Stephen Skinner
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Stephen Skinner

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About

Living in upstate New York, I am a lifelong New York sports fan - Yankees, Giants, Knicks, Rangers, and Syracuse Orange . Most beloved of those teams are the Yankees and Giants. You'll find me both most passionate and most critical of those two.
While I've never written on a professional level, I have always seemed to use writing as an outlet. My Math background will often show up in my writing in the form of backing up what I am saying with statistics. I am very active in fantasy sports - baseball and football and, usually am the person my co-workers come to when they want a Superbowl pool or a March Madness pool. Most of my days at work begin with discussions of games the night before.
I look forward to plenty of banter on the articles I write. Feel free to follow me on twitter - where you'll see many of my opinions on sport and politics- at @oswegos1 and check out my "Off the Wall" column here at http://thefanmanifesto.com/author/steve-skinner/ . I've recently begun writing for rantsports.com and my articles can be located here: http://www.rantsports.com/blog/author/steveskinner/

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Thurman Munson, Lawrence Taylor, Lance Armstrong, Greg Norman

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Yankees, NY Giants, NY Knicks, NY Rangers, Syracuse Orange

  • Favorite Coaches

    Billy Martin, Tom Coughlin

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Hole-in-one - July 1997 135 yrd pitching wedge.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    NY Giants 20 Was. Redskins 6 - 11/14 1993

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Joe Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth - Mays couldn't pitch.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell - he wasn't allowed to push off to hit game winning shots.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Nicklaus - respected the game more

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty

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

    Big East

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  • Ryan Breen posted 13 days ago

    Ryan Breen

    Thanks for becoming a fan, Stephen. Great job on the "Why the Yankees Will Be Playing in October" article!

  • JK Lockhart posted 62 days ago

    JK Lockhart

    Thanks for the read Steven. Looking forward to reading more of your stuff

  • Jesse Golomb posted 77 days ago

    Jesse Golomb

    Stephen,

    I'd like to discuss an opportunity to contribute to my website. If you could provide me with some contact information, that'd be fantastic.

    Thanks,

    Jesse Golomb
    Editor-in-Chief
    TheFanManifesto.com

  • Jason Parini posted 99 days ago

    Jason Parini

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1079997-10-most-disappointing-cubs-of-the-past-20-years

  • Jeff D Gorman posted 107 days ago

    Jeff D Gorman

    Thanks for signing up as a fan, Stephen!

  • Josh Cembellin posted 115 days ago

    Josh Cembellin

    Anytime, Stephen. Thanks for the comment.

  • Jason Parini posted 123 days ago

    Jason Parini

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1047412-you-know-youre-a-cubs-fan-if

  • Jason Parini posted 123 days ago

    Jason Parini

    Thanks for the fan add!

  • Joe Evans posted 124 days ago

    Joe Evans

    Ronnie is my favorite ballplayer of all time. I never saw him play as I am to young, but I enjoyed listening to "The Pat and Ron Show" on WGN Radio for many years. Last year was tough without him, but I am happy to see his legacy live on in his statue at Wrigley Field, his retired #10 at Wrigley, and now (finally) The Hall of Fame. You wrote an excellent article that I can tell comes from the heart, and to that I say well done!