Jonathan Stilwell joined November 2008

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Jonathan Stilwell

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A professional cellist, a fantasy baseball addict, and an avid baseball fan with a love for the history of the game. I spent my high school years in Cincinnati beginning in 1971. Although already a baseball fan, (I loved to read biographies of historical players, memorize stats and predict what place teams would finish every year), the next decade in the hometown of the Big Red Machine cemented my lifelong love affair with baseball. My favorite Red was Tony Perez. More recently, my involvement with fantasy baseball has brought my excitement with the game back to a fever pitch. Having moved around growing up, plus learning about players from all teams has given me an appreciation of players and teams from all over baseball. I like to root for the underdog/small market teams, and have an appreciation for historical equity - (like the White Sox winning the world series after the Go-Go Sox didn't in '59!, or Bert Blyleven's so long overlooked HOF bid) My writing will stem from these passions of the game. I look forward to reading articles from other writers, and getting to know some of you.

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Grady Sizemore, Jim Thome, Omar Vizquel, John Smoltz, Bert Blyleven

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Rays

  • Favorite Coaches

    Sparky Anderson, Joe Madden

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Pete Rose breaking the all-time hit record.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Tony Perez Day - Riverfront Stadium, honoring the player and his career with the Reds

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Walter Johnson's 110 shutouts

  • Ruth or Mays?

  • Unitas or Montana?

  • Jordan or Russell?

  • Gretzky or Orr?

  • Pele or Maradona?

  • Federer or Sampras?

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

  • Schumacher or Senna?

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

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    Kristopher Fiecke commented on MLB's Five Great Pitching Trios

    Great read. I'm only old enough to have seen the Braves trio, so they're my favorites, but you can't argue with the numbers for your other...

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    Michael W commented on MLB's Five Great Pitching Trios

    Jonathan, great article. You're not going to believe this, I hope you're sitting down. I can't argue with you on this one, it's spot on. Garcia...

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      Thank you Michael. The more I studied the Cubs group - Brown, Reulbach and Overall, the...

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    Michael W commented on The Best Pitchers NOT In the Hall of Fame: Who Got Overlooked

    Jonathan , Michael here. I've been in research land for the past few weeks and haven't checked my e-mails. I see you wrote this a couple...

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    • Michael W replied…

      Yeah, good stuff, I agree with you. I never actually noticed the NY/Boston thing until you...

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      Thank you for your feedback and your list. I took a look at Dutch Leonard again...

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    Hi Tom - here's a look at the top 5 pitching trios history has given us -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    Hi Gabriel - here's a look at the top 5 pitching trios history has given us -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    Hi John - AHere's a rather brief look at the top 5 pitching trios throughout baseball history -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    kristopher - here's a brief look at the top pitching trios in history -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    charles - here's a look at the top 5 trios of pitching -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    matt - Here's a look at the top 5 pitching trios -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    Hi Joel - here's a look at the top 5 pitching trios of all-time -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    Ash - here's a look at the top 5 pitching trios in history -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    Hi Ian - here's a look at the top 5 pitching trios of all-time
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    cody - here's a look at the top 5 pitching trios of all-time - one from each era, incl. one from Phil. -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    jesse - Hi - here's a look at the top 5 pitching trios of all-time -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

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    cliff - here's a look at the top 5 pitching trios throughout history -
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/296956-the-five-great-pitching-trios?just_published=1

    comment back if you like

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