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Steeltown Mike

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Mike is a radio broadcaster for an AM station in Uniontown, PA. He has done work in play-by-play, color, courtside/sideline, and sports talk. He is the wingman for a sports talk show Saturday mornings at 9AM Eastern immediately following the local news.

Listen live here.

http://wms141.netromedia.net/wmbs

In between 2 or 3 jobs, he finds it difficult to update his sports blog very often. Feel free to visit and comment anyway.

He is at war with the Clueless: an army of innumerable "sports fans" who enjoy blaming bribery, corruption, or underhandedness amongst officials, players and coaches every time their team loses a big game. While he knows this happens for the benefit of Las Vegas at times (Chargers @ Steelers, November 2008), most talk along those lines is idiocy.

He believes that statistics will paint a better picture of why a team is rising or falling more than any "intangible", though he also knows some people skew statistics to prove their own points, rather than the other way around.

His objectivity will amaze you.

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Ben Roethisberger, Hines Ward, Ian Snell, Freddy Sanchez, Matt Capps, Sidney Crosby, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pitt Panthers, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Red Wings, and anyone playing the North Carolina TarHeels

  • Favorite Coaches

    Mike Tomlin, Jim Leyland, Scott Bowman

  • All Time Sports Moment

    That I've been witness to: The Pittsburgh Steelers winning SuperBowl XLIII. Not around for: Bill Mazeroski's Game 7 World Series-winning home run.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Jack Wilson scores the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning on my 27th birthday at PNC Park against the St. Louis Cardinals. It was a 1-out double with no one on that he tried to stretch into a triple when the left fielder mistakenly threw towards second base. Then Albert Pujols threw the ball past Scott Rolen at 3rd and the ball bounced into the dugout. 3rd base umpire signals Wilson home. Bucs win 2-1.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken's consecutive games streak. That will never fall. There are others that will probably also never be touched (DiMaggio's 56, Hugh Duffy's .440 average for a season...in 1894), but if I had to make a bet on just one, Mr. Ripkin's is it.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Can't compare eras, dude. It's been tried.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    See previous comment.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    See previous comment.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    See prev... Damnit...

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele, cuz he's the only one I've ever heard of.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras. It seems that the talent pool for men's Tennis was better ten years back? (And what? No "Billie Jean King or Martina Navratilova"?)

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger. (My grandfather would kill me if he knew I said that).

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    NASCAR is not a sport.

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Neither is Formula One.

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

    Uh...SEC for football, Big East for basketball. Subject to change.

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    qq moar commented on Let Troy Polamalu Heal: Steelers Need to Look Toward 2010

    Those of you who chalk up these losses to Polamalu's absence are simply whistling in the dark. Polamalu is an amazing, inspirational player, but the Steelers'...

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    • Todd Fleming replied…

      I think LeBeau has earned a few subpar years based on his track record. It isn't...

    • qq moar replied…

      "What was the offense doing for 60 minutes?" Exactly. It doesn't make sense to start talking...

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    David Law commented on Let Troy Polamalu Heal: Steelers Need to Look Toward 2010

    I think that I like your point about seeing how next week unfolds. But I don't think that every single one of those scenarios needs to...

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    • Steeltown Mike replied…

      Thank you for the comment, David. I don't think it's mathematically necessary for all of the...

    • Todd Fleming replied…

      I agree, David. The article is very well argued, but these are mostly average teams fighting...

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    Jeff Starnes commented on Let Troy Polamalu Heal: Steelers Need to Look Toward 2010

    I'm with you on this too. Call 2009 a mulligan and come back next year

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      Thanks for the comment, Jeff. There are some who think that '09 will be more the...

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    KELVIN JOHNSON commented on Let Troy Polamalu Heal: Steelers Need to Look Toward 2010

    AMEN GET READY FOR NEXT YEAR

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      Thanks for the comment, KJ. While sacrificing the present for the future seems more like a...

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    Steeltown Mike commented on Steelers Report Card/Week 13: Paging Shanahan! Paging Mike Shanahan!

    Tomlin won't go, not after one disastrous season. The Rooneys don't do that, and I'm sure everyone reading this post, deep-down, knows that. I'm pretty much...

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      Mike, I will admit that the defense is not playing up to our standards, but saying...

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      @ Mark: There is plenty of blame to go around, no denying that. Still, despite the...

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    Tomlin won't go, not after one disastrous season. The Rooneys don't do that, and I'm sure everyone reading this post, deep-down, knows that. I'm pretty much...

    commented on: Steelers Report Card/Week 13: Paging Shanahan! Paging Mike Shanahan!

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    Steeltown Mike commented on Pittsburgh Steelers Should Pursue Charlie Weis at Season's End

    First, I don't think Arians is going anywhere. That's not how the Rooneys roll, and even if it's "technically" Tomlin's call, I think the Rooneys have...

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      Thanks Steeltown Mike for the comment. Perhaps I'm being naive, but I've always doubted that Spygate...

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    New Article: Steelers Need to Look Toward 2010

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    As seen on the weblog Steeltown Sports. One thing has become very apparent in the last four weeks: safety Troy Polamalu is the Pittsburgh Steelers' Most Valuable Player...

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    Welcome back to BR

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    Mike,
    Good to hear from you. Only site administrators can delete an article. I checked and both of your articles are aligned left. So let me know which one you specifically want deleted and I'll have it taken care of.

    P.S. Cincinnati? Really? Gutsy pick but they do have the chance to do it.

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