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    With all the talk about Floyd being or not being... I thought why not think of TBEs in other sports. They don't have to be individual sports, either. For example, football may bring a spirited discussion, between the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Pelé, Maradona, and others. In any case, I'll throw a couple out there for discussion... agreement or otherwise.

    Tennis TBE - Roger Federer

    Golf TBE - Jack Nicklaus

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    Back up your choices (unlike I did).

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    Teddy Ballgame Williams. Last player to break .400 hitting .406 had incredible stats despite several seasons off serving as a combat pilot in WW 2 and Korea. The splendid splinter, the kid, there goes the greatest hitter to ever live.

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    I agree with Titofans 2 nominations.

    How about

    Gareth Edwards - rugby union

    Halle Gebresellasie - distance running

    Usain Bolt - sprinting
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    Quote Originally Posted by walrus View Post
    Teddy Ballgame Williams. Last player to break .400 hitting .406 had incredible stats despite several seasons off serving as a combat pilot in WW 2 and Korea. The splendid splinter, the kid, there goes the greatest hitter to ever live.

    Ok good. But you have to consider fielding. I'd counter with Willie "Say Hey" Mays. Excellent hitter, fielder, baserunner.... hit for average... hit for power (660 career HRs). I'd mention Clemente in there... but I'd be biased on that one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by X View Post
    I agree with Titofans 2 nominations.

    How about

    Gareth Edwards - rugby union

    Halle Gebresellasie - distance running

    Usain Bolt - sprinting


    Not too familiar with the first two... but there's no denying Bolt's place as TBE in sprinting. He's shattered both the 100 and the 200 meter records... and if anyone is built for sprinting it's Bolt. I've watched him run and sometimes wonder if he's actually got another gear he hasn't shown us yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by walrus View Post
    Teddy Ballgame Williams. Last player to break .400 hitting .406 had incredible stats despite several seasons off serving as a combat pilot in WW 2 and Korea. The splendid splinter, the kid, there goes the greatest hitter to ever live.

    Ok good. But you have to consider fielding. I'd counter with Willie "Say Hey" Mays. Excellent hitter, fielder, baserunner.... hit for average... hit for power (660 career HRs). I'd mention Clemente in there... but I'd be biased on that one.
    Ted gave up six seasons to serve his country most of them in his prime years and still had HOF numbers. It was an incredible feat. Something Floyd didn't do.

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    Wayne Gretzky hockey
    Pele soccer
    Michael Jordan basketball

    Do I really have to back it up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by walrus View Post
    Teddy Ballgame Williams. Last player to break .400 hitting .406 had incredible stats despite several seasons off serving as a combat pilot in WW 2 and Korea. The splendid splinter, the kid, there goes the greatest hitter to ever live.
    He also stole bases in 4 different decades I believe

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    Quote Originally Posted by walrus View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by walrus View Post
    Teddy Ballgame Williams. Last player to break .400 hitting .406 had incredible stats despite several seasons off serving as a combat pilot in WW 2 and Korea. The splendid splinter, the kid, there goes the greatest hitter to ever live.

    Ok good. But you have to consider fielding. I'd counter with Willie "Say Hey" Mays. Excellent hitter, fielder, baserunner.... hit for average... hit for power (660 career HRs). I'd mention Clemente in there... but I'd be biased on that one.
    Ted gave up six seasons to serve his country most of them in his prime years and still had HOF numbers. It was an incredible feat. Something Floyd didn't do.

    That IS pretty amazing. Mays was in the Army for about 2 years, so he didn't miss that much. However, he is widely considered the best 5-tool player that ever lived. Again, I would put Clemente in there, but Clemente didn't have the power batting numbers that Mays did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
    Wayne Gretzky hockey
    Pele soccer
    Michael Jordan basketball

    Do I really have to back it up?

    Gretzky no backup required.
    Pele might get some argument from Messi fans. You might need backup info.
    Personally, I agree with you.

    Jordan, again.... I agree with you.
    Lebron is gonna make a serious case for this position in a couple of years, however.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
    Tennis TBE - Roger Federer
    I am not sure about federer as the best ever despite his amazing amount of wins, the problem I have with him is head to head I think nadal had the better of him and without nadals injuries I think he would be ahead or at least very very close to federer in the grand slam count, maybe I am remembering wrong but I don't remember federer having too much success against a fit nadal.


    as for others, I don't really know too many other sports that well..

    for football/soccer, I am going with messi, the guy is excellent and has kept it up for a lot of years, cristiano ronaldo is superb too but I think messis skills as the superior playmaker put him above cronaldo.... I have only watched highlight videos of other greats like maradona, pele and beckenbauer so I can't really compare them :S

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    Quote Originally Posted by palmerq View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
    Tennis TBE - Roger Federer
    I am not sure about federer as the best ever despite his amazing amount of wins, the problem I have with him is head to head I think nadal had the better of him and without nadals injuries I think he would be ahead or at least very very close to federer in the grand slam count, maybe I am remembering wrong but I don't remember federer having too much success against a fit nadal.


    as for others, I don't really know too many other sports that well..

    for football/soccer, I am going with messi, the guy is excellent and has kept it up for a lot of years, cristiano ronaldo is superb too but I think messis skills as the superior playmaker put him above cronaldo.... I have only watched highlight videos of other greats like maradona, pele and beckenbauer so I can't really compare them :S

    Good point on Federer, palmerq. Right now he's tied for 2nd on the career majors list with 14 (tied with Sampras). He's certainly got the upper hand on Federer in their head-to-head meetings. The thing about Nadal is that 9 of his 14 majors are in the French Open, a surface some players specialize in... while others don't play it so well. But as you well point out, Nadal's injuries may have kept him from being even higher on the majors list. You can certainly make a case for Nadal, although to me he's too much of a specialist.

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    Default Re: TBEs in other sports

    Boxing - Floyd

    Hockey - Wayne

    Golf - Tiger

    Baseball - Barry Bonds

    Basketball - Wilt the Stilt

    MMA - Jon Jones

    Skateboarding - Tony Hawk

    Downhill Skiing - Sonny Bono
    David Lemieux = Future MW Champ and P4P King

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Boxing - Floyd

    Hockey - Wayne

    Golf - Tiger (Backup please)

    Baseball - Barry Bonds (Backup please)

    Basketball - Wilt the Stilt (Backup please)

    MMA - Jon Jones

    Skateboarding - Tony Hawk

    Downhill Skiing - Sonny Bono


    Good...... controversial picks.

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