Baseball Sons

[SkyRider]

Is it my imagination or does baseball have more father/son combinations than any other sport? Here are some names that quickly come to mind. Griffey, Bonds, Mathews, Alou, Fielder, Avila, Alomar, Cruz, etc.

 

[maurice93]

Is it my imagination or does baseball have more father/son combinations than any other sport? Here are some names that quickly come to mind. Griffey, Bonds, Mathews, Alou, Fielder, Avila, Alomar, Cruz, etc.

Do you consider Nascar a Sport?

Neither do I. Your probably right in that its baseball.

 

[Ironhead]

Is it my imagination or does baseball have more father/son combinations than any other sport? Here are some names that quickly come to mind. Griffey, Bonds, Mathews, Alou, Fielder, Avila, Alomar, Cruz, etc.

... Barfield

It does seem as though baseball is a family business.

 

[dox]

in football there is manning,winslow,mathews,griese,long,dorsett,anderson

 

[shack]

Is it my imagination or does baseball have more father/son combinations than any other sport? Here are some names that quickly come to mind. Griffey, Bonds, Mathews, Alou, Fielder, Avila, Alomar, Cruz, etc.

Boone


Hockey has quite a few:
Hull
Howe
Hextall
Wilson
Apps
Stastny
Conacher
Bouchard

 

[maurice93]

Baseball

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_second-generation_Major_League_Baseball_players

Hockey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_family_relations_in_the_NHL

Football

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_second_generation_National_Football_League_players

 

[SkyRider]

Ok, here is an interesting question. How many father/son combinations in the Hall of Fame of any sport? Bear in mind that the hockey Hall of Fame has a very low threshold whereas baseball has the highest. I guess Brett will join Bobby Hull in the hockey HOF.

 

[Ironhead]

Boone


Hockey has quite a few:
Hull
Howe
Hextall
Wilson
Apps
Stastny
Conacher
Bouchard

I never thought of this before. Seems many players follow in dad's footsteps.

Damn ! How could you forget the Sutter family ? ! !

 

[SkyRider]

I never thought of this before. Seems many players follow in dad's footsteps.
Damn ! How could you forget the Sutter family ? ! !

Yup, the Sutters are an amazing hockey family. Real "salt of the Earth" folks as well.

I seem to recall there is at least one father who did not want his son to follow in his footstep because of the obvious comparisons. Was that Bobby Orr?

Would you want your son or daughter to follow in your footstep?

 

[shack]

I never thought of this before. Seems many players follow in dad's footsteps.

Damn ! How could you forget the Sutter family ? ! !

I thought it was father/son. If it was brothers, I would definitely not have forgotten them.

 

[SkyRider]

I thought it was father/son. If it was brothers, I would definitely not have forgotten them.

Is there a second generation of Sutters working their way up the hockey ladder?

 

[shack]

Is there a second generation of Sutters working their way up the hockey ladder?

I think I saw one son listed.