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John Church

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My history with sports dates back to about the mid 90s; going to games at Tiger Stadium in its last days of operation, cheering on Grant Hill when he played for the Pistons, watching the great Red Wing teams that transformed Detroit into Hockeytown, USA. Detroit is a great sports town; I've seen a lot of special things and cheered on some great athletes like Steve Yzerman, Chauncey Billups, and Magglio Ordonez among many others.

Along with movies and music, sports is one of my greatest passions. I root for the Tigers, Pistons, and Wings to this day, but have become more of an objective thinker as I've gotten older.

I'll try my best to find interesting topics to discuss.

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Steve Yzerman, Chauncey Billups, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Chris Chelios, Rip Hamilton, Nick Lidstrom, Rick Porcello, Curtis Granderson, Tayshaun Prince, Henrik Zetterberg, Magglio Ordonez, Pavel Datsyuk, Grant Hill, Rasheed Wallace, Placido Polanco, Ivan Rodriguez, Chris Osgood, Darren McCarty, Carlos Guillen, Gary Sheffield, Brian Rafalski, Ben Wallace, Roy Halladay, Chipper Jones, Kevin Garnett, Tom Brady, Torii Hunter, Albert Pujols, Troy Polamalu, Adrian Peterson, Ichiro, Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Derek Jeter, CC Sabathia, Drew Brees, Joe Mauer, Carmelo Anthony, Mark Teixeira, Reggie Bush, Ben Roethlisberger, Johan Santana, Dwight Howard

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, Denver Nuggets, New England Patriots

  • Favorite Coaches

    Scotty Bowman, Jim Leyland, Chuck Daly, Mike Babcock, Sparky Anderson, Herb Brooks, Bo Schembechler, Bobby Cox, Joe Torre, Greg Popovich, Bill Cowher, Mike Scioscia, Jerry Sloan, Pete Carroll

  • All Time Sports Moment

    '98 Wings win the Cup for Vladdie Konstantinov, Tayshaun Prince's block on Reggie Miller in the 2004 ECF, Magglio Ordonez' series-clinching walkoff homer in the 2006 ALCS

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2006 ALCS Game 3: Tigers vs. A's (Kenny Rogers was DEALIN' that day)

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Most Career Wins- 511: Cy Young

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Two greatest of all time, I'll say Ruth though

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    First off, it definitely needs to be "Gretzky or Howe," and secondly, Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Don't care about NASCAR

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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

    Big 10 I suppose

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    Evan Bruschini commented on MLB Free Agency Predictions, Part II: Notable Type Bs

    I think you have severely miscalculated what the Cardinals have planned. They are committed to Schumaker at 2B. And they have nearly come out and said...

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      Thanks! And yeah, I don't know exactly what every team in baseball is up to, I've...

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    kyle mclaughlin commented on Free Agent Predictions Part I: Notable Type A's

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    Lewie Pollis commented on Free Agent Predictions Part I: Notable Type A's

    Nice work, John. I'm not so sure about the contracts' length, though. I think it would be extremely foolish to give Bay five years or Holliday...

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    Tune in to read the exciting conclusion of Tom Cable's Day.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/293795-tom-cable-a-day-in-the-life-of-the-oakland-raiders-coach-pt-2

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    Richard Langford said...

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    In case you were wondering what a day in the fabulous life of Tom Cable was like, or are just in need of a good laugh, you may enjoy this: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/292807-a-day-in-the-life-of-tom-cable-part-one

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    Ash Marshall said...

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    Hey John,

    I'm writing articles about the MLB 9s and thought you'd be interested in the Detroit Tigers' piece.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/292893-mlb-9s-detroit-tigers-did-ty-cobb-have-the-best-offensive-season-ever

    Don't lose heart with your 'Thoughts on Every Team' series. I know it's hard to get a lot of interest when you're writing about team-specific stuff in the off-season. This is maybe my tenth MLB 9s piece and I've had as few as 30 people check some of them out. 30 people for something that took 2 hours to write.

    I write because I love it. I love the sport and I love the history. If you do read the Tigers' piece there's a great story about Ty Cobb that I had never heard before.

    If there's anything I can do to help with your "Thoughts on..." series, just drop me a line.

    Any feedback or thoughts would be appreciated.

    Cheers,

    Ash

    6 days ago

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    John Church said...

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    Please take a look at my new article regarding JJ Putz and the Tigers.

    My "Thoughts on Every Team" series has been cancelled due to lack of interest.

    I will write about interesting topics this offseason as they come to me, so stay tuned!

    18 days ago

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    D.A. said...

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    Hey John,

    Placido Polanco *should* win the Gold Glove, but he won't... Why he (and others) are better than Dustin Pedroia...

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/264005-dustin-pedroia-is-not-the-best-american-league-second-baseman

    Thanks,
    DA

    55 days ago

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    Goon said...

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    Ex-NY Yankee drug addict beats and chokes his wife.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/263816-ex-yankee-drug-addict-beats-and-chokes-his-wife

    56 days ago

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    Goon said...

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    The NY Yankees and the media are trying to manipulate you.

    Yankee propaganda must be exposed as lies and crushed before it can spread any further.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/261540-exposing-the-ny-yankee-propaganda-machine

    60 days ago

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    John Church said...

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    Just thought I'd give everyone the head's up that I have completed the first edit on the 100 Greatest Players List.

    The highlights: Derrek Lee, Jered Weaver, Adam Lind, Placido Polanco, and Franklin Gutierrez have been added to the list and Adam Wainwright and Cliff Lee have both risen substantially.

    Please check it out and let me know what you think!

    74 days ago

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    Matthew Falkenbury said...

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    Hey,

    After the great success of my first article about the uniform numbers 1-10, I have come back with the next installment, with the best players to wear the uniform numbers 11-20. I hope you can take a look and even comment on my choices. Thanks in advance!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/217379-best-current-baseball-players-by-uniform-number-11-20

    - Matthew Falkenbury

    134 days ago

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