Player Profile: J.R. Mathes

Nickname: J.R.

Favorite Music: Rap, Rock

Favorite Bands: Pink Floyd

Favorite TV show: Two and a half Men

Favorite Movie: Vanilla Sky

Favorite Actor: Brad Pitt

Favorite Food: Mexican

Favorite Teams: Colts

Favorite Professional Athlete: Me, of course!

Hobbies: Day trading

Person who taught me the most: My mom

Best Baseball Moment: Everyday I get to play

If I wasn't playing baseball, I'd be: a network administrator

Position other than your own you'd like to play: Catcher

To improve as a baseball player, I need to: Throw 95 miles per hour

Three people (dead or alive) I would like to have dinner with: Elmer Fudd, Bill Gates, Bruce Lee

Best sport besides baseball: Football

Baseball Stadium I want to play in: PNC Park

Favorite vacation spot: Disney World

I drive a: Dodge

The best thing about my home state: Amber waves of grain

I'm afraid of: moldy bread

Funniest Teammate: Justin Berg

Best dresser on the team: Mitch Atkins

Most intense teammate: Bobby Scales

For Christmas I want: a cheetah

My best Halloween costume was: Catwoman

My biggest pet peeve is: People who hold their pinky in the air when they drink

My hidden talent is: hacking, anything from padlocks to computers

If you opened my refrigerator, you'd find : yogurt, KRAFT singles, water

If I could have a superpower it would be: Invincible

I never leave home without: My wallet

Would you rather be in the Hall of Fame or win the World Series? Hall of Fame

What is your favorite team city to travel to? Portland

What is your favorite thing (or place to eat) about Des Moines? Los Cabos is really good mexican, Palmer's for sandwiches

Do you have any tattoos? Not yet, maybe soon

What did you want to be when you grew up? An air force pilot

What is your favorite pizza topping? Pork sausage

What is the best prank you've ever played on someone? I love to wrap a rubber-band around the spray hose in the kitchen sink so when an unexpecting person turns it on the water sprays them

What is your favorite board game? Monopoly

Best advice you've ever received? Too legit, too legit to quit