Survivor: In Dedication of Geordon’s Grandfather, Paul “Popie” D’Alessandro Geordon’s Grandfather is a retired Policeman from Clarkstown, New York. As an avid and irritating Yankees fan he shares that same family passion of baseball and thoroughly enjoys seeing Geordon pitch. Popie is a survivor of prostate cancer and through his New York law enforcement contacts Popie found the same doctor that created the radioactive seed implants and treated Rudy Giuliani and Joe Torre. Popie is known in North Texas as “Pops”.