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Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 205
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Runs: Not so fast anymore
Position: Wherever I'm told to go
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Attitude: Poor
Goals: Have a better attitude
Biography
Born and raised in Chicago, IL. (As evident in personality traits).
Moved to the beautiful state of Missouri in 1987 to work for a small local
aerospace company. Began dating a St. Louis Football Cardinals' Cheerleader
in 1988 - married her in 1989 (Love of my life) and remain joyously married
today. Currently reside in "downtown" Weldon Spring with my wife and three
four legged children (Fourth four legged child resides in Forestell).
Greatest Baseball Moment
(1984 City All-Star Game) Best friend and high school teammate enters
game in relief to face me with the bases loaded (He thought he was a stud
- threw side-arm junk). He begins our "showdown" with a hanging side-arm
curveball (appeared to be a watermelon from my vantage point) that was
spinning wildly, but that was all. I appropriately placed this ball not
only out of the park, but over a creek, over a privacy fence, and into
the top of some willow trees in a homeowner's yard some 450'-500' away.
Best friend didn't talk to me for a month after that.
Weirdest Baseball Moment
(1984 City League) With only nine players playing and the coach's
son catching, I took to the mound. After two decent innings, frustration
began to set in due to four errors - by the catcher. The catcher began
to yell at everyone to "get your heads together". Being frustrated like
everyone else (the guy doing the yelling was making all the errors), I
responded with a "just shut-up and catch". Obviously, he didn't take too
kindly to my response and - get this - charged the mound. My own catcher,
can you imagine? With my size and height of the mound to my advantage,
as soon as his foot hit the dirt in front of the mound I let a punch fly
and connected squarely in his mouth. With him flat on his back and my hand
secured tightly around his neck, I coiled back for the final blow. Luckily,
coaches came out of the woodwork and stopped me. Needless to say, both
me and my catcher got tossed and the game ended in a forfeit (Due to the
fact that we could no longer field and entire team). How embarrassing.
Worst Baseball Moment
See Weirdest Baseball Moment
Greatest Softball Moment
Watching the VFW Beetles Team come completely unglued after a 17
run, two out, barrage of runs beat them at the '97 Triangle Fall Tournament.
They even went into the stands throwing punches at individual fans.
Editor's Note: Total Packages Career Highlights:
Pete pulled his first Spielvogel on 14 June 2000.
Pete won the team Triple Crown in Fall of 2001.
Pete tied the team record of 11 RBI in a game, Fall 2001.
The beauty was he did it in only 3 ABs in a game that lasted 3 only innings.
2 grannies and a 3 run homer. Oh, by the way, that's another Spielvogel.
Pete collects Spielvogels.
Pete is called "Mr. Sunshine" by his teammates because he congratulates
the opposition D for robbing our hitters.
