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College student and cynical Mets, Giants, Knicks, and St. John's fan. Known for long rants and obscure references with occasional moments of reasonable analysis.

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NEW YORK - AUGUST 23: Oliver Perez #46 of the New York Mets is taken out of the game in the first inning by Manager Jerry Manuel after giving up 6 runs to the Philadelphia Phillies during their game on August 23, 2009 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Beane Counting: Evaluating Possible Mets GM Candidates

Published 2 months ago
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How To (Hopefully) Fix the Mets for 2010

Published 2 months ago
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OAKLAND, CA - APRIL 1: Oakland Athletics Vice President and General Manager Billy Beane (R) speaks during a news conference as Lewis Wolff, new co-owner and managing partner of the Athletics and Michael Crowley, (R) Athletics President look on April 1, 2005 in Oakland, California. Major League Baseball approved the sale of the Athletics on March 30th to a group headed by Wolff which includes his son, Keith Wolff, and billionaire John Fisher, son of Gap founder Donald Fisher. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Beane Counting: How To Grade an MLB General Manager

Published 5 months ago
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Chris Lofton: An All-American Guard and All-American Hero

Published about 1 year ago
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Opinion (5),
New York (4),
MLB (4),
New York Mets (3),
Baseball (2),
Mario Manningham (1),
NBA (1),
Stats (1)

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Favorite Athletes

Baseball: Steve Trachsel Basketball: David Lee Football: Peyton Manning Golf: Davis Love III
Favorite Sports Teams

NY Mets, NY "Football" Giants, New York Knicks, St. John's Basketball
All Time Sports Moment

Manning to Tyree - the "phantom grasp" that made Super Bowl XLII the biggest upset in NFL history.
Most Memorable Game Attended

Baseball: Paul Wilson's first major league win Football: Osi's 6 sacks, breaking LT's record
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

The 511 wins of Cy Young
Ruth or Mays?

Both.
Unitas or Montana?

Unitas.
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger.
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Big East.

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by Joey
5 months ago

This is the story of a ball player who beat the odds. Its a true heartwarmer, and I'd love to hear what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/190117-john-hiller-from-deaths-doorstep-to-one-of-the-best
by Joey
5 months ago

Thanks for the kind words. Although that was my best work, I'd love to your feedback on my other recent pieces.
by Shane
5 months ago

Very nice work Fitzy. One thing to add maybe is put all your final rankings in a public google spreadsheet and post a link to that so everyone can see where their favorite GM ranks if its not in the top/bottom 10.
by Joey
5 months ago

This is a long one. But I beleive its by FAR my best work. I think you will really enjoy it.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/187849-the-2001-new-york-yankees-not-the-champs-but-first-in-my-heart
by Tim
5 months ago

BTW: The reason I added "MLB" is to add a searchable keyword. Might help some people find it in a Google/Google News search. Someone might search for "MLB GM rankings" or who knows what, and having both keywords in the headline helps a ton.

-Tim
by Tim
5 months ago

Great...I didn't want to assume. I bumped it up to five stars.

Take it easy,

-Tim
by Mike
10 months ago

I wrote a article about are beloved NY Mets and the GREAT Manny Ramirez

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/108224-manny-ramirezshould-the-mets-get-the-
by Matt
11 months ago

I'd really like to hear the story behind your Steve Trachsel love
by Matt
11 months ago

I'd really like to hear the story behind your Steve Trachsel love
by Ryan
about 1 year ago

Thanks for the Pick of the Day vote George...and glad to hear the edits on the Zito piece checked out. Keep the good stuff coming when you can.

Best,

Ryan
by John
about 1 year ago

Thx George

pls send me an email

johnfennelly7@yahoo.com
by John
about 1 year ago

George

I like your Giants articles...I am looking for contributors for my new Giants blog

bloggingthegiants.blogspot.com

Pls advise if you have any interest

Thx
JF

johnfennelly7@yahoo.com
by Dan
about 1 year ago

Again, great job on the Zito article.

We have some great Mets' writers here, but your article got evrybody talking, which is what they're looking for.
by Dan
about 1 year ago

Nice job on the Zito article.

Keep the Mets' coverage comin'! (Hopefully you type faster than Trachsel pitches...)

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Beane Counting: Evaluating Possible Mets GM Candidates

How To (Hopefully) Fix the Mets for 2010

Beane Counting: How To Grade an MLB General Manager

Chris Lofton: An All-American Guard and All-American Hero

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