Matthew Irby's Sportswriter Profile

Senior Analyst I

Matthew Irby

Syndicated Writer

Generating profile stats...

Texas Rangers Lose World Series To the Giants, but Claw and Antlers Will Return
November 2, 2010

742 reads
Bronx Bombed: Texas Rangers Take Control of ALCS, Lead Series 3-1
October 20, 2010

162 reads
Michael Young, AL Player Of The Week
August 25, 2009

225 reads
Texas Rangers to Promote Chris Davis, Start Tomorrow in New York
August 24, 2009

510 reads

Sports Guru in my own mind
But seriously...I'm a 26 year old, paramedic living in Carrollton, Texas (suburb of Dallas). I'm a life-long, diehard, for richer or poorer, sickness and in health Texas Rangers and Texas Longhorns fan. I love my other teams, very much, but Hook'em Horns and GO RANGERS!

Got married this July 11th! Best day of my life, by far!!!

Been a baseball player my entire life, in high school I was C/1B, scorekeeper, and assistant coach...we only had one coach most of the time. Also help out as an assistant coach for the high school that I once attended. Worked baseball for the Texas Longhorns in their 2002 NCAA Championship season. And I will sit in section 41, Row 4, Seat 1 when the Texas Rangers win their first World Series...can't be much longer now.

Favorite Athletes

Josh Hamilton, Huston Street, Joe Montana, Patrick Willis, Peyton Manning, Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps, Jere Lethinen, Sidney Crosby, Caitlin Lowe, Cat Osterman, Frank Lampard, Cal Ripken Jr., Tony Gwynn, Nolan Ryan, Justine Henin, Bjorn Daehlie (do your research there)
Favorite Sports Teams

Texas Rangers, Texas Longhorn Athletics, San Francisco 49ers, Bishop Lynch Friars, Abilene Christian Wildcats, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks, Chelsea FC
Favorite Coaches

Darryl Royal, Mack Brown, Major Applewhite, Johnny Oates, Joe Madden, Bill Cowher, Jon Gruden, Rick Barnes, Augie Garrido
All Time Sports Moment

BCS National Championship: Texas defeats USC
Most Memorable Game Attended

2007 Texas Rangers d. Milwaukee Brewers, Rangers score all 4 runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Brewers 4-3. Also the day I knew my girl was a keeper, that was her first win at a Ranger game
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Michael Phelps 8-Gold Medals in one Olympic Games, Joe DiMaggio 56-game hitting streak, Cy Young career wins, Walter Johnson's back-to-back perfect games, No Baseball Player will ever hit .400 in a single season EVER AGAIN
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth, with a couple beers in him and cigar in-between innings
Unitas or Montana?

Montana, Greatest Football Player of All-Time
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

Federer, except at the French Open
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger, Nicklaus was amazing, but Tiger is Tiger and redefining a sport
Petty or Earnhardt?

Earnhardt, The INTIMIDATOR
Schumacher or Senna?

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

Big XII

Keith Schlosser posted 853 days ago

In wake of the ALCS, please check out my interview with the former Yankee and Angel, the truly inspirational, Jim Abbott!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/272194-inspirational-words-from-former-yank-and-angel
Ryan Metcalf posted 898 days ago

hey man I thought I'd drop you a note and tell you I'm going to primarily be posting stuff on my site now. I finally have a good way of blogging setup on it. www.sportsopinionweekly.com
Bleacher Report posted 903 days ago

Former MLB player Eric Karros called my article into question on Colin Cowherd's ESPN Radio show yesterday.

He challenged me for a re-do: but here's my response.

I assure you, it's not just a ridiculous personal attack, but it shows that Karros was off-base with his statements.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/243422-eric-karros-heres-your-re-do-and-manny-ramirez-is-the-problem
David Wyatt posted 904 days ago

Hey, this is a article that I'm particularly proud of, and I think you will enjoy it. It looks at some of the strangest injuries to ever occur in baseball history, there certainly are some strange ones.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/242705-five-strangest-injuries-in-baseball-history

As always any feedback/support would be appreciate, and would like to get this article around BR, so if you could tell a friend who might tell a friend. Then that would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Bleacher Report posted 907 days ago

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/241270-handicapping-the-nl-wild-card-race-can-the-rox-hold-on

NL Wild Card Projections
Jonathan Slotter posted 909 days ago

Rays-Rangers critical series. Here is a preview:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/240053-rays-and-rangers-battle-for-wild-card-supremacy?just_published=1
D.A. posted 912 days ago

Hey Matthew,

The AL West is better than the AL East right now, there I said it:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/238239-is-the-al-west-better-than-the-al-east

Thanks in advance,
Daniel
Pat Egan posted 912 days ago

Thought this might interest Rangers fans since you failed to sign Purke.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/238103-should-teams-be-allowed-to-trade-picks-in-baseball