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Getting To Know The Redbirds: Marco Gonzales

Find Out More About One Of The Cardinals Top Prospects
May 14, 2015

Full Name: Marco Elias Gonzales

Nicknames: Gonzo

Hometown: Fort Collins, CO

Favorite Music Artists/Bands: Brantley Gilbert, Sam Hunt, Florida Georgia Line

Favorite TV Shows: Friends, How I Met Your Mother, The Walking Dead

Favorite Movies: Hot Rod, Step Brothers, The Dark Knight, Fast Five

Last Movie You Saw at the Theater: Fifty Shades of Grey

Favorite Actor: Will Ferrell

Favorite Food: Lasagna

Favorite Restaurant: Brazilian Steakhouses

Music on my iPod: Country

Most embarrassing song on my iPod: Incomplete - Backstreet Boys  

Favorite cartoon as a kid: Tom and Jerry

Last book you read: Hunger Games Trilogy

If I could be anyone else in the world for one day, it would be: Derek Jeter

Funniest Heckler: Greg Garcia

Person who taught me the most: My Parents

Favorite Websites: The Chive

Most Memorable Baseball Moment: Throwing 11 innings against LMU my sophomore year of college. The game was on ESPN-U (the first time for Gonzaga)

I'm afraid of: Spiders, snakes, heights, the dark                                                                                                                                                    

My Welcome to Professional Baseball Moment was: My signing day at Busch Stadium

My Dream car is: Dodge Challenger

I currently drive a: Ford F-150 Platinum

Best dresser on the Redbirds: Marcus Hatley

Funniest person on the Redbirds: Matt Williams

Most Active Tweeter on the Redbirds: Sam Tuivailala

Teammate Most Likely to Be on a Reality Show: Tommy Pham 

Teammate Who Is Always On Their Phone: Sam Tuivailala

Most Intense person on the Redbirds: Stephen Piscotty

If You Had To Be Stranded On A Deserted Island With A Teammate, Who Would You Choose & Why: Mitch Harris - he was pretty much a Navy Seal so we would be alright

Your Hidden Talents: Ping Pong, Dancing

Favorite childhood videogame: Super Smash Brothers

Favorite current videogame: FIFA

Favorite team city to travel to on a road trip: New Orleans

What is one thing you can't live without: Chips

Pet Peeves: Bad Drivers, Loud Chewers   

What is the best prank you've played on someone: Stole their keys and parked their car in the football stadium in high school 

Best prankster on the team and why: Cody Stanley, he's very cunning and always looking to prank someone

What advice would you offer to kids who want to play professional ball: Go to college first!  

If you could face any batter/pitcher, it would it be: Lou Gehrig   

Something the fans already don't know about me: I was cut from my high school basketball team my freshman year

Favorite current athlete in another sport: Russell Wilson

Favorite Place to visit in Memphis: Flight Restaurant

MLB Player you model your game after: Johan Santana   

Moment In History You Wish You Could Witness: 1980 USA Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Win

What was your first job and how much did you get paid: Catcher for my dad's pitching lessons - $10/hour

On an off day, I: Golf or hang by the pool   

Word/Phrase You Use Too Often: "Do it"

Who would be your dream date? Jessica Alba

Favorite baseball player growing up: Derek Jeter

This actor would portray me in a movie about my life: Robert Downey Jr.

Best advice I've ever received: "You're never as good as you are when you're playing good, and never as bad as you are when you're playing bad"                    

Best/worst part about being a ballplayer?

  Best: Playing the game I love                                                                                      

  Worst: Being away from friends and family   

Off-season activities to relax: Vacation, beach, lake, boating, hiking, golf

Most underrated baseball skill that kids should learn: PFPs (Pitcher's Fielding Practice)

Superstitions and Pregame rituals: Get dressed the same way, same music, etc.

The most famous person in my cell phone is: Adam Wainwright

Plans after Baseball: Athletic Director

If I wasn't playing baseball, I would be: Athletic Director  

What charities do you support? CHAMP - a character program in my hometown that gives out scholarships to high