Marty Andrade's Sportswriter Profile

Marty Andrade

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For This Twins Team: No Regrets
October 11, 2009

145 reads
Joe Mauer Is the AL MVP: Don't Fool Yourself
September 27, 2009

615 reads
Smith vs. Gardy: Or Lead Harder, Not Smarter
September 17, 2009

132 reads
Twins GM Bill Smith Deserves Credit For...Something
September 1, 2009

393 reads

Marty Andrade is a former political activist and radio talk show host who never lost his passion for sports.

A longtime baseball fan and statistics freak who carries an old school TI-82 calculator wherever he goes, Marty is always ready to perform a regressional analysis while telling people about motivation curves and how they are important.

Sometimes he thinks numbers are his only friends, a view shared by most of his friends.

He's a graduate of the University of Minnesota and just earned an MBA from the Minnesota School of Business.

Favorite Athletes

Pat Neshek, Baron Von Raschke, Joe Mauer, Haystacks Calhoun, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tom Lehman, John Daly, Sean "The Beast" Fister, Adrian Peterson, Charles Barkley, Andres Galarraga, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Randy Couture, Tim Wakefield
Favorite Sports Teams

Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Vikings, Golden Gophers, Kansas City Royals, Washington Nationals, Denver Broncos, Saint Paul Saints
All-Time Sports Moment

Greatest moment ever has to be Don Larsen's perfect game in the '56 World Series, but the greatest moment I ever seen was watching the Red Sox win the World Series.
Most Memorable Game Attended

Saw Bob Tewksbury's 100th win, several Ken Griffey Jr home runs, the home opener of the 1993 Rockies and saw Cal Ripken play several times. I couldn't name one game as being better among all those, though my first ever baseball game (the Rockies home opener in 1993) ranks pretty close.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak.
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth, being an all-around great athlete pales in comparison to revolutionizing The Game
Unitas or Montana?

Montana
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Nicklaus
Petty or Earnhardt?

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

Big 10, how can there be debate on this?

Nicole Helget posted 856 days ago

I'm writing about Neshek and the evolution of the reliever role. I need insight. nlhelget@gmail.com or you can find me at nicolehelget.blogspot.com to see what I'm up to. If you're interested in answering about 4 questions, contact me.
Patrick Boughton posted 1024 days ago

Marty, look back at your 08/16/09 article about September call ups. You were so wrong it is funny!
Ash Marshall posted 1293 days ago

Hi Marty

I've been writing off-season reports on the MLB 9s, and I thought you might enjoy reading the piece on the Twins.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/301987-mlb-9s-minnesota-twins-a-strong-2009-helps-joe-mauer-and-jason-kubel

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Ash
Lewie Pollis posted 1304 days ago

Hey Marty, I'd love a Twins fan's opinion on this:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/295278-less-is-mauer-why-zack-grienke-is-the-al-mvp
Lou Cappetta posted 1341 days ago

Here's how we all voted. Thanks so much for the help. Enjoy.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/273191-the-2009-bleacher-report-featured-columnist-baseball-awards
Keith Schlosser posted 1343 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
Ari Kramer posted 1369 days ago

Hey,
I don't usually post articles on people's boards, but I don't know if this slideshow will get views unless I share it with people. If you have time, check this out. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/257298-rosh-hashanah-sports-figures-who-have-should-take-some-time-to-repent
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Ari
Bleacher Report posted 1395 days ago

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

NL Wild Card Projections