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IRL (In Real Life) => Sports => Topic started by: bayonetbrant on January 30, 2018, 09:33:35 AM

Title: Rewriting Sports History
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 30, 2018, 09:33:35 AM
https://twitter.com/DunlapSports/status/893832937421983744
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Post by: acctingman on January 30, 2018, 10:08:08 AM
Brandon Roy

Local guy, awesome human being and could have been an NBA great
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Post by: bayonetbrant on January 30, 2018, 11:09:46 AM
the one I saw online that I thought was a good one was Bo Jackson
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Post by: airboy on March 18, 2018, 06:53:31 AM
Herb Score - Pitcher.  Dominant until hit in the face by a ball.
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Post by: Arctic Blast on March 18, 2018, 03:47:24 PM
Mario Lemieux. In the discussion for best hockey player of all time, and that's with Hodgkin's Disease and myriad back problems that nearly ended his career in the early 90's. Without those... :o

Title: Re: Rewriting Sports History
Post by: Gusington on March 18, 2018, 04:07:25 PM
I was also thinking Bo Jackson.

But the first that comes to mind is Lou Gehrig.

True he already had a great career in baseball when he had to quit, but who knows what kind of manager he could have been, etc.
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Post by: mirth on March 18, 2018, 04:37:16 PM
Bill Walton
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Post by: bayonetbrant on March 18, 2018, 04:40:57 PM
Personally, I'd love to see how good Dickie Thon would've been if he hadn't been beaned with a fastball, but it's tough to vote against Bo Jackson.

I also wonder how good Ralph Sampson might've turned out to be
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Post by: mirth on March 18, 2018, 04:42:10 PM
Len Bias
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Post by: bayonetbrant on March 18, 2018, 04:42:50 PM
Quote from: mirth on March 18, 2018, 04:42:10 PM
Len Bias

Yeah, I'm not sure he really counts
Title: Re: Rewriting Sports History
Post by: mirth on March 18, 2018, 04:46:15 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 18, 2018, 04:42:50 PM
Quote from: mirth on March 18, 2018, 04:42:10 PM
Len Bias

Yeah, I'm not sure he really counts

I didn't see any qualifications to the question.
Title: Re: Rewriting Sports History
Post by: Gusington on March 18, 2018, 04:55:06 PM
You guys remember Bryce Flory? He was also a pitcher who got hit in the face, about 20 years ago.
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Post by: Staggerwing on March 18, 2018, 05:26:31 PM
Pat Tillman.
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Post by: matt3916 on March 18, 2018, 05:30:43 PM
Pete Reiser.