Al Pastor

Albert "Al" Pastor is the manager for the Los Angeles Tacos for whom Al Pastor Memorial Park is named. A native to Los Angeles, Al Pastor had spent much of his career as an executive for The Dlisney Cooperative before championing I Married My Surfboard and ultimately choosing to stay with the new blaseball franchise. Al Pastor has proven to be an effective if eccentric manager, and is credited with attracting Rat Polk and Mcdowell Sasquatch through an aggressive policy of defending player privacy. He can be easily recognized by his signature, good-luck pineapple hat.

Leading up to The Discipline Era, management staff reported Al Pastor began making unexpected personal expenditures and preparations, offering only cryptic explanations that "everything was falling into place" and "nobody gets one over a Pastor". During the season 1 playoffs he unexpectedly disappeared. Police reports would later indicate that his signature hat was discovered in an abandoned peanut butter factory in the Los Angeles Arts District. In an official press release, Guy Myrington declared this the "darkest day in Los Angeles history" and called for 30 days of citywide mourning. In addition, Tacos Park was officially renamed Al Pastor Memorial Park to commemorate Al's contributions to the team and support of inter-mural blaseball leagues throughout the city.

Al Pastor returned early in season 2 to resume managing the Tacos, requesting the return of his signature hat. When interviewed he offered no concrete explanations for his disappearance, his declaration as officially dead, or the publication of his obituary. With a wink and a smile, he offered 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 theories as to why Pastor faked his death. The most commonly held theory argues that this was an extremely elaborate attempt to affect the morale of the Tacos Rivals, the Chicago Fire Fighters. Other theories include an attempt to escape numerous parking fines, that Al Pastor actually died and has been replaced with a perfect double, or a miscommunication regarding his scheduled vacation time.

At present there are no plans to rename Al Pastor Memorial Park in light of the manager's return.