Al Pastor

Manager
Title	Manager
Species	Humanoid

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Albert "Al" Pastor is the manager for the Unlimited Tacos, and namesake of the Al Pastor Memorial Park. A native to Los Angeles, Al Pastor had spent much of his career as an executive for the Dlisney Cooperative before championing the commercially-failed feature film I Married My Surfboard, and ultimately choosing to stay with the new blaseball franchise.

Al Pastor has been called by splorts press "an effective, if eccentric" manager, and is credited with attracting players Rat Mason and Mcdowell Mason via an aggressive policy of defending player privacy. He is most easily recognized by his signature headwear, a good-luck pineapple hat.

Death and Return

Leading up to The Discipline Era, management staff reported that Al Pastor began making unexpected personal expenditures and preparations, offering "cryptic" explanations that "everything was falling into place," and, "nobody gets one over a Pastor." During the Season 1 playoffs, Pastor unexpectedly disappeared and could not be contacted for an "extended period." Police reports would later indicate that his pineapple hat was discovered in an abandoned peanut butter factory in the Los Angeles Arts District.

In an official press release, franchise owner Guy Myrington confirmed Pastor's death and declared it the "darkest day in Los Angeles history." Myrington called for 30 days of citywide mourning despite reminders that "[he] doesn't have the authority to do this kind of [unusual] [thing]." Afterwards, Tacos Park was officially re-named Al Pastor Memorial Park to commemorate Pastor's contributions to city culture, as well as support of inter-mural blaseball leagues throughout Southern California.

Al Pastor resumed managerial duties at the start of Season 2, making his first public appearance bearing his signature hat. When interviewed, he offered no concrete explanations for his disappearance, his declaration as deceased, or the publication of his obituary. With a "wink and a smile," Pastor allegedly stated the following:

"There were things I had to know. Things you can't learn when they think you're alive. You'll understand when you're older."

There are numerous^[source?] theories as to why Pastor "faked" his death. The most common theory (according to reblog counts at the time of writing) argues that this was an elaborate attempt to "get under the skin" of the Tacos' rivals, the Chicago Firefighters. Other theories include an attempt to legally evade numerous parking fines; that Al Pastor truly died and has been replaced with a perfect double; or a miscommunication regarding his scheduled vacation time.

There are no plans to rename Al Pastor Memorial Park in light of Pastor's apparent existence. As of writing, the Los Angeles Department of Parks & Recreation has declined journalistic requests to comment on the incident.

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