About

I live in West Virginia and love to talk baseball. I am always ready to express my views and will not back down from a debate about sports. I was Old School before it became trendy. My favorite teams are the Cincinnati Reds and the Washington Redskins. I love baseball, football, college basketball, boxing, UFC.

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Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Jim Thome, Ken Griffey, Roger Maris, Tommy John, Mickey Mantle, Joe Montana, Kurt Warner, Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Gail Goodrich, Tom Kite, Arnold Palmer, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Arturo Gatti, Barry Sanders,

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Redskins,

  • Favorite Coaches

    Rick Petino, Coach K, Bobby Knight, Joe Gibb (1st run), Mike Ditka, Casey Stengel, Sparky Anderson

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Roger Maris' 61st home run

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cy Young's 511 career wins

  • Ruth or Mays?

    I always liked Willie Mays. It is very hard to compare the two. If I was building a team and had to choose, I'd take Mays.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Joe Montana was, in my opinion, the best quarterback who ever took a snap in the NFL

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Abdul Jabbar, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Bob Petit, Dave DeBuschere

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Being Old School I'd like to take Orr, but realize it would be a foolish move.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    I like Pete Sampras, Agassi, McEnroe, Connors, Lendl

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger, Palmer, Kite, Player, Charles,

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Dale Earnhardt, Big E

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumaker

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

    SEC in football, Big East in basketabll

Bulletin Board

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  • Reed Domer-Shank posted 15 hours ago

    Reed Domer-Shank

    Hi Cliff,

    I was thinking it would be interesting to do a debate-style article on pressing reds issues for the upcoming season, or even just for predictions (who gets what spots, who leads team in key stat categories, how the team finishes, etc.)

    If you are interested, please shoot me a message, thanks!

    Reed

  • Tyler Duma posted 4 days ago

    Tyler Duma

    Loved the Janish article, I just published my second article a few minutes ago, deeper look at Neftali Soto. I think if Votto walks he's going to be the future at first base. What do you think?

  • Tyler Duma posted 5 days ago

    Tyler Duma

    Cliff,

    I just published my first article on B/R and was wondering if you'd take a look at it?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1059608-a-position-by-position-look-at-the-2012-cincinnati-reds

    Thanks!

  • Don Harko posted 19 days ago

    Don Harko

    Hey Cliff,

    Curious to know on what your thoughts on Just for Men - Touch of Gray are? I'm thinking about getting you a years supply -- I'd throw in a baseball encyclopedia on top of it and maybe then you could thrill us all with some more stellar projections for the Reds this year!

    I see Jeff Francis as a perennial 20 game winner and with Kanekoa Texeira and Clay Zavada in the mix -- I'm thinking this staff draws comparisons to the 1892 Cincinnati Red Stockings -- right around the year you graduated from college.

    Enlighten me with your wisdom Caesar -- I'll be down at the local watering hole talking skins football with the other 70 year old stay at home bloggers.

  • David Hendrick posted 53 days ago

    David Hendrick

    Hi Cliff,

    Curious to know what your thoughts are on the Gonzalez to the Nats deal in comparison to the Latos deal which I think we both agree was terrible for the Reds in terms of what they gave up. Did the Nats just get a better pitcher for a whole lot less?

  • Gavin Andrews posted 71 days ago

    Gavin Andrews

    Cliff,

    Reds are interested in Jurrjens-would a trade of Jurrjens for Chris Heisey, Yorman Rodriguez, and Edinson Volquez be fair? Rodriguez would be the catch, Heisey would be the major league outfield bat we've been looking for, and Volquez would be a throw-in.

    Gavin

  • Jonathan Stilwell posted 92 days ago

    Jonathan Stilwell

    Hi Cliff - I just posted my first article in quite a while - titled the Veteran's Committee Whiffs - I would be honored for your read and thoughts -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/940332-veterans-committee-whiffs-on-pitching-nominations-from-the-golden-era

  • Kyle Langan posted 145 days ago

    Kyle Langan

    Hey, would you be able to send your e mail to klangan@omnipossible.com? I want to get the B/R community leaders on a mailing list for a press release on behalf of Sports Media 101.

    Thanks

  • D.A. posted 227 days ago

    D.A.

    Hi Cliff,

    Who should be All-Stars this year?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/755555-mlb-all-star-game-what-the-complete-rosters-should-look-like

    Thanks

  • Gavin Andrews posted 248 days ago

    Gavin Andrews

    Cliff,

    As I was listening to Jim Bowden talk about the Reds tonight, I realized what a brilliant idea he came up with. Cincinnati won't be able to trade for a better pitcher, and with the depth they have, they'll start to turn it around. Arroyo always does, Volquez is on the right path, Bailey's coming back from injury, Wood's still young, etc. Give them time, it'll be alright. In the outfield, one, maybe two of Heisey, Gomes, and Lewis will figure it out offensively. This leaves the Reds with shortstop. Perhaps they trade Grandal and another prospect for Jose Reyes, then turn around and lock Reyes up for 4-5 years. What could be better in Cincinnati than Stubbs, Bruce, Votto, Phillips, and Reyes on offense for the next 5 years?

    Gavin

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