Best Duo in History?

Matt from TN · 07-19-2004, 08:59 PM

I watched something on ESPN tonight about how the McGwire/Sosa HR race helped revive, maybe save, baseball. That got me to thinking about great sports duos. There were many. Some were competitive (McGwire/Sosa or Magic/Bird), some were bitter rivals (Ali/Frasier and maybe Clemens/Piazza), some are linked for other circumstances, such as Jeter/Garciaparra comparisons.

What was the greatest sports duo? Any sport will do. Just explain why they were the best or most significant.

Dagrims · 07-19-2004, 09:33 PM

Abbott and Costello.

Ruth and Gehrig - best teammates ever.
Magic and Bird - made NBA basketball popular for the masses.

Best one-year duo - The Splendid Splinter and Joe D. - 1941

Astros02 · 07-19-2004, 09:35 PM

Do you mean rivalry?

Greatest duo IMO is Bagwell/Biggio, but I'm a bit biased. I certainly think it's the best duo of the 90's. Bird/Johnson and Ali/Frasier are the best rivalries I can think of.

mauboy · 07-19-2004, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Astros02

Do you mean rivalry?

Greatest duo IMO is Bagwell/Biggio, but I'm a bit biased. I certainly think it's the best duo of the 90's. Bird/Johnson and Ali/Frasier are the best rivalries I can think of.

^^^^ astros fan

Pippen/Jordan top Biggio/Bags

JerseyPride · 07-19-2004, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Astros02

Do you mean rivalry?

Greatest duo IMO is Bagwell/Biggio, but I'm a bit biased. I certainly think it's the best duo of the 90's. Bird/Johnson and Ali/Frasier are the best rivalries I can think of.

How can you say Biggio/Bagwell? The two have not won a World Series ever. If your going to do a baseball duo in the 90's you would have to atleast look at duos who have won something.

JerseyPride · 07-19-2004, 09:40 PM

Jordan/Pippen definitley a good one. Another great NBA duo would be Shaq and Kobe.

Skipaway · 07-19-2004, 09:40 PM

Kobe Bryant and Shaquile O'Neil qualified as both a duo and a rivalry.

gmo · 07-19-2004, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Skipaway

Kobe Bryant and Shaquile O'Neil qualified as both a duo and a rivalry.

rivaluo or duivalry?

Maybe Wilt & Russell. This seems like the sort of thing where you should try to find cases where there are a pair that stand head and shoulders above all others. In individual sports like boxing or golf (Nicklaus & Watson?) it is probably easier to pick out such pairs.

mlyons · 07-19-2004, 10:26 PM

Sampras/Agassi

Matt from TN · 07-19-2004, 10:58 PM

What about the Jimmy Connors/Bjorn Borg marathon match?

Matt from TN · 07-19-2004, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Astros02

Do you mean rivalry?

Anything... that's why I gave examples above... rivalry, teammates, great players of the same era a la Williams & DiMaggio...

Undoubtedly the greatest single-season HR teammates were Maris and Mantle in 1961.

Kaline · 07-19-2004, 11:02 PM

Mantle-Marris in '61 is up their.

RJ-Schilling

Young-Rice

Emmit-Barry (does that count as a rivalry?)

Messier-Gretsky

Yzerman-Federov

Kaline · 07-19-2004, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt from TN

Anything... that's why I gave examples above... rivalry, teammates, great players of the same era a la Williams & DiMaggio...

Undoubtedly the greatest single-season HR teammates were Maris and Mantle in 1961.

Damn, beat me while I was typing it.

dsvitak · 07-20-2004, 12:16 AM

Mays-McCovey or

Aaron-Mathews most likely

Ruth-Gehrig.

Long_Long_Name · 07-20-2004, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaline

Messier-Gretsky

Yzerman-Federov

If we're going hockey in the past 25 years, after the demise of the Best Team Ever (the late 70's Canadien), here are my choices:

Gretzky-Kurri
Gretzky-Messier
Lemieux-Gretzky (Lemieux is/was the best, I still think)
Lemieux-Jagr
Kariya-Selanne
Kariya-Suter
Trottier-Bossy
Sakic-Sundin
Lindros-Leclair (not that I like either)
Yashin-Daigle
Hackett-Théodore
Bertuzzi-Naslund
Sedin-Sedin

Long_Long_Name · 07-20-2004, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by JerseyPride

How can you say Biggio/Bagwell? The two have not won a World Series ever. If your going to do a baseball duo in the 90's you would have to atleast look at duos who have won something.

Why? Plus, they have won several things... the odds that your team will win the World Series is one in 30 every year, that means that any given year, 96.67% of players don't win. Why can't we choose players in that 97%

Anyway, I nominate Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz/Neagle, or any combination of these guys.

Matt from TN · 07-20-2004, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Long_Long_Name

Anyway, I nominate Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz/Neagle, or any combination of these guys.

I hadn't even thought of them, duh... Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz/Pete Smith and when Millwood was an ace too... although, they wouldn't be considered a duo

How about Koafax/Drysdale?

jazzrack · 07-20-2004, 01:04 AM

Montana to Clark

ed "too Tall" Jones and Randy White

Kaline · 07-20-2004, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt from TN

How about Koafax/Drysdale?

That may be the best one, and I completely forgot about it.

Also Alomar-Vizquel deserves a mention I would think.

Dagrims · 07-20-2004, 01:14 AM

Spahn and Sain (and pray for rain)

Trammell and Whitaker

Aikman and Emmitt

07-19-2004, 08:59 PM	#1
Matt from TN Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a funk.... Posts: 3,413	Best Duo in History? I watched something on ESPN tonight about how the McGwire/Sosa HR race helped revive, maybe save, baseball. That got me to thinking about great sports duos. There were many. Some were competitive (McGwire/Sosa or Magic/Bird), some were bitter rivals (Ali/Frasier and maybe Clemens/Piazza), some are linked for other circumstances, such as Jeter/Garciaparra comparisons. What was the greatest sports duo? Any sport will do. Just explain why they were the best or most significant. __________________ Set in Stone... Players Remain with Original Franchise

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Dagrims Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,827	Abbott and Costello. Ruth and Gehrig - best teammates ever. Magic and Bird - made NBA basketball popular for the masses. Best one-year duo - The Splendid Splinter and Joe D. - 1941 __________________ "Read books, get brain."

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JerseyPride All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dirtay Jerzey Posts: 951	Jordan/Pippen definitley a good one. Another great NBA duo would be Shaq and Kobe. __________________ "I guess you could call the Yanks my daddys." -Pedro Martinez

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Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	Kobe Bryant and Shaquile O'Neil qualified as both a duo and a rivalry. __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

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Astros02 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 506	Do you mean rivalry? Greatest duo IMO is Bagwell/Biggio, but I'm a bit biased. I certainly think it's the best duo of the 90's. Bird/Johnson and Ali/Frasier are the best rivalries I can think of.

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Matt from TN Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a funk.... Posts: 3,413	What about the Jimmy Connors/Bjorn Borg marathon match? __________________ Set in Stone... Players Remain with Original Franchise

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Kaline Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 321	Mantle-Marris in '61 is up their. RJ-Schilling Young-Rice Emmit-Barry (does that count as a rivalry?) Messier-Gretsky Yzerman-Federov

07-20-2004, 12:16 AM	#14
dsvitak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,373	Mays-McCovey or Aaron-Mathews most likely Ruth-Gehrig.

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Dagrims Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,827	Spahn and Sain (and pray for rain) Trammell and Whitaker Aikman and Emmitt __________________ "Read books, get brain."