New GM in Edinburgh!

[PaulW]

So, I'm in Edinburgh washing a Fisch Schnitzel down with a Stewart's Lager (or three) at Brewhemia in Old Town and mulling over my good fortune. It’s afternoon, the mushy peas have the slightest hint of mint, the tartare sauce and curried ketchup is mixed to perfection, and my lager is crisp & satisfying. I’m chesty – cocksure even – feeling confident in myself as I embark on what will likely be the journey of a lifetime. You see, today is my lucky day. I have very little experience in the field of General Management (on this scale at least), but the Owner of the Claymores, Brad Kern (Mr. Kern, if you’re nasty) was desperate to fill the position and I, obviously, wowed him with my superior command of all thing’s baseball management. Honestly, I’m not sure what it was that put me over the top – my 20-minute diatribe extolling the virtues of the suicide squeeze, that I wore my Bay City Rollers t-shirt to the interview, the part when I recited Trainspotting’s ‘choose life’ bit from memory, or the fact that I was the only applicant – but, whatever it was, and for better or worse, I’m here in Edinburgh on a quest for immortality.

Look, I know less about the General Management of a Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance Club than I do about pulling off a suicide squeeze – but I’m taking the gig and cashing these checks until I luck into a championship or am found out by the Claymore faithful and chased out of town. Best case scenario, I figure it out, worst case Mr. Kern realizes his mistake and I slip out of the country before he can officially fire me so I can collect at least one more check.

I appreciate the invite, looking forward to digging in, getting to know the group, throwing some elbows, and, most importantly, having a blast getting way too invested in my fake baseball team.

COME ON YOU BROADSWORDS!

[Borealis]

That's Awesome!!

Welcome Paul, and best of luck with the Scottish!

[Lions]

Welcome to the league, Paul!

No one tell him the checks are fake, too...

[Apollos]

Love it!

Great to have you aboard, Paul. Those Scots deserve some stability, do them proud