Being born and raised in the Bronx, baseball was the most important thing in his life as he grew up. Tom practically lived for baseball. He watched the games on TV and played at every opportunity, also making a hobby of reviewing box scores in the newspaper on a daily basis. As a youngster, he also collected baseball cards and studied his favorite players' stats. For him, seeing baseball being played in Greece is a dream come true and though he may not play at the same level he coaches, he is happy to successfully lead the Spartakos team as it's General Manager.

Tom joined the team in early 2000 and led Spartakos Glyfadas to it's first Greek Cup Championship in 2000 and later again in 2002. He has been with the team ever since and is enjoying every minute of it.

As senior writer for ESPN.com, Jim Caple, says... "It might be a stretch to call Tom Mazarakis the Abner Doubleday of Greek baseball. But given the murky claims of the game's alleged inventor, it's also a stretch to call Abner Doubleday the Abner Doubleday of baseball"

A personal message from Tom to all readers of the site: " Go Spartakos!!! "