The Biofiles: Bronson Arroyo

Status: Cincinnati Reds All-Star pitcher.

Height: 6-5 Weight: 194

DOB: Feb. 24, 1977 In: Key West, Fla.

Musical Tastes: "Pearl Jam, early 90's stuff, Nirvana, Creed, Stone Temple Pilots." (Getty Images)

Childhood Heroes: "Ozzie Smith. That was my man. I thought I was gonna be a big league shortstop. I'd say Ozzie Smith. Then, Dwight Gooden, the pitcher I used to watch as a young kid. He's from Tampa. I was from north of Tampa. And obviously, he had dominating stuff."

Nicknames: "Growing up, Flaco -- Latin word for skinny. And through the minor leagues -- I really haven't had any that stuck 00 usually people just call me B."

Hobbies/Interests: "Golf, play the guitar, sing, play music, and scuba dive a little bit."

Favorite Movies: "I'd say Scarface and probably Good Will Hunting.

Favorite TV Shows: "Documentary things, Masterminds, I Shouldn't Be Alive -- things like that. I don't watch anything usually, if it's not a documentary."

Musical Tastes: "Pearl Jam, early 90's stuff, Nirvana, Creed, Stone Temple Pilots."

First Baseball Memory: "Playing T-ball on the big softball field, Big Pine Key down in the Keys. You hit it in the outfield and sucker would have to run all the way to the wall [smiles]. You couldn't hit a home run, you had to hit an inside-the-parker."

First Job: "Working at a Snapper lawn mower store (age 15)."

First car: "Chevy Corsica (light blue)."

Favorite meal: "Spaghetti."

Favorite breakfast cereal: "Raisin Bran."

Favorite ice cream flavor: "Chocolate."

Pre-game feeling: "(Think of) kind of a plan of attack against the lineup. You're focusing. And a little bit nervous, kind of just antsy. Want to get the game going."

Greatest sports moment: "Winning the World Series 2004 with the Sox (Boston)."

Most painful moment: "Aaron Boone (Yankees) -- hittin' the home run in the 10th inning off Tim Wakefield. To beat us in '03."

Favorite uniforms: "San Francisco Giants."

Favorite stadium(s): "Fenway and Wrigley."

Closest baseball friends: "Probably Shawn Camp from the Devil Rays. And Lenny DiNardo from the Red Sox."

Funniest players encountered: "Kevin Millar, far and away [smiles]. Have no one else even to compare."

Toughest competitors: "David Eckstein. Probably Albert Pujols. Just because he's so damn good."

Embarrassing memory: "Definitely being dressed up as a rookie (in 2000), you know, put in a Hooters outfit, with some extra small shorts [laughs]. Having to walk out of the tunnel right in front of Mark McGwire and Eric Davis."

Favorite athletes to watch: "Always loved watching Greg Maddux get guys out with not dominating stuff. And, who else ... there's so many guys out there. Lately, Ryan Howard, man, he's really fun to watch. He's got so much power to all fields. (NBA?) Grew up with Michael Jordan. (NFL?) Patriots, Tom Brady. I like the way he manages the game. Kinda cool and calm and always seems to find a way to win. (Boxing?) I liked Roberto Duran as a kid. (Why?) My father was Cuban, he was a Latin guy, and he had a lot of heart. And he was a guy who moved up a lot of weight classes and wasn't scared to fight anybody. I mean he came up 20, 30, 40 pounds and he's fighting Marvin Hagler. When he was almost 40 years old. (Tennis?) Pete Sampras. I liked watching his style. He seemed to be in command all the time. (Golf?) Never watched it until Tiger Woods."

Last vacation: "Costa Rica -- fishing."

People qualities most admired: "Somebody being a man of their word. Doing what they say they're gonna do. Especially in a hairy situation."

Funny baseball memory: "Every year -- when I was with the Pirates -- Jason Kendall, Brian Giles used to attack the strength coach once a year. Because they hated the things he used to make us do during stretching. So during every spring training they'd hold him down to the ground. It took like three or four dudes jumpin' on him because he was so strong. Guy named Warren Sipp. And they'd tie him up in BP and put him in center field every year. And then they'd put him in catcher's gear and just let him lay out there. And then balls were hit at him, if they hit him they didn't care. So one year they decided, "Hey, let's throw some breadcrumbs out there and see what happens." It was unbelievable. There was like 100 seagulls, man, just dive bombing him with the bread. Just boom! Taking the bread off of him. And he's all tied up, he can't do s*** about it. And all these birds are just hittin' him, man, they just stayed. It was like home at the beach. It was hilarious [smiles]."

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