Your all time favorite player

[ctorg]

Originally Posted by Luis_Rivera

With all due respect to Joe Carter, without even thinking hard I can count a couple "better" endings to a World Series. I mean, if it's your favorite, it's your favorite and that's cool... but objectively, definitely not THE best.

There's an objective best?

[Nukester]

Baseball: Dave Kingman and Joe Dimaggio
Football: Phil Simms
Basketball: Earl "The Pearl" Monroe
Hockey: Mike Bossy
Golf: Tiger Woods
Tennis: Jimmy Connors
Footie: er,um, Pele ?

[Spielman]

Originally Posted by darkhorse

Marty McSorly would have received a lengthy ban for his thuggery of Brashear if I'd been NHL commish.

They did suspend McSorley for one calendar year. That's pretty lengthy.

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted by Spielman

They did suspend McSorley for one calendar year. That's pretty lengthy.

That's right. I forgot that they extended the suspension. And, McSorley never played in another NHL game.

Justice served.

[darkhorse]

Originally Posted by Nukester

Baseball: Dave Kingman and Joe Dimaggio

Anti-matter and matter. Good thing they never met and shook hands.

[Spielman]

Originally Posted by phenom

Baseball: Lou Whitaker

Football: Barry Sanders

I loved Whitaker. He's even more underrated than Trammell, and just as good as Ryne Sandberg.

Barry would be my favorite player ever if I didn't always choose a defensive player just to give the anonymous guys their due.

[Luis_Rivera]

Originally Posted by ctorg

There's an objective best?

Ok, maybe not completely objective, but what's the definition of greatest finish? If it involves a home run to end the game, wouldn't you say that Maz in '60 was "greater" or "more dramatic" (if that's your criteria) than Carter in '93?

[Luis_Rivera]

dola-

To use an eXtreme example, what if I said that Renteria grounding out to Foulke was the greatest finish to a World Series?

That's what I was getting at.

[briantheiceberg]

Originally Posted by canadiancreed

Just right off the top of my head...



The lad with the #1 on his jersey is right now in the finals for Ottawa.

There's also Jerome Iginla, picutred in the centre below playing for Team Canada. He's presently captain for the Calgary Flames.



Had to look this guy up to see if he was still playing, but also the New York Rangers backup goalie Kevin Weeks.



And my fiancees fav player, Donald Brasher. Why I honestly dont' know, but he's still out there kicking ass and taking names. Hard to argue with a guy that takes sparring lessons from Joe Frazier.



So ther'es four just off the top of my head that are presently playing in the NHL. I'm sure ther'es more.

4? man, that's 4 more than I thought we had.

[canadiancreed]

Originally Posted by Luis_Rivera

Ok, maybe not completely objective, but what's the definition of greatest finish? If it involves a home run to end the game, wouldn't you say that Maz in '60 was "greater" or "more dramatic" (if that's your criteria) than Carter in '93?

No.

On par? maybe. Greater? Nope.

[Luis_Rivera]

Originally Posted by canadiancreed

No.

On par? maybe. Greater? Nope.

This could be an interesting debate. What's your criteria?

[Jason Moyer]

Baseball: Hayes
Tennis: Agassi/Connors
Hockey: Hextall
Football: Cunningham

[slic1149]

Originally Posted by The Professor

Good, I'm not alone. Some of his goals...just amazing.





Jim Hart? Wow. I'm a fan, too, and used to have a Jim Hart avatar for a while. Were you a fan of the Big Red?

I think the Cardinals in the early and mid 70's were one of the most exciting offensive teams in the history of football. Hart at quarterback Terry Metcalfe and Jim Otis in the backfield. Mel Gray at wideout. Dobler, Dierdorf and Banks on the line and Bakken as the kicker. I swear if they had any kind of defense they could have been a dynasty. The only team that was similar was the Chargers in the late 70's and early 80's though they did have a lot better defense. I nearly cried when they lost to the Bengals in Ice Bowl II. When was that? 80, 81, or 82. The mid 70s Cardinals and late 70s early 80s Chargers have my vote at the most fun teams to watch in the history of football

[slic1149]

dola

By the way my favorite football coach of all time is Don Coryell. Go figure.

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by slic1149

I think the Cardinals in the early and mid 70's were one of the most exciting offensive teams in the history of football. Hart at quarterback Terry Metcalfe and Jim Otis in the backfield. Dobler, Dierdorf and Banks on the line and Bakken as the kicker. I swear if they had any kind of defense they could have been a dynasty. The only team that was similar was the Chargers in the late 70's and early 80's though they did have a lot better defense. I nearly cried when they lost to the Bengals in Ice Bowl II. When was that? 80, 81, or 82. The mid 70s Cardinals and late 70s early 80s Chargers have my vote at the most fun teams to watch in the history of football

Ice Bowl II was '81...I think.

Yeah, those Don Coryell teams in St. Louis and San Diego were amazing.

[Luis_Rivera]

Originally Posted by Jason Moyer

Baseball: Hayes

Von or Willie Mays?

[Scoman]

Originally Posted by Jason Moyer

Football: Cunningham

Sam the Bam,Or Randall.

[edog23]

Baseball: Don Mattingly and Mickey Mantle
Basketball: Magic Johnson and Air Jordon
Football: Steve Young
Hockey: Mark Messier and Luc Robitaille
Tennis: Andre Aggasi and Pete Sampras

Baseball has always been my favorite sport so I have a list of players like Steve Garvey, Will Clark, and Jeff Bagwell to name a few.

[ctorg]

Originally Posted by Luis_Rivera

dola-

To use an eXtreme example, what if I said that Renteria grounding out to Foulke was the greatest finish to a World Series?

That's what I was getting at.

I know what you mean; I'm just jabbing.

[Scoman]

Baseball: Dave Concepcion,Roberto Clemente,Tony Perez
Basketball: The king,Pete Maravich,The Big O
Football: Jim Brown,Leroy Kelly,Paul Warfield
Hockey: Phil Esposito,Gretzky
Tennis: Jimmy Connors,Elie Nastase