Friday, August 23, 2002
Icebreaker: Mark Mulder
By By Ed Matz life
MARK MULDER, A's pitcher
Most people think baseball deals happen in the front office, but Oakland's big southpaw has a different theory.
VIDEO GAME THAT YOU'RE HOOKED ON: Halo on X-Box. Chavy (teammate Eric Chavez) and I would have eight guys over to our house -- four guys playing on each big screen, and it'd be a free-for-all. We'd just kill each other. Next thing you know, all our Halo-playing teammates -- Jeremy (Giambi), Frankie (Menechino), Carlos (Pena) -- were either traded or sent to Triple-A. So we don't play Halo anymore. It's cursed.
Stu's picking Zito to take home the Cy Young.
CD ON REPEAT: Anything but country. I love Dave Matthews Band -- I don't have one favorite song or CD. There are just too many good ones.
DANCING STYLE: ("He doesn't dance," chimes in Mike Venafro a couple lockers down, "he just sits on his ass in the chair.") Sorry Mom, but I'd have to be drunk to go out and dance. I'm 6'6" -- when I'm out on the floor, I feel like everybody's staring at me saying, "Look at that tall guy dancing." So I don't do it.
MUST-SEE TV: E! Wild On ... . Even if I've seen one before, I watch it again. They're addictive.
MOST FLATTERING OUTFIT: I've got a lime green shirt that I used to think looked good. But more and more people kept giving me weird looks. The girl I was dating at the time told me not to wear it anymore. I still like it though.
LAST PERSON THAT CALLED YOU: My brother Philip, who told me he just got engaged. He's 22. Congratulations to him, but I don't know what he's thinking. He's just too young -- at least that's the way I look at it, because I'm not even ready to be married. It's awesome though. I'm happy for them.
FAVORITE COMFORT FOOD: Filet. Just a straight, big-ass filet. Medium to medium-well, butterflied. From the Chop House in Chicago.
STRANGEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO YOU RECENTLY: Me and Chavy went to Tahoe for the All-Star break. We're in our hotel room (Caesar's) for five minutes and the phone rings. "My name is Damon. Dude, I'm a big fan. I saw you guys down in the lobby. Just thought I'd call and say hi." I said, "Are you kidding me?" I hung up the phone. He was just trying to be nice, but come on. Say hi or something when we're walking by, but don't call the room.
