Favorite ArmchairGM Writer

I've always been partial to Last Row. An original take on everything, even when he mails it in. But that dude is the most underappreciated writer on the site (in my opinion) because too many people have an Old English teacher stuffed up their asses.

I still look at most of you as people with computers, many of whom I have grown to tolerate and - yes, on rare occasion - mildly enjoy! Whereas I am and always have been a writer/creator with a sports addiction (among many other addictions and foibles) I MUST create! Whether you think I'm any good or not, I have yet to have reason to fully commit to this pursuit...

As far as most promoted articles...i dunno...its all about the ratio of most promoted to total articles...go find that metric...

I started to write about sports after HST, Ralph Wiley and Ken Kesey died. If it wasn't for Jayson Stark and Paul Lukas, I would have stopped reading ESPN.com years before I did. Without great people who were writers by trade to read every so often, I just figured I could write better than the crap I was searching so hard to find and getting disappointed.

Let's face it, a severe majority of sports journalists are complete dorks. They make me feel like Ernest Freekin Hemingway in comparison.

Back in the day I used to try to post articles specifically NOT to get promoted! The ratio tells absolutely nothing in quality...

For example, I knew that the net would be slow on July 4th - I think this was one of the funniest pieces I ever did and it never made it to good stuff - they either make it right away or never do. My lowest voted article - deservedly so.