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GET TO KNOW :

RAY PROCWAT

PERSONAL INFO:

NAME: Raymond Procwat

WWBA TEAM: Toronto Flyers

YEARS IN WWBA: Many, over 30

HOW OLD ARE YOU? I just turned 70 on Sept 21

FAMILY MEMBERS: Brother and sister

LINE OF WORK: I used to teach Biology at University, but have been retired for 11 years

HOBBIES: I try to play golf, watch TV, go grocery shopping

FAVORITE BASEBALL TEAM & WHY Toronto Blue Jays, because I have supported them ever since I went to their first game in 1977.

FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER & WHY Anyone who is on the Toronto Flyers. In the past, I liked Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, because I read their biographies and saw their movies.

FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY So many. Going to New York in 1980 and seeing the Mets and Yankees for a week.

1ST MLB GAME YOU ATTENDED & WHEN Back in 1975 going to Tiger stadium with Gene Bartolozzi and a couple of others and seeing Bobby Grich smack a ball and me standing up and yelling “IT’S GONE!!! and then sitting down shamefully as it was only a towering popup to second base!!!

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE WWBA? I can’t remember

WHAT OTHER LEAGUES DO YOU PLAY IN Many, the old Hamilton replay league, run by the game inventor of Replay baseball, Norm Roth

WHAT YOU LIKE /DISLIKE ABOUT DMB The dedication and hard work of certain individuals who make my enjoyment of the game.

OTHER PRO SPORTS YOU ENJOY WATCHING Hockey and Golf

YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE The Chorus

THE TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU LIKE John Philip Sousa Marches!! I like most classical music, Broadway Musicals.

THE BEST BOOK YOU EVER READ So many, I recently like the trilogy of Crazy Rich Asians, Kane and Abel.

ANY PERSON LIVING OR DEAD YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET & WHY?: Just about any Hollywood starlet!

YOUR WORDS TO LIVE BY “Live life to the fullest”