Mark Dewdney

Mark Dewdney

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About

Mark Dewdney is a native of Canada, raised in the Kitchener area (pre-Jim Balsillie) and is proud to have called Toronto home for the past couple of decades.

Dewdney, married to Rita (who he calls "SuperMommy") has two children, Ella and A.J.

He runs his own business (instructing First Aid) and is a Level 3 baseball Umpire, working the midget, junior and senior baseball leagues in and around Toronto.

Dewdney has been a rabid baseball fan, and, more specifically, an especially vocal Toronto Blue Jays fan, since 1977, when relatives brought him to Exhibition Stadium, an event he doesn't remember, but has the photos tucked away somewhere in his father's attic.

It's been said that Dewdney would allow himself to be fitted for a dress and called "Marsha" if it would allow him to play baseball, and his writings tend to follow that ferociousness, even calling out fellow Toronto sports fans for their apathy towards poor athletic performance.

Dewdney enjoys travelling to "enemy" cities, decked out in Blue Jays finery, such as Chicago, New York & Milwaukee, and cites his favourite sports location as Philadelphia, even before the Phillies won it all; "I'd live in Philly if I were American," he asserts. "It's my kind of town."

For now, Dewdney contents himself by writing articles on demand for bleacherreport, such as this year's piece comparing the potential Roy Halladay trade to past Blue Jay trades, good or bad, chases his kids & cats around, and spends the majority of his off-field time with his devoted wife Rita.

One of Dewdney's pet projects is trying (HARD) to get Shoeless Joe Jackson elected to the Hall Of Fame: See Dewdney's FaceBook group, devoted to the subject here : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58458920159

Dewdney enjoys creative challenges and new ideas; Submit an article idea, and Dewdney will likely tackle it.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    The "plumbers"; guys without superstar skills but that work hard every time they get a chance. Specifically, Marco Scutaro, Garth Iorg...as well as talented guys like Aaron Hill, previous era Keith Hernandez, Bob Gibson...

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Argonauts, Toronto Maple Leafs, San Diego Chargers, Phoenix Suns (back in the days of K.J., Chambers & Majerle)

  • Favorite Coaches

    Gene Tenace, Paul Maurice, Kent Austin, Jeff Fisher

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Guarding the Stanley Cup at the 2001 All-Star Game in Toronto; Joe Carter jumping around in 1992 or 1993, or...yeah, Robbie Alomar's homer off Eckersley (EAT IT, DENNIS!)

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Watched most of them at Sports Center Cafe in Toronto (deejayed there for years)

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    None. I'm not a record-setter. Oh, you mean someone ELSE'S record...hm. Roger Maris' HR record. (Still ain't been broken far as I'm concerned.)

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Willie, just on the speed & defense. Ruth scared more pitchers, but Willie could beat you just as bad and then go rob on from you in the field too.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana. It was such a "speed" game when Montana was in, with the "extra" linebacker, and you could just see Big Joe's eyes checking off even BEFORE THE SNAP. He just knew what to do.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan. Nobody touches MJ. Sorry.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Orr. I saw Gretzky once take off his skate & slam it to the ground in the penalty box. Not cool. I also saw Orr, completely unable to walk, lever himself up to the top of a junior hockey arena just to watch a reg-season game. Courage.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Neither. I have NOTHING complimentary to say about soccer in general. Fakers. In my view, they should hire MMA fighters as soccer refs, with instructions to turn fake injuries into real ones. THAT'D clean it up in a hurry!

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Roddick. I'm contrary like that. Okay, okay...Pete.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger. I dunno how much fun it would be to have dinner with Jack, but Tiger would be a hoot. Just don't tell my wife - OR Tiger's...

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty. If you're asking Earnhardt Jr. or Sr., it's The Intimidator - Jr's pretty much a dead fish thus far - SERIOUS disappointment.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Neither. Open-wheel racing's for the faint of heart and soccer fans. Rubens Barrichelo, if I MUST answer.

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Not a huge NCAA guy, but would far&away rather watch college basketball than the NBA.

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  • Keith Schlosser posted 1278 days ago

    Keith Schlosser

    Thanks to BR, I recently interviewed Knicks legend Earl Monroe. Here is what he had to say on a variety of topics, including the current state of the Knicks!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296154-the-pearl-still-shinning-an-interview-with-knicks-legend-earl-monroe/page/2

  • Keith Schlosser posted 1318 days ago

    Keith Schlosser

    In wake of the ALCS, please check out my interview with the former Yankee and Angel, the truly inspirational, Jim Abbott!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/272194-inspirational-words-from-former-yank-and-angel

  • Mike Salvatore posted 1326 days ago

    Mike Salvatore

    Thanks for the fan add Mark!

  • Doug Rush posted 1375 days ago

    Doug Rush

    A full look at the 2009 NFL season coming up:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/238859-a-full-preview-of-the-2009-nfl-season

  • Todd Herrmann posted 1397 days ago

    Todd Herrmann

    Thanks for pointing out that Scutaro was now the starting shortstop in Toronto. I knew he was playing a lot, but I assumed wrongly that he was the all purpose fifth infielder there.

    Anyway, I fixed it now, gotta give the man credit where credit is due.