A little bit about Outlaws owner Michael Burger

Where were you born? Glen Ridge, NJ - Nov.1, 1966. I was supposed to be born on Halloween, but my mom didn't want me to be, so she refused to go to the hospital until after midnight. My family relocated to Reading, PA shortly thereafter where I was raised for most of my life.
Where do you live? Temecula, CA (a small town about half way between LA and San Diego)
What is the origin of your team name? Temecula is an old ranch community and there is a heavy western (and unfortunately country-western) influence here, so the idea of rustlers and horse thieves came to mind fairly easily -- there are lots of guys walking around sporting big ol' Stetsons (the hats not the colognes), cowboy boots (the real ones, not those Dingos that OJ used to pimp), gigantic shiny silver belt buckles, plaid snap-close shirts, etc.
What is your favorite non-baseball sport? Basketball
What would be your last meal? Hot buffalo wings with blue cheese dressing, pepperoni and extra cheese pizza, and Mountain Dew Code Red, with a pint of Ben & Jerry's White Russian for dessert.
What is your dream job? This is a tough one -- first, GM of the Philadelphia Phillies (I would really love the challenge of molding a real big-league team, especially with the added pressure of the love/hate relationship with the Philadelphia fans and media) -- second, head wine maker at a small winery in Santa Barbara (my third biggest passion after my family and baseball) -- third, college professor (I've never tried it, and I'm not sure I have the knowledge to do it, but I think I would be good at it).
What is your favorite sound? The near-whisper sound that the wind makes as it blows through the trees in the mountains on a cold evening when there are no other sounds and the smell of wood smoke and snow fill my nose.
What is your favorite word? Daddy
What is your favorite movie? My God ... I thought the dream job one was tough ... when you are as big a movie buff as I am, this becomes a near-doctoral thesis type question ... Right now, I'd have to say The Matrix, just for the sheer entertainment value of it. It took me at least three viewings just to get all of the visual aspects of it understood. At the end of the first viewing, all I could say was "Woah" (which is pretty much the majority of most Keanu Reeves scripts). Of course, baseball films like The Natural and Field of Dreams are also high on the list, as are Point Break, Armageddon, Red Dawn, Jaws, Mr. Holland's Opus ... unless I'm really hammered and then you can just pop in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and I'll just giggle until the sun comes up!
What is your favorite song? Higher (Creed) -- rarely do I take a song's lyrics to heart, but this one really gets to me.
What is your favorite book? It's been a long time since I've been able to read a book over the fourth grade level (since I read nearly every day with my kids -- ages 7 and 9), and I'm not even sure these qualify, but I'd have to say my all-time favorites are the collections of Calvin and Hobbes comics. They have the unique ability to be at the same time funny, insightful and thought-provoking.
What is your favorite website? Umm ... besides the ones that show lots of pictures of scantily-clad women, I'd have to say RotoWorld.com
Who is/was your favorite announcer/broadcaster? I absolutely love Mike Lange of the Pittsburgh Penguins. His crazy creativity is unmatched in the history of sports. If you haven't had the chance to hear him do a game (and some of his more famous lines (screaming like a loon "He just beat Hextall like a rented mule!") have been re-played on ESPN) you are truely missing something unique.
Who is/was your LEAST favorite broadcaster/announcer? Tim McCarver -- he's got to be the most over-rated guy on the tube. I turn the sound off when he's on.
What is/was your favorite ballpark? Veteran's Stadium (and NO I did not just take a big hit on a crack pipe!) -- true, it's a dump made out of 100 year old concrete, but the stuff that goes on in the stands is almost always more interesting than the game on the field -- from the fights to the snowballs flying in Jimmy Johnson's face to booing Santa Claus and Mike Schmidt.
What is/was your favorite TV show? I have to admit that I'm a huge Survivor junkie, but since it's not on all season I also have to include Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
What is/was your favorite game show? It has to be Jeopardy -- my friends and used to sit around the tube and try to guess the answer to the final Jeopardy question before Alex even asked it, and I'm proud to say that I have been able to do it twice in my lifetime!
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? I'd love to be able to talk to animals. I'm not really sure why, but many times I look at my cat, Hobbes, and wonder what is going on in her head.
What was the best ballgame you've ever been to? I haven't had the priveledge of seeing what I'd call a "great" game, but the most memorable two were in Pittsburgh in the mid-80's while I was in college at Duquesne U.  The pathetic Bucco's had just finished telling us how they were going to contend and on opening day they trotted out an outfiled of (LF to RF) Steve Kemp, George Hendrick and Sixto Lezcano! I'd wager a week's pay that most guys wouldn't even remember that those three wore the black and yellow, but there they were! Needless to say, they sucked -- as did the team -- and they were out of town by the mid-season point. Funny enough, they were replaced by a few promising rookies named Bobby Bonilla and Barry Bonds.  Then, during the final game of the year, the team was so desperate to hit the one million mark in attendance, that they rolled out two 18-wheel flatbeds after the game for the enjoyment of the fans. One was filled with the Four Tops and the other was loaded down with Roy Rogers fried chicken and biscuts. Thomas and I lay down in centerfield (not three feet from the toxic waste dunp that was formerly Lenny Dykstra's chew) and ate chicken until we coudn't move.
If you could have dinner with any three people, living or dead, who would they be? I've never been much for hero worship or been into historical figures. Maybe it says something about my maturity level, but my three would be (in order of importance) : Howard Stern (radio's premier "shock jock", Stan Lee (founder of Marvel Comics), and Jim Rome (radio and TV sports guy). Stern for his abrasive wit (which should fit in pretty well with mine -- plus he would attract a ton of hot women!), Stan Lee to learn about his imagination and creativity which became my first true passion, and Jim Rome just to talk sports and be a sarcastic fucker.