Dave LaMont

Name: Dave LaMont

I75 League Team Name: Springfield Isotopes

Birthday: 5/3/60

Currently resident of: Plantation, FL

Birthplace: McLean, VA

Family: Wife Jennifer, Sons Drake and Drew

Occupation: Sportscaster

Employer: ESPN

Job Title: play by play announcer

In plain English: I talk, you listen (hopefully)

Real life MLB team I am a fan of: Baltimore Orioles

Years in the I-75 league: 9? I can’t remember if I joined in 2000 or 2001, heck maybe even 1999.

Years playing Strat: same

How I was first introduced to Strat: I have a vague memory of being at a house in N. Virginia, possibly Gary’s and watching grown men throw dice and yell a lot. This would be sometime around 1993 or so, probably All-Star weekend in Baltimore.

How I became part of the I-75 League; My strat mentor, Jamie Turner of the Tropical Heat, would regale me with stories of his many Strat conquests and heartaches. I found it appealing and jumped at the chance to join in the reindeer games.

Origin of team name: “The Simpsons”

Any Strat involvement outside of I-75: No, I don’t believe in cheating on spouses.

Fondest I-75 competition memory; (1) in my second year in the league, my mediocore offering knocked Tropical out of the playoffs in a face to face matchup in Jamie’s new Cleveland dwelling. (2) opening an email from Ken telling me I had defeated his team to advance in my first I-75 playoffs, made the World Series that year but lost to the Lumberjacks (3) taking Strat to another continent when the Heat and Isotopes played in Scotland in 2007.

Fondest Convention moment: anytime I can get the Czar to yell out “Good Pick” or get anyone in the room to curse my selection. Can’t beat that.

Favorite I-75 League Tradition; the effort everyone makes to get to the convention

Trade or Draft Pick I would like to have back: (1) in my first draft, after choosing Ivan Rodriguez in the first round (-5 arm that year) to the approval of the room, drafting Omar Daal with the second round pick, to deafening silence. Little did I know then the Glen Head contingent believes lefty starters are the cause of world poverty, nuclear proliferation, cancer and governors who quit on the people who voted them in.

Also that Juan Gonzalez trade I made with the Volcanoes that didn’t work out.

Trade or Draft Pick on which I hit a homer: The famous “minor deal” between the Heat and Topes. Springfield swapped an underachieving Manny Ramirez for Albert Pujols (pre-retention obviously). Pujols performed admirably in helping Springfield make the playoffs.

Also, who can forget the famed Bonds hysteria when Springfield nabbed Luis Gonzalez and watched him hit 60+ homers while his jaw was past chest level that year.

One thing to improve the league: More NetPlay…I really hate opening up Hal emails…I mean REALLY hate it.

How to follow me: Facebook under my name

Self promotion: Keep on watching, I’ve got some SEC basketball coming up, check your local listings.

How I can be reached: jjjdcl@aol.com

I don’t have a microphone for this computer, or the box it came in. This is the semi-famous computer purchased two or three drafts ago in Orlando on draft day, where Gary had to show me how to open the damn thing just to turn it on. I remember leaving the Astros game early to make the purchase.

At its best, the league represents good fellowship among baseball fans who value the game.