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Hey everyone, I'm Nino, a MLB Community Leader here at B/R. If you ever have any questions leave me a note on my board. I try to read as many articles on the MLB section as I can but obviously I can't get to all of them and I apologize in advance if I can't leave a comment. Just know I do my best to read it if you take the time to write it, but between school or my job and all the other things I've committed to, time or my energy tend to get low.

My favorite sports are football and baseball. But I'm a baseball nut and I'm a die hard Indians fan, and as you can tell that's pretty much the only Ohio team I like, that doesn't really make me popular around my area. Not that I had a shot at that to begin with.

I run a complete blog that covers everything Cleveland Indians. Check out the my website link on the side if you hate me or like the Indians. I waste a lot of time updating useful roster pages and photoshoping Indians players onto heads of Super Mario characters.

I'm a proud Zip as I'm currently double majoring in Mass Media News Communication and Interpersonal and Public Communication at the University of Akron.

Other Things you should know about me: If I'm in in the car alone listening to the Indians, I will scream at the radio, it gets violent. I watch way too much television as well and have too many favorite TV shows. Back to baseball for a second. I have a passion for the game and enjoy watching it day in and day out even if my team is nauseating. I believe that is part of the beauty of the sport that makes it what it is. I've never played the game but appreciate it so much by just watching some of the players in this day and age give it their all.

Anyway, back to stuff that is less-serious. I still love the e-trade baby commercial and have a new found hatred for this AM PM commercial that is running constantly, now that the Cuba Gooding Jr. one has stopped airing. I have a weird obsession with mediocre like baseball players such as Jody Gerut and I tend to make them out to be god-like players, for some ungodly reason. I also have an extreme dislike for Jack Cust, I don't know why. I believe I know everything there is to know about everything, I have an extremely rare sense of humor that almost no one understands, but I'm sure the fact that I think the e-trade baby commercial are funny clued you into that. I also used the word extreme a lot there. I do that too.

I tend to ramble a lot, sometimes incoherently, which is probably what I'm doing now. I love to ramble, but I guess I'm starting to near the 3,000 character limit. So I'll cut it short and remove the previously awesome joke I had.

Again, If you ever have any questions, please leave a note on my board or try and send me an e-mail at ncolla29 (at) gmail dot com. Just don't spam me, I don't want to help you transport 500,000,000 dollars into the United States, as enticing as that sounds.

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Travis Hafner, Franklin Gutierrez, Ryan Garko, Jensen Lewis, Jody Gerut, Fausto Carmona, Kelly Shoppach, Greg Maddux, Chris Young(P), Brandon Webb, Brian Bannister, Nick Punto, Omar Vizquel, Jerome Bettis, Ben Roethlisberger, Willie Parker, Steve Breaston, Adrian Wilson, Jason Avant, Kyle Orton, LaMarr Woodley, James Harrison, David Harris, Philip Rivers, Colt Brennan, Chad Henne, Sidney Crosby, Mario Lemieux, Max Talbot, Jordan Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury, Evgeni Malkin, Andy Roddick, Jelena Jankovic, Novak Djokovic, Rasheed Wallace, Rashard Lewis, JJ Redick, Dwight Howard, Jarrett Jack, Charles Barkley, Jeff Gordon

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Steelers, Orlando Magic, Pittsburgh Penguins, CBB: Duke Blue Devils, Akron Zips CFB: Michigan Wolverines, Akron Zips, Youngstown State Penguins

  • Favorite Coaches

    Stan Van Gundy, Nate McMillian, Lloyd Carr, Bo Schembechler, Brian Kelly, Bill Cowher, Mike Tomlin, Chuck Noll

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Antwaan Randle El hits Hines Ward on the trick play in Super Bowl XL and seeing Bill Cowher getting the gatorade treatment.. I get goosebumps to this day watching it

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Indians Vs Tigers 2007: Casey Blake's second walk off homer in several days, Game 2 of the ALDS in 2007: Travis Hafner's walk off hit

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken's Consecutive Games Played

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan. Didn't everyone grow up a Bulls fan?

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky... or Super Mario

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer.. is that un-American?

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Neither

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

    Big 10

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  • J.C. Ayvazi said...

    Greetings!

    Have a new article just out of the oven looking at the Dodger starting pitching. Get it while it's hot!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/342240-jcs-dodger-line-drives-feb-8-previewing-las-starters-for-2010

    14 hours ago

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    Nino Colla commented on Cleveland Hocks: Five Former Indians We Dealt at the Right Times

    Great job Lewie. You know, if the Indians hadn't unloaded Gutierrez and he came to fruition with the Tribe, that deal for Bradley would have been...

    • 2 replies – here are the latest…
    • Lewie Pollis replied…

      Poor Ricky Gutierrez--he got so much crap from us fans for not playing like Robbie Alomar....

    • Lewie Pollis replied…

      Of course, it goes both ways--a lot of now-established players have come through our system and...

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    Nino Colla commented on Lost Tribe: Five Reasons To Write Off the Indians in 2010

    Reason 1: It will be this team's down fall this year if there is one (and odds are likely that there will be one). No question...

  • Nino Colla commented on Daniel Zwick's profile

    Hey Daniel!

    As an Indians community, every year in-season we conduct a round-table among the community members. Samantha Bunten runs it and we rotate the members on a weekly basis. If you have any interest, it'd be cool if you could take part. Let her know your e-mail.

    Her Profile: http://bleacherreport.com/users/3690-samantha-bunten

    - Nino

    6 days ago

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  • Nino Colla commented on Chris Burnham's profile

    Hey Chris...

    Every season, as an Indians community, we like to have a weekly round-table with all the community members. Samantha Bunten runs it and it's usually a rotation of different members every week. If you're interested, let her know your e-mail. It's really fun to take part in and we'd love for you to join us.

    Here is her profile: http://bleacherreport.com/users/3690-samantha-bunten

    - Nino

    6 days ago

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  • Nino Colla commented on Lewie Pollis's profile

    Hey Lewie...

    During the season, we as an Indians community do a weekly round-table of questions and answers. Samantha Bunten organizes it week by week. If you are interested in taking part, get her your e-mail. It's always fun and we'd love for you to partake.

    Here's Samantha's profile: http://bleacherreport.com/users/3690-samantha-bunten

    - Nino

    6 days ago

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  • D.A. said...

    Hey Nino --

    Here's my 2010 AL Central Preview

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/337865-das-al-central-preview

    Thanks!
    Da

    7 days ago

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  • Ash Marshall said...

    Hey Nino,

    I recently had the chance to speak with first-time Olympian John Daly. I hope you get a chance to check it out.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/336669-interviewing-an-olympian-team-usas-john-daly-talks-about-vancouver-2010

    Thanks,

    Ash

    9 days ago

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    Nino Colla commented on One Player From Each MLB Team That Should Have His Number Retired Today

    Hard for me to not say Omar Vizquel for the Indians, but I can't disagree with Kenny Lofton. It should definitely be someone like Omar or...

    • 1 replies – here are the latest…
    • Joel Reuter replied…

      Good point, I made being retired a requirement, or I may have gone with Vizquel. Either...

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    Nino Colla commented on Should Grady Sizemore's Regressing Average Concern Fantasy Owners?

    Well great stats, but let me back your evidence up with what I viewed. Yeah, a big part of his struggles last year was due to...

    • 1 replies – here are the latest…
    • Charlie Saponara replied…

      Just to clarify, the stats do show that Sizemore is more of a pull hitter, but...

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    Hot Comment: Lewie Pollis and 1 other person liked this comment from Nino Colla.

    I disagree strongly with your assessment.. Let me tackle each area you broke down, but let me first start from the beginning here. Yeah he inherited...

    commented on: Cleveland GM Mark Shapiro's Tenure: A Question of Accountability

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    Hot Comment: Lewie Pollis and 1 other person liked this comment from Nino Colla.

    I disagree strongly with your assessment.. Let me tackle each area you broke down, but let me first start from the beginning here. Yeah he inherited...

    commented on: Cleveland GM Mark Shapiro's Tenure: A Question of Accountability

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    Nino Colla commented on Cleveland GM Mark Shapiro's Tenure: A Question of Accountability

    I disagree strongly with your assessment.. Let me tackle each area you broke down, but let me first start from the beginning here. Yeah he inherited...

    • 3 replies – here are the latest…
    • Nino Colla replied…

      Yes, he's responsible for hiring the people who run the draft, which is why I brought...

    • Daniel Zwick replied…

      I agree with you on Wedge. To me, it's clear there's more wrong with Carmona than...

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    Nino Colla commented on Here's a Thought: The Quad-A Watch-Jordan Brown

    I've been a big proponent of Brown getting a shot for more than a year now. It is rather unfair to him because this isn't a...

    • 1 replies – here are the latest…
    • Nathaniel Stoltz replied…

      It's shocking he wasn't taken in the Rule 5, given all of that. But yeah, if...

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    Dan Aldrich commented on A Wild Decade of Cleveland Indians Baseball

    Nice. Good article. But, I think you missed one of the best moments- The comeback they had against the Seattle Mariners. I fondly remember that game...

    • 1 replies – here are the latest…
    • Nino Colla replied…

      I recapped nearly the entire decade and even had a time-line of the most memorable moments...

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      NFL Mock Draft: Eat Your Heart Out, Mel Kiper

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      MLB Division Rankings and Playoff Predictions

      Received 5,000 Reads • April 02, 2009

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      MLB Power Rankings: Cardinals Find a Br…

      Received 2,000 Reads • April 28, 2009

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      2008 MLB Awards and Predictions: Commun…

      Received 2,000 Reads • October 01, 2008

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      My Town Rocks: Youngstown, Ohio

      Received 2,000 Reads • July 02, 2008

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      Received 2,000 Reads • March 21, 2008

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      Received 2,000 Reads • February 09, 2008

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      Received 2,000 Reads • January 28, 2008

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      Received 2,000 Reads • January 06, 2008

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      Hot Read: Silver Medal

      Life After Lloyd: Why Michigan Will Miss Carr

      Received 2,000 Reads • November 17, 2007

    • Great Debate [article title]

      Great Debate: Bronze Medal

      Bowl Matchups Robbing Us of Progress (A…

      Received 25 comments • December 09, 2009

    • Lead Story

      Lead Story: Bronze Medal

      Nino Colla has written 1 lead story.

      Last awarded: December 08, 2009

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