Pucci takes control of Plunkers

The third Pucci brother has officially taken over the Tampa Bay Plunkers. Nick Pucci has been approved by the Commissioner's office to wrest control of the Plunkers from Bill Levesque, who has stepped aside due to health and personal reasons.

The Pucci family first came to the States from Italy back in the 1920s with nothing but a dream - to somehow be a part of a computer sim baseball league. But Grandpa Pucci couldn't speak English too well, so he toiled away as a groundskeeper for the Southern League Carolina Mudcats. Grandpa Pucci used to read to Papa Pucci from the Baseball Prospectus every night before going to bed. On his 18th birthday, Papa Pucci set out to New York with the dream of working for a DMBL franchise. But it proved harder than he thought. He spent many months sending out resumes and trying to intercept GMs and owners as they left the stadiums at night. Despite his failures, he imparted his dream onto his sons. Papa Pucci made sure they were familiar with Earl Weaver Baseball, Hardball, Microleague, and RBI Baseball. Chris Pucci was the first of the Brothers Pucci to gain a DMBL franchise back in the Expansion of 1997. Pucci's Carolina Mudcats have been up and down, but he has made the playoffs 5 times in his 12 seasons. In 1998, Anthony "Bocci" Pucci took over the reins of the failed Lisbon Diabos franchise, but it took him 8 years to make the playoffs. Bocci did beat his brother to a division title, when last year he won the Morris Division title. Nick makes the Pucci family the leader in most brothers as owners, ahead of the Landsmans, Zajacs, Days, and possibly Calvosas. Grandpa Pucci would indeed be proud!