Matthew Aaron Shawcross twenty-nine years old; october 9th ஃ ∙ new york city native ∙ shortstop for the colorado rockies ∙ in it for the long run ∙ currently resides in downtown boulder with nicola hampton, but moving to the chautauqua neighborhood in late summer ∙ pup-father to mattingly & monkey ∙ browning school alumni and vanderbilt university drop out ∙ occasionally practicing roman catholic ∙ a giant kid who looks for the best in people, and who trusts everyone until they give him a reason not to ∙ after his friends and family, the most important thing in matt's life is baseball, which he has always felt fortunate to be able to pursue professionally ∙ the proprietor of a few weird habits, including needing to eat chicken strips after every baseball game ∙ drives a 2012 range rover ∙ volunteers with the boys and girls club as a tutor in the offseason ∙ recently received his motorcycle license ∙ giving a solid attempt at becoming more coloradan by trying out hiking and camping ∙ plans on coaching high school baseball after retiring ∙ LU 6/15             Journal ∙ OOC & Schedule ∙ pb: chris evans ∙ 3rd person, STORYBOOK; THREADS & CUSTOMS