Best Athletes/Players You Have Seen Live

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Jul 18, 2013 1:28pm
NFL: Joe Thomas, Ray Lewis
MLB: Griffey, Manny, Sabathia, Thome, Vizquel, Ripken
NBA: Lebron
Soccer: Robert Baggio, George Weah, Paolo Maldini
NHL: NA
Wrestling: Cael Sanderson
XC/Track: LOL JK, nobody gives a fuck.
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Jul 18, 2013 1:34pm


Bob Wickman /thread
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Jul 18, 2013 1:42pm
Michael Jordan
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Jul 18, 2013 1:51pm
NFL: Sanders (Deon as a Ratbird), Joe GOAThomas, Andra Davis, London Fletcher, Ed Reed, Metcalf, Joe Haden
MLB: Griffey, Larkin, Cliff Lee, CC, Halladay, Vizquel, Rob the K Man Dibble, Belle, Manny, Michael Jordan (lulz, for real though, saw him play baseball)
NBA: D Howard, LBJ, Shaq, CP3, John Wall, Penny Hardaway, Glen Rice, Hakeem Olajuwon, Curry/Klay Thompson, The Admiral, Tim Duncan, Redd (been to a shit ton of NBA games, the most of any sport)
NHL: AO, Nash
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Jul 18, 2013 1:51pm
Roger federer
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Jul 18, 2013 1:56pm
LeBron
Tiger
Barry Bonds
Polamalu
Lemieux
Fernando Torres
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Jul 18, 2013 1:57pm
MLB-Griffey, Manny, Lofton, Vizquel
NBA- Iverson, Lebron, D12,
NFL- Vick, Deon, Charles Woodson
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Jul 18, 2013 2:00pm
Commander of Awesome;1474684 wrote:NFL: Sanders (Deon as a Ratbird), Joe GOAThomas, Andra Davis, London Fletcher, Ed Reed, Metcalf, Joe Haden
MLB: Griffey, Larkin, Cliff Lee, CC, Halladay, Vizquel, Rob the K Man Dibble, Belle, Manny, Michael Jordan (lulz, for real though, saw him play baseball)
NBA: D Howard, LBJ, Shaq, CP3, John Wall, Penny Hardaway, Glen Rice, Hakeem Olajuwon, Curry/Klay Thompson, The Admiral, Tim Duncan, Redd (been to a shit ton of NBA games, the most of any sport)
NHL: AO, Nash
Forgot that I saw Larkin play.
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Jul 18, 2013 2:27pm
NFL (only saw these guys in college though....and 2 in high skool).....Cris Carter, Chris Speilman, Keith Byars, Donte Love (serious neck injury in college kept him from Sundays), TJ Turner (drugs kept him from Super Bowls with Pats)

NBA, again like NFL I haven't been to an NBA game but have seen these guys in college or high skool. Jimmy Jackson, Lawerence Funderburke, LeBron, Byron Mullens, Dennis Hopson, Brad Sellers, Jay Burson.

MLB Bonds, Griffey, Larkin, McGwire, Bench, Pudge, Sandberg, Sosa, Grace, Maddux, Votto, Deion, Chipper, Biggio, Bagwell, Berkman, Soriano, Gwynn, Walker, Ozzie, Kemp, Braun, Howard, Hamilton, Utley, Alomar, Belle, Palmeiro, Juan Gonzalez, Schilling....tired

Golf....Nicklaus, Tiger, Boom Boom, Daly, ....pretty much everyone at #17 at Muirfield
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Jul 18, 2013 2:43pm
Brady Quinn
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Jul 18, 2013 3:33pm
Steve Yzerman, Sidney Crosby, Tiger Woods, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, Justin Verlander, Nicklas Lidstrom, Calvin Johnson, Barry Sanders.

Best high school athlete I've seen is Lebron James, I think as far as football players go the best is probably DeShone Kizer at Central
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Jul 18, 2013 3:49pm
I'll have to look to see if I can find the video, but Cecil Shorts burned me on a punt return his senior year of college. My punter booted it away from his coverage and it wasn't pretty.
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Jul 18, 2013 4:09pm
John elway, marino, lebron, brees, brandon marshall, zach thomas.

sean smith was a beast in college. Saw him annihilate wyoming.
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Jul 18, 2013 5:42pm
Non-Cleveland/OSU players:

Tiger, Clemens, Marino, Griffey, Randy Moss with Marshall (saw him vs Kent State in '97, 175+ 3 tds), Duncan/David Robinson, Jordan, Ray Lewis.

I'll edit this post as more come to me.
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Jul 18, 2013 11:01pm
Jim Brown Joe Montana, John Elway.
Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Lebron

Mantle, Maris, Jackson, Nolan Ryan...Pete Rose....Mariano Rivera....but I won't include the steroid guys.
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Jul 19, 2013 3:02am
Randy Moss.....no one else is even close in football. It was like he was playing a different game.

In basketball, not sure. Haven't seen a lot. I saw Amare Stoudamire at the McDonalds All-American game and he completely dominated. Also Shelden Williams at Duke against Texas. I've only been to a dozen NBA games or so and don't recall any super performance. I've been to Mavs, Spurs and Knicks home games so I guess Nash, Nowitzki, Rodman and Ewing.

Baseball - I guess the people that were at the 1988 All Star game in Cincinnati. I don't remember much, I think Terry Steinbach hit a home run, and Chris Sabo represented the Reds.

Golf - Tiger before the whole incident.
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Jul 19, 2013 8:20am
Wayne Gretzky, Ray Bourque, Cam Neely, Roger Clemens, Tom Brady, Pedro Martinez, and Ken Griffey, Jr.
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Jul 19, 2013 8:54am
Manhattan Buckeye;1474974 wrote:Randy Moss.....no one else is even close in football. It was like he was playing a different game.

In basketball, not sure. Haven't seen a lot. I saw Amare Stoudamire at the McDonalds All-American game and he completely dominated. Also Shelden Williams at Duke against Texas. I've only been to a dozen NBA games or so and don't recall any super performance. I've been to Mavs, Spurs and Knicks home games so I guess Nash, Nowitzki, Rodman and Ewing.

Baseball - I guess the people that were at the 1988 All Star game in Cincinnati. I don't remember much, I think Terry Steinbach hit a home run, and Chris Sabo represented the Reds.

Golf - Tiger before the whole incident.
You have seen these HOFers/future HOFers play and you start out with Amare and Sheldon? SMH.
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Jul 19, 2013 1:50pm
Nap Lajoie. Shoeless Joe Jackson, the Babe, Ty Cobb.....
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Jul 19, 2013 3:36pm
Footwedge;1475224 wrote:Nap Lajoie. Shoeless Joe Jackson, the Babe, Ty Cobb.....
Are you 90?


For me, Jordan and LeBron. Can't recall anyone in any other sport that I saw live that was on that level.
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Jul 19, 2013 5:50pm
like_that;1475027 wrote:You have seen these HOFers/future HOFers play and you start out with Amare and Sheldon? SMH.
Yeah, because those guys dominated the game. The other games I saw no one really stood out. Rodman might have grabbed 12 rebounds in the game I saw. I don't know, I don't remember. It was a boring game in December. Ewing was probably Ewing when I saw him at MSG. The Mavs guys were Mavs guys in a random NBA game.

Anyone that saw Stoudemire in the McDonald's game was taken back by how athletically gifted he was. He might not have had a stellar NBA career but at his age, he was completely dominant. Same thing with Shelden Williams. Texas couldn't stop him.
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Jul 19, 2013 9:24pm
NHL: Mario Lemiuex, Jaromir Jagr, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Steve Yzerman, Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy, Martin Broduer
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Jul 20, 2013 11:55pm
Manhattan Buckeye;1474974 wrote:Randy Moss.....no one else is even close in football. It was like he was playing a different game.

In basketball, not sure. Haven't seen a lot. I saw Amare Stoudamire at the McDonalds All-American game and he completely dominated. Also Shelden Williams at Duke against Texas. I've only been to a dozen NBA games or so and don't recall any super performance. I've been to Mavs, Spurs and Knicks home games so I guess Nash, Nowitzki, Rodman and Ewing.

Baseball - I guess the people that were at the 1988 All Star game in Cincinnati. I don't remember much, I think Terry Steinbach hit a home run, and Chris Sabo represented the Reds.

Golf - Tiger before the whole incident.
JJ Redick dominated that game against Texas.
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Jul 21, 2013 3:54am
Manhattan Buckeye;1474974 wrote:In basketball, not sure. Haven't seen a lot. I saw Amare Stoudamire at the McDonalds All-American game and he completely dominated. Also Shelden Williams at Duke against Texas.
Stoudemire dominated to the tune of 10 points and 7 boards. 5th leading scorer for his team. Redick was MVP of the game. http://northcarolina.scout.com/2/42696.html

TB is right, Redick lit up Texas for 41 points on 9 three-pointers. Williams had 23 and 6. Duke won by 27.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=253440251

I think you secretly hate JJ Redick. I know I did when he was at Duke.
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Jul 22, 2013 10:42am
sportswizuhrd;1475822 wrote:Stoudemire dominated to the tune of 10 points and 7 boards. 5th leading scorer for his team. Redick was MVP of the game. http://northcarolina.scout.com/2/42696.html

TB is right, Redick lit up Texas for 41 points on 9 three-pointers. Williams had 23 and 6. Duke won by 27.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=253440251

I think you secretly hate JJ Redick. I know I did when he was at Duke.
lol research pwn

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