Lombardo was born in Havana, Cuba, on February 16, 1965, where his father owned three meat markets. He is of Italian descent through his paternal great-grandfather, who relocated to Cuba in the 19th century. Lombardo moved with his family to South Gate, California, when he was two years old, and still speaks Spanish. He has two older brothers and an older sister; his brothers had previously emigrated to the US via Operation Peter Pan.

James Dominic Fenix, better known as JD Fenix or J.D. Fenix, is a fictional character in the Gears of War franchise. The son of recurring series protagonist Marcus Fenix, he first appears as the protagonist of the 2016 game, Gears of War 4, and also appears in Gears 5. Prior to the events of Gears of War 4, he originally held the rank of lieutenant in service of the supranational and intergovernmental military collective known as the Coalition of Ordered Governments ("COG"), and later defected to a loosely organized faction of rebel human settlers who live outside of the COG's walled settlements in the world of Sera. By the events of Gears 5, he has rejoined the COG to fight a new threat to humanity. The character is voiced by Australian actor Liam McIntyre. Outside of the video game series, JD has appeared in the novels Gears of War: Ascendance and Gears of War: Bloodlines.

The concept of JD as a character originated when series creator Epic Games was still in early development for a direct sequel to Gears of Wars 3. The Coalition, a subsidiary of Xbox Game Studios and the current developers responsible for the Gears of War franchise following the departure of Epic Games from the series, intended for JD Fenix to headline a new generation of main characters introduced in Gears of War 4.

The character has had a mixed reception, with commentary focusing on his physical appearance as well as interactions with his companions. Some reviewers found JD to be an unconvincing or uncharismatic lead character and compared him unfavorably to Marcus Fenix and Kait Diaz, while his narrative role in Gears 5 has generated discussion about the future of the Gears of War franchise.

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The 2022 season marks Round Rock Express Manager Matt Hagen’s Triple-A coaching debut. Hagen spent the last two seasons as the Texas Rangers’ Minor League Field Coordinator. He is entering his seventh season in the Rangers organization after previously managing the Low-A Hickory Crawdads in 2018 and 2019 as well as the Short-Season Spokane Indians in 2017. In his three seasons as a manager, Hagen has compiled a .550 winning percentage, combining to post a 192-157 overall record, including capturing the South Atlantic League Championship

with Hickory in 2019. He originally joined the Texas organization in 2016 as a coach for the Crawdads.

Prior to joining the Rangers, Hagen spent three years as the head coach at Four Points Baseball in Austin. Upon the conclusion of his playing career in 2012, Hagen returned to his alma mater, Liberty University, as an assistant coach. He also had a stint on the Liberty staff in 2007 and spent three off-seasons as a strength coach for the Flames’ baseball, men’s soccer and football programs.

An infielder in his playing days, Hagen was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 12th round of the 2002 MLB Draft and spent time in both the Seattle and San Diego Padres organizations, reaching Double-A Mobile in 2006. Hagen continued his playing career in the independent Frontier and Atlantic Leagues from 2007-2012, earning Atlantic League All-Star honors three times. Hagen was a first team All-Big South selection at Liberty University, leading the conference in home runs and RBI as a junior and was a member of Liberty’s 2000 Big South Championship team that advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Hagen graduated from Liberty in 2012 with a degree in Sport Management.