the greatest

[bendova]

BB

Just imagine the numbers he could put up if they would actually pitch to him. Pretty hard to dominate a game like MJ or Gretzky did when you never get a chance to hit.

 

[Ranger68]

That's too bad. It's the game. Anyone who knows anything about baseball will look at OBP before almost everything else anyway, so BB only looks better when they give him freebs.
He gets lots of chances to hit.

Shill.

 

[bendova]

I agree with you, it is part of the game and OBP does count for a great deal. All I'm trying to say is MJ and Gretzky are great athletes and they could dominate their sports because they could play. Bonds can not do that when he gets walked 2-3 times a game. How many times does he actually get to hit with runners in scoring position? Or, when the game is on the line?

 

[healer677]

There's only one...


"The best there is, the best there was, there best that ever will be!"

 

[Snook.fr]

ME

 

[itsallgood]

ALI, THE GREATEST OF ALLLLLL TIME!

 

[healer677]

ReRun this one's for you brother!

"Great moments are born from great opportunity.....we might play them ten times and lose nine, but not tonight.........tonight we skete with them."

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone!"

 

[prelations]

bonds

why is barry bonds considered among the greats in this list?

he's not considered great anywhere else.


I can't name one great athlete that everyone didn't like.
He can be good, but it's your personality and off court endeavors and how your teammates and the rest of the world thinks of you, that makes you great.

 

[mrpolarbear]

Jordan hands down, but my favorite athlete of all time is DICK BUTKUS!

 

[shack]

I vote for Inge Hammarstrom. Nobody could go into a corner without breaking eggs like he could.

 

[Ranger68]

Re: bonds

why is barry bonds considered among the greats in this list?

he's not considered great anywhere else.


I can't name one great athlete that everyone didn't like.
He can be good, but it's your personality and off court endeavors and how your teammates and the rest of the world thinks of you, that makes you great.

ON the contrary, it's on-field performance that makes you great, and Bonds will go down in history as one of the top two or three players of all-time.

 

[Cool Dude]

I can't name one great athlete that everyone didn't like.

Tyrus Raymond Cobb

 

[Ranger68]

Not everybody liked (or likes) Gretzky, or Jordan, or Lemieux, or Schumacher, or Magic Johnson, or Clemens, or .......

 

[Geoff]

Lance Armstrong

 

[prelations]

bonds

Not everybody liked (or likes) Gretzky, or Jordan, or Lemieux, or Schumacher, or Magic Johnson, or Clemens, or .......

I have to disagree with you.
a majority of people like jordan gretz etc.


but I can bet more people don't like barry than the people who do like him. Even his teammates.

When was the last time one of his teammates said something nice about him?

I think if you're great everyone loves you and admires you.

I think bonds is just good at what he does.

 

[RemyMartin]

Did Bonds win the world serious?

 

[antaeus]

Poll picks for North America are OK. As someone who's lived around the world though, it's:

#1 Muhammad Ali. No one comes close, worldwide. Based on clothing sales Air Jordan rules.

Oldsters talked about and mentioned endlessly in articles and tv all over Europe, Africa, Asia are:

Pele
Diego Maradona
Juan Fangio
Eddie Merckx, Indurain
Bjorn Borg, John Mcenroe, Ilie Nastase
and several F1 drivers - G. Villeneuve, Lauda, Prost, Piquet,

Keep in mind folks that F1 continues to draw more fans every race than NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB combined, even though its become the Michael Schumacher Show featuring the F1 and other nobodies.

Maradona though, in keeping with the post, would be the king.

My vote goes to Lance Armstrong.


antaeus

 

[Ranger68]

Re: bonds

I have to disagree with you.
a majority of people like jordan gretz etc.


but I can bet more people don't like barry than the people who do like him. Even his teammates.

When was the last time one of his teammates said something nice about him?

I think if you're great everyone loves you and admires you.

I think bonds is just good at what he does.

Dude, you said you couldn't name one great athlete whom everybody didn't like.

I bet you couldn't name ONE great athlete whom *everybody* DID like.

If you don't think Barry Bonds is great, I think you're using a pretty retarded definition.

 

[n_v]

Poll picks for North America are OK. As someone who's lived around the world though, it's:

#1 Muhammad Ali. No one comes close, worldwide. Based on clothing sales Air Jordan rules.

Oldsters talked about and mentioned endlessly in articles and tv all over Europe, Africa, Asia are:

Pele
Diego Maradona
Juan Fangio
Eddie Merckx, Indurain
Bjorn Borg, John Mcenroe, Ilie Nastase
and several F1 drivers - G. Villeneuve, Lauda, Prost, Piquet,

Keep in mind folks that F1 continues to draw more fans every race than NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB combined, even though its become the Michael Schumacher Show featuring the F1 and other nobodies.

Maradona though, in keeping with the post, would be the king.

My vote goes to Lance Armstrong.


antaeus

And what about Pele????

 

[bigdik]

And what about Pele????

Huh?

For the record, very few of us old guys ( over 40 ) consider Gretzky the best hockey player ever, let alone the greatest athlete.