Joseph Merkel joined May 2009

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Joseph Merkel

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I recently graduated from University of Mary Washington with a degree in English. Worked on the school's paper for five semesters, working as Sports Editor during my last three. Sports are my love, my passion and my life. Football and Baseball are my expertise and I have extensive knowledge in the minor league levels as well as the majors.

I am happiest when I am writing or watching sports so the smart thing seemed to be to combine the two and see if it works. So far, so good as I recently took a job here at b/r as an editing intern. Feel free to drop me a line if you need help with any articles or you are looking for some extra tips or information.

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Adam Jones, Nick Markakis, Tiger Woods, Ray Lewis, Lebron James

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Ravens

  • Favorite Coaches

  • All Time Sports Moment

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Last Game at Yankee Stadium, 2003 ALCS-Boone Walk-off at Yankee Stadium

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cy Young's 511 wins

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretkzy

  • Pele or Maradona?

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

  • Schumacher or Senna?

  • Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

    ACC

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Sayre Bedinger said...

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Thanks for the edit and feedback Joseph! I'm glad you like the article!

85 days ago

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Bryan Gonzalez said...

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thanks for the edit and comments!

85 days ago

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Tim McGhee said...

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Thanks for the edit and the comments. You and all the editors are really helpful.

Tim

85 days ago

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Sayre Bedinger said...

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Thanks for the edit and feedback man, I really appreciate it

85 days ago

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Kurt Mensching said...

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Thank you for the edits. They all look good to me!

89 days ago

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Justin Crawford said...

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Thanks for the edit and feedback.

92 days ago

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Kara Martin said...

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Appreciate the edits & the feedback very much!

95 days ago

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Tyler Springs said...

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Thanks for the edits, Joe. I'm always glad to have help.

95 days ago

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Pete Misthaufen said...

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Thanks for the edit and feedback!

95 days ago

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Jacob Sloan said...

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Thanks for the editing.

97 days ago

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Adamo Digby said...

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Hi, the article is my 1st import from my blog, Il Tifosi (The Fans) see it here

http://il-tifosi.blogspot.com/

The title of the post is all that gets brought across so I guess I'll have to rename them once B/R pulls them over.

Thanks for the edit & comments.

A.

102 days ago

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D.A. said...

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thanks for the edits. appreciated.
da

104 days ago

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Johnathan Kroncke said...

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Thank you very much for your kind words. You're right, Mauer is just killing the ball right now, and who knows what his numbers might have looked like had he not been injured the first month or so of the season. But his team isn't very good this year, and that has more to do with MVP voting than most realize.

Remember, Alex Rodriguez dominated during his years in Texas and could have arguably won every year. As it turned out, he only won once. The only reason it wasn't more was because his team finished dead last every year and voters have a hard time justifying giving the award to a last place team. In their minds, the Most Valuable Player has to demonstrate that he can help his team, and must logically come from a winner. Finally though, voters couldn't ignore A-Rod's numbers and begrudgingly gave him his due.

That said, I don't know if Mauer will get it, simply because the Twins are having an awful go down the stretch here. Had they stayed in contention, I might've said otherwise. But we'll see, he certainly has the numbers.

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Joseph Morgan said...

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Thanks for the edit and the feedback, Joseph! I appreciate it.

110 days ago

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kevin roberts said...

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Thanks for the edits and kudos, joe.

-Kevin

110 days ago

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