Contributors
Ribbie3b – Aka. Aaron Schimpf is the owner of RBI Magazine and resides 3 miles south of the Yuengling Brewery, America’s Oldest located in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Pottsville is also know for their 1925 NFL Championship team the “Pottsville Maroons”, which Aaron has been responsible for designing the official website in honor of the team and the efforts to return the championship back to Pottsville. Check it out sometime, http://www.breakerboys1925.com. If you haven’t figured it out yet, the Maroons were screwed!! Anyway, Ribbie3b hopes you enjoy the new RBI Magazine.com design and breaking news stories he plans to share.
Peter Schiller- The owner of Baseball Reflections.com - a blog about baseball sabermetrics. RBI Magazine contacted Peter in September (2008) because his writing styles just seemed to fit what RBI Magazine is all about. His way of introducing baseball with a statistical point of view is none like any other. Be sure to check out his works at RBI Magazine and please visit his blog at http://www.baseballreflections.com.
Miguel Salcido – Bleeding Dodger Blue Since 1982!
I have been a Dodgers fan since I first started getting into baseball at age 7. This was when Fernandomania was running wild on the baseball scene and the Dodgers has such greats as Sax, Garvey, Russel, Cey, Guerrero, Scioscia, etc. Now I have to mention that I grew up in the Bay Area, the heart of Giants country. This created a big problem for me growing up in that Giants fans “hate” anything Dodgers. I was often beat up, spit on, and generally despised. But it never stopped me from wearing my Dodgers Starter jacket (remember those?) to school. I did stop going to Candlestick for games after a bunch of pot smoking, drunken Giants fans kept throwing crap at me and my Mom, who took me to the game as a present. That and the numerous stabbings and broken car windows of Dodgers fans were enough to keep me away. Needless to say I “HATE” the Giants and that rivalry will always be the biggest in my eyes because I experienced it first hand.
I am a huge MLB fan that now lives in Padre country. My observations have been that the Dodgers/Padres rivalry is not even close to that of the Dodgers/Giants. And on top of that, Dodgers fans are not nearly as hateful of the Giants (with the exception of Lasorda) as the Giants fans are of the Dodgers. I guess everyone hates a champion.
I have two sons, 1 & 3, that are alreays hitting baseballs that I pitch to them. And I have dutifully got them to both cheer “Go Dodgers” at my beckoned call. Plus the older one sings a mean “Take me out to the ballgame!” I eat, sleep, and drink Dodger baseball. I subscribe to MLB.com each season so I can watch every game on my laptop wherever I go. I am a professional Internet marketer that is published in many industry media outlets. I have also spoken at many conferences and events. I also run three Internet marketing blogs.
I look forward to contributing and sharing my passion for baseball and the Dodgers. I also look forward to many great conversations with anyone who will engage me.
Mike Clay- Mike Clay resides in Kutztown, PA where he lives with his girlfriend, Mandie, and Yorkshire Terrier, Sir Wiggles. He is employed as an Accountant at W.E. Yoder, Inc. (Railroad Construction, Engineering, & Design) and is originally from Pottsville, where he attended Nativity BVM High School from 1999 to 2003. He later graduated with a degree in Accounting from Kutztown University in 2007.
During his tenure at Kutztown University, Mike spent three years as the Sports Editor for The Keystone, the University’s official newspaper. He began broadcasting KU basketball, softball, and baseball in 2005 and continues to do so today. In addition, Mike is the creator and sole contributor of Kutztown University Vital Sports, which offers analysis of the aforementioned KU athletic program. Over the last few years, Mike has contributed various articles to the Pottsville Republican and Charleston Gazette. In the summer of 2008, fellow RBI Magazine writer Dave Kulich joined Mike for a Kutztown University Radio show called “Monday Evening Sports Talk with Mike and Dave”. The show is expected to pick back up this summer.
Mike is a huge sports fan and his favorite teams include the Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia 76ers, Colorado Avalanche, Miami Hurricanes, Marshall Thundering Herd. His favorite athletes include Joe Montana, Chad Pennington, Andruw Jones, Lou Williams, and Rico Fata. In a given year, you’re sure to find Mike at a few Eagles/Steelers games, a handful of local major league baseball games, and at least 5 NASCAR races. When not at the games, Mike enjoys them from his recliner, where he can put to use his 50” Plasma HD-TV with full surround sound. Mike is also an avid fantasy sports manager and runs competitive leagues in several sports, most notably baseball and football.
Patrick Gallen – Patrick Gallen is one of the newest members of the RBI Magazine team.
From October of 2007 until July 2008, Pat worked for the National Basketball Association in Secaucus, NJ with the entertainment division. In the summer of 2006, he got his first taste of the sports industry as an intern at Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia with the show “Daily News Live.”
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pat went on to West Chester University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in Communications Studies with an emphasis in Journalism. Pat is currently a Senior Writer for Thinkphillysports.com, as well as the Philadelphia Phillies Examiner for Examiner.com.
Since June of ’08, Pat has been with the Sports Journey Broadcast
Network, starting out as an analyst on “The Other Side with Ari Bluestein”. Check out Pat’s show, “Basketball Roundup,” from 10-12 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Sportsjourney.com
Chris Boatman- I’m a down to earth, 33 yr old, fun loving, happily married man who loves sports.
I also love to write and share my opinions. No matter how wrong they might be at times, however these are my opinions and I love them! I hope you enjoy what I throw out on this site. If for some reason you don’t, pretend you do 
Also, please feel free to respond on anything I write, I welcome that.
If you are interested in writing for RBI Magazine please contact aaron.schimpf@rbimagazine.com RBI Magazine appreciated all who contribute to the Magazine.
