN, I GREW UP IDOLIZING HIM AS A KID FOR WHAT HE DID ON THE COURT, NOW I ENJOY HOW HE APPROACHED LIFE AND SPORT AND THE MENTALITY OF BEING THE BEST & IT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST ASK GENERAL QUESTIONS.

YOUR WORDS TO LIVE BY:

“WE DON’T UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THINGS AT TIMES AND WE MAY NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY THINGS HAPPEN BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A REASON AND A PURPOSE, WE JUST MAY NEVER KNOW WHY.”