About Howard

For those who don't know me yet, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Howard Bender. I'm 38 years old, tend bar over at Gordon Biersch by the ball park, and am as big of a baseball junkie as you'll ever meet. I'm a born and raised New Yorker which results in my being a huge Yankees fan, but have been living in San Francisco for the past 3 years. To get my steady baseball fix, I have adopted the Giants as my NL team of choice and have joined the ranks of the orange and black horde. I consider myself a pretty knowledgable baseball fan. I watch games religiously, analyze them fanatically, and try to learn and absorb anything new that I can. Also, for the past 12 years I have immersed myself in the fantasy baseball world and have studied all 30 teams, and their minor league systems, in depth. I began my writing career when I created a web site entitled Rotobuzz.com that has been an active and respected source for fantasy baseball information over the last 5 years. Bottom line: I know my sh*t! But one thing that I really love is following my local team. Not just watching the games and appreciating them for what they are, but really following the team. I love studying front office involvement, managers' decisions, personnel moves, you name it. I love analyzing the product that the organization is putting forth to the fans, the consumers, the regular joes whose tickets, memorabilia and concession purchases are used to pay the salaries of the players we're expected to cheer. I love it so much that I'm going to write about every day once the season starts. For now, I'll come back with some spring training notes and other pre-season stuff every few days, but the real stuff gets going April 7th when the Milwaukee Brewers come to town to take on our boys! Now keep in mind, this might not always be pretty but it also won't be overly-critical to the point of stupidity. The title of this blog can be taken two ways...the first is the obvious where I'm going to tear the team a new one, but the other can be considered in a more supportive way. Try saying "what's wrong with your Giants?" in a more "hey, these guys ain't so bad after all," kind of way. See? That didn't sound so bad, did it? So get ready folks! The season is almost upon us! Baseball fever is here!!!