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In
continuing the great tradition of mixing politics and
baseball this year’s competition again pitted women and
men who work, dabble or are interested in politics
against each other on the diamond. Results appear after
a listing of this year’s players. No one picked
either the Phillies or Rays to make the World Series,
although I did pick the Phillies to win the series-last
year! This year's gold medal winner was Craig
Dickman, with the silver going to Juan Manigault, and a
tie at bronze between Alejo Torres and Greg Guibord.
Ellen Nowak (EN), served as John’s Gard’s legal
counsel and chief of staff when he was Speaker of the
Wisconsin State Assembly. She was in charge of John's
recent campaign for Congress.
Greg
Guibord (GG),
baseball fan and Facilities expert for an area credit
union.
Senator
Ted Kanavas (TK),
Ted represents the Brookfield area in the Wisconsin
State Senate and is active in youth baseball.
Ryan
Eddy (RE),
the Policy Advisor to the Director of the Domestic
Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland
Security and former White House staffer. Ryan was 50%
correct on all 30 picks last season.
John
Gard (JG),
8th Congressional District Candidate, former
Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and current
contributor to The Inside Scoop.
Brandon
Rosner (BR),
was the campaign chairman of the Gard for Congress
campaign in 2006. Brandon continues his quest to visit
every Major League Baseball park. Last year he crossed
the halfway mark. This year’s planned visits include
viewing games in Boston (Fenway Park), LA (Dodger
Stadium), San Diego (Petco Park), Chicago (US Cellular
Field), Cincinnati (Great American Ballpark), and Tampa
Bay (Tropicana Field). When Brandon isn’t at Spring
Training or scoring along games in Section 206 at Miller
Park, he can be found serving as his company’s official
unpaid professional baseball analyst during the day.
Dave
Hutchison (DH),
former Wisconsin State Assembly Representative from
Wisconsin’s 1st Assembly district
Dan
Romportl (DR), Since graduating from UW-La Crosse in
2006, Dan has held several positions in Republican
politics. He worked for Mike Huckabee’s presidential
campaign in Iowa and South Carolina.
Juan
Manigault (JM),
Republican candidate for Mayor of South Bend, Indiana in
2007 and South Bend Silver Hawks fan
Alejo Torres (AT),
biggest Yankees fan outside of New York, he grew up
playing and loving the game. Alejo was fortunate enough
to play four years of college ball and still plays in
summer leagues in Chicago. He’s married with one child,
and lives in downtown Chicago and he works for the
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Craig
Dickman (CD),
a lifelong baseball fan and current Chairman of the
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. He became a Cub Fan in 1968
and has maintained a passionate dislike of the Mets ever
since. Now an emerging Brewer Fan, he will be cheering
for Wisconsin baseball! In his day-job, Craig is CEO of
Breakthrough Fuel, a company focused on reducing
the fuel costs, consumption and emissions associated
with transporting goods to market.
Rick
Sense (RS),
life-long Appleton Foxes-Wisconsin Timber Rattlers fan
and editor of The Inside Scoop.
Brad
Robinson (BradR),
last year’s champ, resident Scoop football expert and
resident of Valparaiso, Indiana.
Tyler Vorpagel (TV), life-long Milwaukee Brewer
fan. Former Chairman of the UWGB College Republicans
and Campus Coordinator for Gard for Congress. Currently
Staff Assistant to Congressman Tom Petri in Fond du Lac
Office. Check out the results below and look to
the March 2009 for the Third Annual Scoop Political
Prognosticators World Series.
Yellow-correct pick
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