{"id":702,"date":"2009-03-30T21:38:41","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T02:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=702"},"modified":"2009-03-30T21:38:41","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T02:38:41","slug":"season-preview-lbs-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/season-preview-lbs-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Season Preview: LBS, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Karsten Has\u00a0A Tool For Everything<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lbs2009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1013  aligncenter\" title=\"LBS, Inc.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lbs2009.jpg\" alt=\"LBS, Inc.\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lbs2009.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/lbs2009-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Color:<\/strong> White<br \/>\n<strong>Year Founded:<\/strong> 2002<br \/>\n<strong>2008 Regular Season Finish:<\/strong> 13-3-1 (2nd place)<br \/>\n<strong>2008 Playoff Result:<\/strong> Lost to Fresh Kills in semifinals<br \/>\n<strong>Division: <\/strong>Schloeder<br \/>\n<strong>2009 Marketing Slogan:<\/strong> &#8220;We&#8217;re better than you.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Key Additions:<\/strong> Dan Bernstein (Free Agent), Anne Grady (Relocation)<br \/>\n<strong>Key Losses:<\/strong> None<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>LBS, Inc. returns with its roster largely intact from the 2008 season.\u00a0 However, the corporation has added a new intern and welcomed back a veteran\u00a0employee to boost efficiency.\u00a0 Director of Investor Relations Sam Anthony discovered Dan Bernstein on the street, while Bernstein was washing windshields for quarters.\u00a0 Anthony was so impressed by the young entrepreneur&#8217;s business acumen and quick wrists that he hired Bernstein on the spot.\u00a0 After an extremely successful stint in LBS, Inc.&#8217;s west coast branch in Los Angeles (working under VP of West Coast Operations Molly Jacobs), Anne Grady returns to the New York City office.\u00a0 Grady&#8217;s experience will be a tremendous asset to the firm.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these additions&#8211;and unlike just about every other BTSH team&#8211;LBS, Inc. remains largely pessimistic about its chances for the &#8217;09 season.\u00a0 CEO Sascha Puritz notes, &#8220;We are all older and fatter and slower and more out of shape than last year.\u00a0 Oh, Karsten&#8217;s getting married! That&#8217;s some nice news but has nothing to do with hockey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food They Closely Resemble:<\/strong> <em>Caviar<\/em>. Synonymous with luxury and wealth, they are usually recognized as the top status symbols among any of their peers.\u00a0\u00a0 However, one must also point out that they are still just eggs and have yet to reach their full potential.<br \/>\n<strong>Fast Fact: <\/strong>Sascha Puritz has never missed a deadline&#8230;ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROSTER<\/strong><br \/>\nBrad Allecia<br \/>\nSamuel Anthony<br \/>\nBrian &#8220;Grandmaster B&#8221; Barrett<br \/>\nDan Bernstein<br \/>\nJason Bogdaneris<br \/>\nTom Capatosta<br \/>\nAlexandra Chenitz<br \/>\nKaren Erickson<br \/>\nAnne Grady<br \/>\nErica Lee<br \/>\nSascha Lehman<br \/>\nFernando Limonic<br \/>\nKarsten Pichon<br \/>\n&#8220;The Alpha Male&#8221; Ken Poulin<br \/>\nSascha Puritz (C)<br \/>\nDustin Shutes<br \/>\nAlex Simon<br \/>\nSeth Wachtell<br \/>\nPhil Yang<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karsten Has\u00a0A Tool For Everything Color: White Year Founded: 2002 2008 Regular Season Finish: 13-3-1 (2nd place) 2008 Playoff Result: Lost to Fresh Kills in semifinals Division: Schloeder 2009 Marketing Slogan: &#8220;We&#8217;re better than you.&#8221; Key Additions: Dan Bernstein (Free Agent), Anne Grady (Relocation) Key Losses: None<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[123,94,18],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2009-team-previews","tag-2009-season","tag-lbs-inc","tag-team-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12035,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions\/12035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}