Thanks partially to the efforts of Larry Granillo, the article about the 2007 Triple-A Baseball Heroes actually came to the attention of the comic’s writer, Chris Eliopoulos. His comment upon seeing it:

@wezen_ball @DanJGlickman Wow.

— chris eliopoulos (@ChrisEliopoulos) June 20, 2013

So, I asked him a few questions, and he was kind enough to answer what he could remember from 2007. For example, I asked how he ended up writing the piece in the first place:

@DanJGlickman @wezen_ball I also write stuff and had been for Marvel. They knew I liked baseball & this was a custom comic…

— chris eliopoulos (@ChrisEliopoulos) June 20, 2013

@DanJGlickman @wezen_ball …so there is a lot of back and forth with story and character that the clients want & you have to give it to them.

— chris eliopoulos (@ChrisEliopoulos) June 20, 2013

@DanJGlickman @wezen_ball They knew I would take it in stride. So, it was just my love of baseball and easiness to work with.

— chris eliopoulos (@ChrisEliopoulos) June 20, 2013

In other words, he did the comic because he loves baseball and was willing to work with the clients (in this case presumably AAA Baseball). And, well, most of the unusual and/or bizarre things in the comic can be chalked up because that’s what the clients wanted:

@DanJGlickman @wezen_ball A lot of the things you mentioned in the post are things the client may have asked for. Customer’s always right.

— chris eliopoulos (@ChrisEliopoulos) June 20, 2013

@DanJGlickman @wezen_ball It’s been a while, but I think they wanted certain characters or there were restrictions on certain ones.

— chris eliopoulos (@ChrisEliopoulos) June 20, 2013

Thanks to Chris Eliopoulos for tweeting with me quick yesterday. Appreciate it. Also, thanks to Larry Granillo for bringing it to his attention.