Joseph Fernandez
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Joseph Fernandez

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About

Born in Boston, raised in Houston as an Astros fan because my mom didn't want her son rooting for "Fake Baseball" in the AL with the designated hitter. Now live in Chicago but still root all Rockets and Astros. I root for the Texans too, but miss the Oilers who I grew up with, Where have you gone Haywood Jeffries and Ernest Givens?

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Craig Biggio, Hakeem Olajuwon, Jeff Bagwell, Clyde Drexler, Mario Williams, Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Dwayne Wade, Jerel McNeal, Wesley Matthews, Dominic James (Who told me himself he thought I did a good job in Marquette's production of the Odd Couple!)

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Astros, Rockets, Texans, Marquette Golden Eagles, Texas A&M football, Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Chicago Blackhawks

  • Favorite Coaches

    Rudy Tomjanovich, Buddy Ryan, Rick Adelman, Jeff Van Gundy, Phil Garner

  • All Time Sports Moment

    All-Time Sports moment has to be USA over Russia in the '80 Olympics, but that was before I was born. Favorite Moment I've witnessed that's not Houston-related? Probably either the Music City Miracle in Tennessee or the ending to the SuperBowl later that year with the Rams making "The Tackle" at the 1-yard line OR 2004 MLB Playoffs. Not just the Red Sox being the first 3-0 team to come back, but the Cardinals-Astros series was the best series no one watched. 2 walk-off homers in a 7 game series with plenty of offense. Real fun to watch despite the results. All-time Houston moments: 1) Houston Rockets, 1994 Championship win in game 7. 2) Chris Burke's game winning shot off Joey Devine in Game 5 of the NLDS 18 inning marathon. 3) Game 7 Western Conference Semi-Finals, 1995. Mario Elie's kiss of death corner three. 4) Game 1 NBA Finals Rockets vs. Magic. Nick Anderson misses 4 free throws. Kenny Smith hits his NBA record tying 7th 3-pointer. Rockets win in overtime. 5) Craig Biggio's 3,000th hit. 6) Hakeem Olajuwon's block on John Starks in game 6 of 1994 NBA Finals. 7) The Dwayne Wade dunk vs. Kentucky in the Elite 8 of 2003.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Marquette vs. Louisville- Reece Gaines deflating me and everyone around me with a three from nearly mid-court right after Diener hit one to send us into a frenzy. It's ok, we got to the Final Four that year with Wade. Also after the game, it was hilarious watching a Marquette fan shout 'Louisville sucks', the Louisville fan shouting 'Marquette lost' and the Marquette fan responding with 'Your Mom's a whore!' That sparked a near fight until all the Marquette fans converged on the Louisville fan. Pretty hilarious...guess you had to be there

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    56 game hit streak by Joe DiMaggio

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Who cares

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Who cares double

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Don't even know

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

    Big East

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  • JW Nix posted 770 days ago

    JW Nix

    Another ALMOST All-Time Team is up.
    This time it's the Cardinals :

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/320007-the-almost-all-time-arizona-cardinals-offense

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/319338-the-almost-all-time-arizona-cardinals-defense

  • D.A. posted 911 days ago

    D.A.

    Hey Joseph,

    Here's five reasons the Astros aren't dead yet:
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/237807-five-reasons-the-houston-astros-are-not-done

    Thanks,
    Daniel

  • Richard O'Neal posted 949 days ago

    Richard O'Neal

    Would a Boozer trade to the Rockets make sense?

    Find out in my newly published article! Please join in on the conversation and provide the great comments that I have seen from you!

    If you think this article is worth a pick of the day...let me know by voting for it!

    ro
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215655-would-boozer-trade-to-houston-rockets-make-sense

  • NFLSoup.com posted 958 days ago

    NFLSoup.com

    Not sure about the Rockets landing Chase Budinger?

    You should be.

    Look to see what I have to say about that and his future in the NBA: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/209900-does-chase-budinger-have-a-future-in-the-nba

    Thanks,

    Kevin