About

Educator, reader, writer, coach, lifetime baseball fanatic.

The Detroit Tigers and the Old English D represent my greatest passion and love for the game.

Grew up watching "Sweet Lou" and "Tram" turn the best-double plays in baseball while Gibby was hitting them off the right field upper deck facade at classic Tiger Stadium.

Pundits can talk about marketable cities all they want, but it doesn't get a whole lot better than the gritty sports of Detroit. Motown has so much soul for its sports teams. I wouldn't want to be a fan anywhere else.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Ty Cobb, Al Kaline, Joe Dumars, Sweet-Lou Whitaker, Kirk Gibson, Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Detroit Tigers, University of Michigan Wolverines, Detroit Lions, Detroit Red Wings

  • Favorite Coaches

    Sparky Anderson, Bo Schembechler, Jim Leyland, Mike Babcock, Tony LaRussa

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Really, Jim Joyce? Really?

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    November 17TH 1991, Detroit Lions vs. Los Angeles Rams: Mike Utley's "Thumbs Up"

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Nolan Ryan's Career 7 No-Hitters (of course, no one will touch his Strikeout Record either)

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Cobb

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Howe

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Boogity, Boogity, Boogity...

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

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

    Big Ten

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  • will yonish posted 302 days ago

    will yonish

    keep up the good work

  • Jason Parini posted 393 days ago

    Jason Parini

    Hey J, what do you think of this? I see you're a very big Detroit writer, I'd like to hear your opinion on this:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1162624-detroit-tigers-why-the-scoreboard-changes-are-a-terrible-design

  • Nick Eldridge posted 450 days ago

    Nick Eldridge

    Realized that your most memorable game that you've attended was the Mike Utley thumbs up game. I've been lucky enough to meet Mike twice and he is the most inspiring person that I have ever met. Good choice on that one!

  • Gar Wood posted 452 days ago

    Gar Wood

    Nice gold medal Cook!

  • Amber Lee posted 463 days ago

    Amber Lee

    I see you're a new writer here and we even tackled some similar subject matter with the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition ;) Anyway—thanks again for the note and keep up the great work.

  • Greg Eno posted 478 days ago

    Greg Eno

    Thanks for being a fan!!!