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Born 1947 - La Grange Ga. Murphy H.S. Atlanta class of '65. Ga. State U. Class of 1975. Retired data processing engineer. Hobbies: dog breeding and showing (shelties), travel, golf, chess, baseball history and research, old movies, folk music.

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A Few Interesting Facts About The Babe

Published 5 months ago
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An Original Strategy Idea

Published 5 months ago
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Charles Cox commented on The Best Pitchers NOT In The Hall Of Fame: Who Got Overlooked
Charles Cox commented on If the Glass Cleat Fits: 10 Reasons Why the Atlanta Braves Will Be Cinderellas This Year
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Favorite Athletes

Tom Watson, Jim Thorpe, Rocky Colavito, Rick Barry, Bobby Jones
Favorite Sports Teams

UGa Bulldogs, Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Cardinals
Favorite Coaches

Bud Wilkinson, Mark Richt, Joe Torre, John McGraw, Amos Alonzo Stagg
All Time Sports Moment

Boise State 2 point play vs. Oklahoma; "Flutie fling" vs U. Miami
Most Memorable Game Attended

1965 Georgia vs. Alabama football game - UGa 18 Alabama 17
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Career triples 312 by Sam Crawford; 511 wins by Cy Young
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth - he could pitch too!
Unitas or Montana?

Montana easily!
Jordan or Russell?

Jordon - Russell wasn't an offensive force
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky
Pele or Maradona?

Pele I guess - I hate soccer - one in a blue moon there is a shot on goal.
Federer or Sampras?

Bjorn Borg
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger by a country mile
Petty or Earnhardt?

Earnhardt - I think the best were formula I drivers e.g. Fangio and Clarke
Schumacher or Senna?

who cares?
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

SEC

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by Jonathan
30 minutes ago

charles - i've been busy - but got this look at the best pitchers the HOF has missed done - hope you enjoy it -
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/287142-the-best-pitchers-not-in-the-hof-who-got-overlooked?just_published=1

comments back always welcome
by Jonathan
about 1 month ago

charles - hope you will understand this honest look at where history has set the bar to be a HOF pitcher -
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/256293-the-worst-pitchers-in-the-hof-searching-for-historys-bottom-line
by Jonathan
2 months ago

charles - I hope you will enjoy this story about a plyer who followed his dreams inspite of his handicap -

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/242625-dummy-hoy-proving-it-could-be-done?just_published=1
by Jonathan
2 months ago

Charles - Hi - would like to share with you this two part article on ranking pitchers across eras - it includes Rube Waddell - read some more bio on him as well! -
here's part one of two
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/239223-ranking-the-top-pitching-careers-of-the-modern-era
by Mike
2 months ago

Should baseball do something to the Cubs?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/235498-cubs-fans-do-you-really-think-the-phillies-fans-will-let-this-go
by Joel
3 months ago

Here is the third in my series. This one is the 30 best pitchers of the 1990s. Take a look when you get a chance and let me know what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/226964-the-30-best-starting-pitchers-of-the-90s

Thanks,
Joel
by Jonathan
3 months ago

Charles - some new evaluation on one of our next HOF inductees?
hope you enjoy it -
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/224850-bert-blyleven-waiting-in-the-wings-new-perspectives
by Joel
4 months ago

Charles,

The shortstop portion of my series on the best at each position for each team is here, and as always I would like to hear what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/213261-the-best-shortstop-in-each-mlb-franchises-history

Thanks,
Joel

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