Illya Harrell
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About

Illya Harrell is a retired grocery store bag boy.

He wishes that he had never quit little league baseball because he is confident that he would have been the next Billy Jo Robidoux.

When not obsessing over what might have been, Illya enjoys watching baseball, thinking about baseball, reading baseball articles and books, writing baseball articles, playing fantasy league baseball, and replaying the 1986 baseball season on an obscure baseball board game.

Other hobbies include college football and drinking bubbly water.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Riggo, Renee Montgomery, Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips, Junior, Eric Davis, Mario Soto, Rickey Henderson, Sean Casey, Atanasio Perez, Pennington & Leftwich & Moss, Skip Henderson, Barry Larkin, Art Monk, Patrick Patterson

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Reds, The Non-Daniel Snyder Owned Washington Redskins, and The Thundering Herd of Marshall University

  • Favorite Coaches

    Bryan Price, Joe Gibbs, Bobby Pruett, Rick Huckabay,Rick Sweet

  • All Time Sports Moment

    That Russian dude beating the U.S. men's team by shooting a length-of-the-courter in the '72 or '68 Olympics.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    RFK Stadium with the bleachers literally bouncing up and down while watching Art Monk catch the pass that briefly gave him the all-time reception record. Some guy named Rice eventually ended up with more caught balls than Monk.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Throwing three no-hitters in a row seems impossible at the major league level. So I am going with Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-no's. Someone may tie it someday. But to break that record would be super human.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    I'd rather hang with Willie.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Joe.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Bill Russell -- NO DOUBT! Jordan would annoy the daylights out of me.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    The Gret One

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Madonna. I can look past the fact that she dated A-Rod.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federera (cool hats)

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger is possibly the least interesting human being on the planet. So I would much rather hang with Jack.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Lori Petty was awesome in 'Tank Girl'.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher, I've never heard of the other jockey.

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

    SEC (Baseball & Football), Big East (Basketball)

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  • Kimberly R posted 384 days ago

    Kimberly R

    Fuzz Buster...???? Is this YOU?!?!?!?!?!

  • Mohamed E.M posted 390 days ago

    Mohamed E.M

    Best wishes the new year, bro!!!

  • Suzette Lampard Brantley posted 437 days ago

    Suzette Lampard Brantley

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/533242-new-orleans-saints-take-a-road-trip-to-take-on-the-cincinnati-bengals

    what up Illya?

  • D.A. posted 457 days ago

    D.A.

    Hey Illya

    Here are the 30 best rookie seasons in the past decade: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/518945-buster-posey-and-the-thirty-best-rookie-seasons-of-the-past-10-years

    thanks!
    DA

  • aurey moore posted 490 days ago

    aurey moore

    Hello Illya,
    Any idea or insight on the moves the reds are going to make this offseason as far as picking up guys, or signing or moving guys up and down?

  • Blaine Spence posted 499 days ago

    Blaine Spence

    With just a couple of days before the 2010 Ford Ironman Championship in Hawaii, I talk with one of the favorites—last year's runner-up, American Chris Lieto:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/483019-an-interview-with-americas-premier-ironman-chris-lieto-and-more-than-sport

  • Bill Houston posted 503 days ago

    Bill Houston

    Hey, where'd you get the photo you used in your article Cincinnati Reds: Besides Joey Votto, Who Do These Guys Think They Are? Have looked around to try to get a copy, but I can't seem to find one. As I sit here typing this, Janish and Gomes just pulled off a textbook suicide squeeze. Wow! Let me know where I might get a copy of that photo. Thanks, Bill

  • D.A. posted 506 days ago

    D.A.

    Hey Illya -- Miguel Cabrera and Josh Hamilton both have similar stories, but only Hamilton gets the hype, why?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/475655-the-dagger-factor-why-hasnt-cabreras-rehab-success-gotten-hamilton-like-attention

    Thanks!
    DA

  • Blaine Spence posted 532 days ago

    Blaine Spence

    Have a heart!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/448913-san-francisco-49ers-give-back-michael-lewis-a-player-with-heart

  • Suzette Lampard Brantley posted 535 days ago

    Suzette Lampard Brantley

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/446643-new-orleanstheres-no-place-like-home

    what's up Illya?

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