Are we forgetting the Stormin’ Mormon, Danny Ainge? Toronto Blue Jays shortstop/Celtics point guard?
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Yep, I love that piece of trivia. And Dave Winfield was drafted into the MLB, NBA, ABA and NFL; Bill Musselman called him the best rebounder he ever coached. And Musselman coached Swen Nater and Bill Laimbeer, guys who routinely averaged 10+ boards/game in the pros.
Man, people are savages. I like the can-do attitude!
I accept your evaluation. Dave DeBusschere is probably the gold standard for basketball players who also played baseball. He’s in the Naismith Hall of Fame. And, Chuck Connor is probably the gold standard for actors who had a hit TV series and also played in the MLB and NBA. I don’t believe anyone is in both the…
Dick Groat won an NL MVP and is the only person to be a member of the college baseball and basketball Halls of Fame. He’s probably the gold standard for baseball/basketball two sport stars.
I found an undated website that lists a dozen men who played in the NBA and also in the baseball major leagues. Gene Conley played in both the World Series and the NBA championship. I imagine at least a few of them could stand up to Griffey and Lofton on the basketball court. Not sure about standing up to Griffey on a…
You’ve gotta be drunk as shit, but yeah man, I think you’ve got this.
Please find the nearest basketball hoop (10 feet) and try. What’s the worst that could happen?
Oh and please set up a live feed of your attempt. You know, just to prove how awesome you are. All of us here in the comments sections really believe in you.
Big deal. When I was five years old I literally jumped over the rim, shit through it mid jump, and landed on a waiting donkey. The skid marks on his back lent him the nickname of "zebra" for the rest of his life.
is a 6'2 guy being able to dunk really impressive, assuming we’re just talking dunking and not some fancy stuff? Maybe I’ve just got some athletic “privilege” (I hate to use that term here but I can’t think of a better one) since I first could touch the rim when I was 14 and like ~5'7.
Trout: Savant of Scaling, Netting, Rainbows
I’m nearly a decade older than Trout. And I’m 40 pounds heavier with no real athletic ability. But despite all that, all I could think about when watching that was, “Hey, I’m 6-foot-3. If he can do it, I can do it!”
I liked baseball better when the game was played by specialists, not a bunch of showboat do-it-all “athletes.” Someone once showed Goose Gossage a photograph of a basketball and he loosed his bowels and fell into a coma for three months.