Welcome to owner number 2 of the charter owner chat series Dufferman has owned the Baltimore BayDogs in the NL East for all 50 seasons of Hunter. While there are still 8 charter owners in Hunter Dufferman is one of 5 owners who has spent all 50 seasons with the same team.
Real Name (First Name is good): Ed
How did you find out about HBD and how did you end up in Hunter? I was playing SimLeague Baseball when HBD was introduced. I really enjoyed SLB and thought. building my own team would be interesting so I looked for a league to sign up with. Hunter was the first that had openings so I joined uup.
City: Bel Air MD. (north of Baltimore)
Description of where you were in your life when you joined Hunter (mid to late 2006): (age, martial status, job, etc). I was 50 years old, married with one son and a supervisor in an organization on Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Do you know any Hunter members in real life, present or past? No
Favorite Player and Favorite pitcher that played for your team and why?
(Assuming Rich Peters for player, still best HOF plaque, he has 2). You're correct on Peters - still the best player I've had and worthy of at least 2 HoF plaques. Favorite pitcher is James Sinclair, my original closer. He had 471 career saves, is 4th overall in Hunter for saves and still holds 4 of the top 5 single season save records for the BayDogs - and he pitched on some bad teams!
Comish Edit: I believe this is a little known fact, Rich Peters by his HOF plaque is the greatest player Hunter and maybe HBD in general. Having just rechecked the HOF, Peters is down to one plaque. On the plaque that remains he is credited with 1116 HR and 2892 RBIs, which 2x his career numbers, they used to have a correct plaque a well. So the apparently coded so you can't have two plaques BUT you do get to keep double the numbers)
Favorite Player and pitcher that never played for your team and why? I guess for pitcher it would have to be Bob Creek because he was so dominating. And for hitter it would be Branch Gardner for his sustained excellence.
Comish Edit: Those are great choices Bob Creek wears his Louisville cap proudly in the hall. Branch Gardner often states that the 316 AB he spent in Louisville was the greatest point in his career. Which is weird for a guy with 10951 career AB, 8 MVP and countless Silver Slugger and All-star appearances . In all seriousness Gardner would be on the short list of greatest Hunter players of all time
Least Favorite Hunter Owner (Only accepting owners that no longer play HBD) and why, don't want to hurt anyone's feelings but like to add spice. Don't have one.
Biggest Hunter Rivals and why:The BayDogs have always been a bottom feeder, with just a couple exceptions) so we really haven't had any big rivals. I will say that the New Britain Yorkies managed by djbradford seem to have our number.
Comish Edit: Dufferman you are in fine company DJ and his 12 titles has ALL of our numbers
Best Hunter Moment: Without a doubt, winning the Division title in season 19 - our first title even though we won with a losing record. We went on to have 3 more good seasons before returning to the bottom.
Favorite Hunter Owner by whatever definition you want to use: I don't really have one but if I had to choose I'd say dizzlebob because I like the name.
Comish Edit: Continual reminder that Dizz is an unsung hero in Hunter who also was the commissioner for a stretch of seasons.
What is the best part of Hunter? It has always been a friendly world, without much drama (that I can remember), had good commissioners and active owners.
After 13 years where are you in your life now? (age, martial status, childern job etc?). I'm 63, still married, still one son, now retired. Just survived colon cancer and still playing HBD!
Comish Edit: Very happy to hear about the good health news as I am sure the rest of the league is
Any words to celebrate Hunter 50? It's my favorite league and in the HBD universe it is amazing that Hunter has lasted for 50 seasons given the difficulty of filling the worlds. And I hope it lasts another 50 seasons!
Comish Edit: I agree it's my favorite league and already starting research for Hunter 100, ours will blow the NFL 100 out of the water
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