Lou Cappetta's Sportswriter Profile

Lou Cappetta joined February 2009

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About Lou »

My name is Lou Cappetta and I am a 31 years old sports fan. For the past five years I have resided in Nazareth, PA , a suburb of Allentown. Prior to that I have spent the majority of my life living in the northeastern part of New Jersey, so needless to say, I have been a life-long NY sports fan. I love the Knicks (a tough thing to admit these days), and Giants, but my first love always will be baseball. I live for NY mets baseball, and I hate (but respect) the NY Yankees. As a kid I was the only Mets fan in a family full of Yankees fans, now I am a Mets fan living in an entire are of Phillies and Yankees fans... yup, they're freakin everywhere.
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Check out my blog on MLBlogs.com. It' called "The Last Row".
I have joined the Twitter craze finally, follow me at http://twitter.com/loucappetta, or just click the link on this page that says Lou's website.

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Favorite Athletes

Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Johan Santana, Mike Piazza, Gary Carter, Nate Robinson, Lebron James, Michael Jordan, Charles Oakley, John Starks, David Lee, Tiki Barber, Eli Manning, Ray Lewis
Favorite Sports Teams

NY Mets, NY Giants, NY Knicks, Seton Hall Pirates
Favorite Coaches

Jeff Van Gundy
All Time Sports Moment

1986 World Series Game 6, Super Bowl 42
Most Memorable Game Attended

Johan Santana's complete game shutout in the next-to-last game at Shea Stadium 2008, NFC Championship game @ Giants Stadium 2001
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak
Ruth or Mays?

Mays was the best of his generation, but Ruth was the best ever.
Unitas or Montana?

Close call, but Unitas really revolutionized the position of QB. Every QB since Unitas owes him for the way the game is played today.
Jordan or Russell?

Another tough one. 11 rings to 6 is hard to ignore, however, it's way easier to dominate as a 6'10" center playing close to the basket, especially when there is only one other player in the league close to your physical stature. Jordan did it at the hardest position on the court to dominate. Advantage Jordan.
Gretzky or Orr?

Hands down Gretzky. He is the only player in any sport who is comparable to Babe Ruth in the way he totally dominated his sport.
Pele or Maradona?

Pele is the only person ever to make soccer matter in America, even if it was short lived...sorry Mr. Beckham.
Federer or Sampras?

Sampras by a landslide. Whatever the final number of grand slam victories ends up being for Federer, the fact that he can't beat Nadal will keep him from being remembered as a better player than Sampras.
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger is only 4 Majors from Nicklaus's record, and he is still in his early thirties. The possibility that he could compete at an extremely high level for twenty more years makes me wonder not if he will break Jack's record, but by how much.
Petty or Earnhardt?

Petty was so dominant, and was the face of racing even well after his retirement. Earnhardt was the bad boy that nobody wanted to race against. Plus i hate to say this, but sometimes I feel the legend of the fallen Earnhardt grows as the years pass. He has become almost a folk hero. i call this a draw.
Schumacher or Senna?
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

I'm a BIG EAST guy all the way.

Latest Articles »

Revisiting My 2009 Baseball Predictions: Did I Really Write That?

10/25/2009

199 reads 5 comments 2 likes

Why Do New York Mets Fans Love Daniel Murphy?

10/23/2009

353 reads 25 comments 1 likes

2010 New York Mets: Picking Up the Pieces and Filling the Lineup's Major Holes

10/21/2009

1159 reads 3 comments 1 likes

The 2009 Bleacher Report Featured Columnist Baseball Awards

10/16/2009

362 reads 24 comments 3 likes

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Hotnuke said...

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Lou,

Pick your pleasure. You can either check out my recap of the fabulous Dolphins win over the Panthers last night, or my preview of the upcoming contest between the Heat and the Raptors; or you could check them both out.

If you have the time to check either of them out, let me know what you think…lol

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/294244-miami-carolina-dreams-do-come-true-dolphins-eat-panthers-in-24-17-win

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/294371-miami-toronto-raptors-just-the-tonic-for-what-ails-dwyane-wade-and-heat

As always, thanks a bunch,

Daniel Barber aka Hotnuke

19 hours ago

Lewie Pollis said...

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Breaking news about the NL Cy Young!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/293599-albert-pujols-wins-nl-cy-young-award

2 days ago

Keith Schlosser said...

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Since all else has failed, I see no reason for the Knicks not to sign Allen Iverson.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/293159-allen-iverson-a-new-york-knick-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen

2 days ago

Nick Adamo said...

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I added myself as a fan, I thought I had a long time ago but I must have forgot.

3 days ago

John Botelho said...

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Hey Lou, I put this piece together on Jon Wilhite. He survived the car accident that took Nick Adenhart's life. Its a pretty uplifting story and I was hoping you would check it out and let me know what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/288615-angels-in-the-outfield-tragedy-turned-miracle

Thanks
John

8 days ago

Craig Santucci said...

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The Gmen are struggling...but I like to Rant & Rave to keep some perspective.

Part #4

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/289257-ny-giants-football-ranting-raving-in-2009-part-4

8 days ago

Cliff Eastham said...

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Hey Lou,

Do you think the Gold Glove goes to the best Defensive Players in MLB? Check this out if you have the time. Thanks

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/288801-is-the-gold-glove-award-given-to-the-best-defensive-players-in-mlb

9 days ago

Lewie Pollis said...

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Hey Lou,

I think I remember you saying somewhere that you think Carpenter should win the Cy Young. Here's the case for why our boy should win:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/287980-heres-your-cy-why-chris-carpenter-is-the-nl-cy-young

10 days ago

JW Nix said...

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here is a story of another NFL Legend who has yet to get his deserved respect :

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286573-crazy-canton-cuts-ed-meador

12 days ago

Keith Schlosser said...

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As a Knicks Featured Columnist, I will be making periodical attempts to give fans an inside look at the different aspects of Knicks games. Take a look at what I came up with when Lebron James came to visit.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286083-keiths-knickerbockers-korner-reliving-the-hype-the-top-10-things-about-lebron-james-appearance-at-msg#page/11

13 days ago

Jonathan Mathis said...

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Hi Lou,

Yankees, Yankees! Read all about it!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284564-hate-all-you-want-but-yankees-are-americas-franchise

15 days ago

Keith Schlosser said...

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Guess Hughes Back? See what I think about the comeback of Larry Hughes.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284137-guess-hughes-back-larry-hughes-efficient-play-sparking-the-knicks

16 days ago

Paul Swaney said...

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Hi Lou-
Please take a look when you have a chance. The complete rankings of each MLB stadium...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284289-stadium-journeys-best-baseball-stadium-2009?just_published=1

16 days ago

Robert Domaine said...

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Hello Buddy, I would like you to take a look at this important article. it will most likely be my last on bleacher report. Feel free to pass it around. God Bless and thank you.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/283900-you-are-not-a-unique-snowflake

16 days ago

Craig Santucci said...

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The Giants Collapse!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/282700-ny-giants-out-played-out-coached

17 days ago