{"id":3417,"name":"Michael Gray","url":"","description":"Michael Gray is a graduate of  UCLA with major studies in philosophy and minor studies in finance. He did his graduate studies at CSU in San Bernardino, California for his MBA. Michael was  a standout athlete from early in his childhood, through his college football days. He played baseball from ages 6-18, and 3 varsity sports in high school: Football, in which  he was awarded a full-ride scholarship; Wrestling, where he was the CiF Heavyweight Champion, and two events on the Track & Field team in which he was league champion, and remains in the record books to this day.\r\nProfessionally, Michael continued his success in his 10 year Management Career, before settling in as Executive Vice-President\/Private Equity Fund Manager at a West LA Commercial Investment firm. \r\nMichael still manages a small private fund  through his own company, and works with Seniors in a nonprofit organization that he co-founded, but he now spends a lot of his time watching, reading, and writing about baseball--his first love.","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/author\/mgray\/","slug":"mgray","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99383ab5144f91052641d513107d73506d4f7a10d4a84eb59df3deededff33b1?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99383ab5144f91052641d513107d73506d4f7a10d4a84eb59df3deededff33b1?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99383ab5144f91052641d513107d73506d4f7a10d4a84eb59df3deededff33b1?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}