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Contestants Include:

David Thompson
Tommy Burleson
Mario Williams
Roman Gabriel
Torry Holt
Ted Brown

6/12/2012 12:28:03 PM

More accomplished sportsman more like it. I'm pretty sure no NASCAR drivers can compete with pro basketball or football athletes.

6/12/2012 12:45:39 PM

Here we go

6/12/2012 12:49:16 PM

Catfish Hunter beating the shit out of his first round matchup

6/12/2012 12:50:33 PM

don't sleep on alge crumpler

6/12/2012 1:12:56 PM

MAN THAT CHARLAH CHOO CHOO JUSTICE HE CUD RUN

voting Luther Lassiter

6/12/2012 1:27:54 PM

probably the first time in the history of the world that a North Carolina entity isn't claiming Michael Jordan as a North Carolina native

6/12/2012 1:48:28 PM

I attended MJ's elementary and high school, and I forgot (or didn't know) he wasn't born there.

6/12/2012 1:52:02 PM

he was born in Brooklyn iirc

6/12/2012 1:53:08 PM

sonny jurgensen vs. sugar ray in the first round?

eddie pope got hosed too

6/12/2012 1:55:36 PM

Dale Sr. is gonna wax Dale Jr. in the Sweet 16, if Jr. even makes it out of the first round

6/12/2012 1:57:52 PM

^
Not if I have anything to do with it.

TWW should stroll em all and skew JR to win the whole thing.

6/12/2012 2:01:25 PM

boycott da nascar

6/12/2012 2:08:32 PM

Josh Hamilton vs. David Thompson in the 3rd rd...

6/12/2012 2:10:08 PM

Sorry, but there's no way Sonny Jurgensen vs. Sugar Ray Leonard should be a round 1 matchup.

6/12/2012 2:15:43 PM

voted dale sr.

*holds up 3 fingers and cries*

6/12/2012 2:21:55 PM

you're supposed to be voting for the best "athlete"

6/12/2012 2:25:14 PM

i did.

(if that's the case, josh hamilton should be losing to mario williams by a lot)

6/12/2012 2:26:11 PM

i agree

6/12/2012 2:35:41 PM

well dammit, i'm still sobbing over here.

YOU'RE RACING ANGELS IN HEAVEN NOW, DALE.

6/12/2012 2:39:18 PM

^^ and ^^^

no

6/12/2012 2:39:34 PM

mia hamm, i dunno, is she from NC?

6/12/2012 2:39:43 PM

mia hamm is from alabama.

and you think josh hamilton is more athletic than mario williams?

6/12/2012 2:44:25 PM

i know he's better at doing drugs.

6/12/2012 2:45:00 PM

Better at drugs and better at his sport than Mario will ever be. We're talking about top 25 player of all-time potential.

6/12/2012 2:48:30 PM

Quote :

"and you think josh hamilton is more athletic than mario williams?"

By your logic Leon Johnson should be crushing Burleson. He is certainly more athletic.

6/12/2012 2:51:39 PM

i agree

6/12/2012 2:53:21 PM

Quote :

"We're talking about top 25 player of all-time potential."

No we're not.

6/12/2012 2:54:40 PM

Curious to see what the participants of your bracket would be. All track and field members?

^
You hate him, so I can't take you seriously. He may be the best player in baseball over the past 3 years, so yes there is that potential.

6/12/2012 2:54:49 PM

I don't hate him, I just took picking on ctnznza1 too far. He's 31, his numbers are going to fall off to mortal levels in a couple years. Top-100, maybe. top-25, impossible.

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 2:58 PM. Reason : Three years isn't shit. Body of work. He got clean too late.]

6/12/2012 2:57:31 PM

Fair enough on top 100. That's still transcendent status.

6/12/2012 2:58:52 PM

Sidebar: baseball-reference has fan Elo ratings http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/ratings.cgi

Flawed, but interesting

6/12/2012 3:01:01 PM

Yeah, I quit reading after Scott Rolen #6.

6/12/2012 3:02:19 PM

Body of work

He's got a long resume

He's not the 6th best hitter in 2012

6/12/2012 3:03:23 PM

I know that.

But c'mon. Why even make a list like that. He's not going to get 5 HOF votes.

But you did say flawed. So whatever.

6/12/2012 3:04:33 PM

Respectfully, I don't think you get it

6/12/2012 3:05:32 PM

Sure I do. Rolen has the 6th best body of work of all active hitters? Ok,fine. Just not buying its relevance in the big picture.

Anyway..................... Hamilton > Mario. Back on topic. Mario got a raw deal in the first round.

6/12/2012 3:06:43 PM

It's certainly relevant. You've got 2500ish votes by dudes who register somewhere on the baseball nerd spectrum just by the fact that they've visited b-r.com covering 2000ish hitters and pitchers. Rolen might not have the unequivocal 6th best HOF case among active hitters (he has a better case on 6/12/12 than Josh Hamilton), but he's near the top.

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 3:10 PM. Reason : You edit like 50 fucking times every post]

6/12/2012 3:10:38 PM

to this day i still say manny lawson

the guy has been a freak since highschoool ive seen it personally up through college

6/12/2012 3:11:19 PM

So is 2002 TA McLendon on the list

6/12/2012 3:11:55 PM

Where is Tab Thacker?

6/12/2012 3:16:53 PM

State guys seem to be doing pretty well, except Mario. Roman creamed Dale Jr.

6/17/2012 9:15:52 PM

I vote for Webb Simpson

6/17/2012 10:36:56 PM

^^
Half credit for Hamilton being a State pledge.

6/17/2012 11:37:59 PM

^good point

6/18/2012 9:38:26 AM

Why isn't there Jordan?

6/18/2012 9:42:42 AM

Quote :

" We're talking about top 25 player of all-time potential"

Thanks, I needed a good laugh this morning.

Well technically, you're right. He used to have that potential. In high school. Not anymore.

But he is not on the list of the greatest baseball players of all time. And unless he can continue doing what he's done the last couple years for 5+ more, he won't be in the hall of fame. (I don't see that happening.)

6/18/2012 11:31:06 AM

Roman is losing to Dale
Thompson is kicking Hamilton's ass
Burleson is squeaking by Gaylord Perry
Torry Holt is stomping Dennsis Bird
Catfish hunter is squashing Julius Peppers
Enos Slaughter is beating Ted Brown

6/26/2012 3:42:46 PM

Never understood these sorts of arguments. Want to determine best athlete for guys from various sports? Put them in a decathlon of sorts and see who does best.

6/26/2012 3:46:17 PM

I'm pretty sure Catfish Hunter wouldn't beat Julius Peppers that way (especially since he's dead)

Dale going against Gabriel would be interesting too.

6/26/2012 3:53:56 PM