Hey guys, this is the 10th edition of the Autistic Sports Nerd's Blog. We will talk about MLB Trade rumors, Lebron getting dunked on, and a Peeping Tom. You heard me right, a Peeping Tom. Let's get right to it.
MLB
The Blue Jays are actually looking to ship Roy Halladay. Halladay is in my opinion (and I'm not alone) the best pitcher in all of Major League Baseball. You may be wondering, why are the Blue Jays looking to trade a player that may be the league's best? The reasons are simple. Halladay is signed through 2010. He says he is not going to sign an extension with the Jays as he wants to test the free agent market. The Jays probably can't afford to keep him so they are looking to get rid of him and get some talent back in exchange. Teams that are interested are the Phillies, Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Rangers, Angels, etc. The Blue Jays want loads of prospects from each potential suitor. Each team does not want to give up their load of prospects just for one player, even if that player is the league's best.
For example: The Jays will give the Yankees Halladay for Joba, Hughes, top prospect Andrew Jackson (a.k.a A-Jax) and another prospect. That's way too much to give up. The Yankees will not agree to this deal as they shouldn't.
The Phillies-Jays scenario is a bit more interesting. The Jays made the Phillies an offer for Halladay. The Phillies refused. The Phils made a counter-offer with the Jays for Halladay. The Jays refused. Man, this battle is more intense than their 1993 World Series meeting. Out of all the potential teams, the Phillies are the ones that need a pitching addition the most, along with Texas. It's in the Jays best interest to trade him because if he stays on the team until the end of 2010 and leaves, the Jays will get nothing in return except for a draft pick.
Mike Francessa is a talk radio host on WFAN who is a Yankee fan but over the past couple of weeks, he hasn't been acting like one. The Yankees are 9-1 since the All-Star Break yet he is till negative on them. Francessa: The Yankees can't beat the Angels or the Red Sox, their bullpen will get crushed against good team....blah blah blah
Listen here Lord Hand Waver of Negativity, the Yankees may be 0-8 against the Red Sox, but the Yankees are 2 1/2 games ahead of them. Why, because Boston can't beat Texas, Toronto, Tampa, or Seattle while the Yankees can. How come you don't nit-pick against Boston for no being able to defeat solid American League competition? He also said that it would be a bad thing for the sport if they get Halladay in a trade. Why would a Yankee fan say this? That's something an Anti-Yankee would say! Sure, many Yankee fans and I agree we don't want Halladay but that's because we don't want to give up our players and prospects for him, not for being bad for the sport.
Thanks to the injury to Wang, the Yankees are slim at the starting pitcher position. Miltre has filled in nicely but the Yankees could be in trouble if another Starting Pitcher was to go down. Joba is closing in on him limit IP number for the season. Cashman said the moves to put Alfredo Aceves and Phil Hughes made the Yankees a better team but made the team thinner too. It's tough because Aceves and Hughes have been outstanding out of the bullpen. An injury may force Giradi to put one of them back into the rotation.
It's no coincidence that Giradi has been pitching Hughes for more than one inning in each of his last two appearances. He could be grooming Hughes to return to the starting rotation "just in case." The Yankees may need to trade for another starter. Not Halladay but a 5th starter like Jarrod Washburn. I predict the Jays will lower the asking price and Halladay will be traded to the Phillies by Friday. Stay Tuned.
NBA
I just have to say, this has been a nightmarish offseason for the New York Knicks after a pretty good draft night. They were rejected by Jason Kidd, Grant Hill, and now Andre Miller. David Lee and Nate Robinson have yet to resign with the team, if they are even going to resign with the Knicks remain to be seen.
Lebron James had a nightmare moment at his charity event. A college player "dunked" on him during camp. Lebron was so embarrassed, he ordered the tapes to be confiscated. However, Nike does have to return the confiscated tape of Lebron being "dethroned" by a college player.
Peeping Tom
A Peeping Tom video taped ESPN reporter Erin Andrews prancing around her hotel room, naked. This is horrible and I feel very bad for her. She is obviously not taking the news well as she is pursuing the tape and the pervert. Investigators are trying to eliminate the video of her online but it's hard to do. In fact, I read in the newspaper that there are links that say it's the Erin Andrews Naked video. In reality, it's a fake link that leads to viruses, so for you perverts out there, don't bother looking for it online. You can get a virus which could lead to a fitting punishment. Speaking of which, I hope that Peeping Tom is brought to justice.
It's a shame, I don't think good looking women reporters will ever be taking seriously by male viewers even if they are really good reporters, just because of their good looks. Being a good looking-great reporter may be a double edge sword. It's a shame that stereotyping against genders still rule the sports world.
I am the Autistic Sports Nerd, have a good night guys!
P.S: Oh yeah, the Autism Blog I've been talking about for weeks will debut on Wednesday.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Autistic Sports Nerd's Blog Week 9
Autistic Sports Nerd's Blog Week 9
Hey Guys! Thanks to Orientation, I have had a long Hiatus but now I am back. From the Bronx to Pennsylvania to the Bronx to Utica to the Adirondacks to Utica to the Bronx again, these past two weeks have been exhausting but fun. Today, we have a lot to talk about. Boilermaker, NBA, NHL, MLB, and a written tribute to Utica College Men's Hockey Head Coach Gary Heenan.
Let's start things off with the boilermaker.
The boilermaker is a road race that takes place in Utica every July. It's the largest road race in America. A few days before the race, I went into Coach Heenan's office. I bet him that if I finished quicker than him, I would be the first in line to eat when the team has it's first pregame meal at Tiny's. If he beat me, I would have to write a long, well detailed, dedication to him within this blog. Later that day, I was walking down the path from Strebal and Coach was with his family. After saying hi to his one year old daughter I warned her that I was going to beat her dad. It was a bold statement and I knew I had to back it up.
While I was training on campus I saw Bryce Dale, Captain of the UC Hockey team who just graduated. He was going into the Athletic Center to work out. He's trying out for a pro team so we all wish him luck. Later that evening while I was about to practice run again, someone called my name. It was Jeff Pappalardi, Tim Coffman, and Kyle Guestin, of the UC Men's Hockey team. After talking for a bit, I told them about the bet I made with Heenan. They told me that Coach was training to run a Marathon. He's been training hard all summer. "Uh-Oh", I thought in reply. Saturday night before the race, I slept over Aaron Jeffrey's house. Oh, congrats to Jeffrey for being named the new captain of the team. Before we got there, we went to Fitz's house where we hung out with fellow teammates Matt Fitzgibbons, new Assistant Captain Sean McKevitt, Greg Guestin, his girlfriend Erica, and UC Hockey Alumni Kyle Sibley.
That night, at Jeffrey's house, I slept in new Assistent Captain Matt Jimenez's room who was back home in California at the time. Yeah, as you can tell, I am going out of my way to mention and congratulate the new captains. I'm trying to fit that as naturally in my writing as possible.
Anyway, let's get to the race itself. The Hockey teammates and I were together in starting positions. It was a beautiful morning. Since there were so may people doing this 15K (9.3 miles) race, we were standing far from the starting line. After the National Anthem we started to run with the runners in front of us. Oh wow, this must be it! We are starting! Then the runners in front of us slowed down to a walk. I guess that was a warm up. Then the runners in front of us sped up to a run so we started running again and finally crossed the starting line.
Either the hockey guys run really fast or I run really slow, or both, because after the first mile, they were gone in the distance. I still kept running. We passed Mohawk Valley Community College. The second mile was the International Mile featuring Indian Belly dancers, a rock group, and Polish dancers. It started getting hotter as it got later. UC Women's Basketball Coach Michele Davis was one of the people giving out water. Around the 4th mile we were running downhill. As we were running down the hill, there was a cool breeze blowing. Thanks to those factors, it felt like I was running on air. I met a few of my friends who were also running the race while we were all running.
Before I knew it, I was on the 6th mile. I was 2/3's + a .3 away from the finish. I saw a group holding a sign saying to elect some guy to some political position, I forget. But I remember my reaction.
"It's bad enough I have to sit through these political ads on tv, now I have to have politics crammed down my throat while running at the same time! Seriously , it's hard to comprehend this propaganda while I'm running so this is not a good marketing strategy!"
Imagine if I had to listen to Brett Favre coverage of will he retire or unretire while running. Or better yet, imagine ESPN calculating my chances.
ESPN Nerd: AJ, 20,000 computer simulations indicate that with each mile you run, your chances of finishing the race increase by 5.3% but with each mile you run, you get exhausted, thus your chances decrease by 2.7%, so combining all of those factors..........
WHOA! I can't think of all this stuff. The negative mental energy will decrease my physical energy. I have to finish this race. At Mile # 7 I saw Professor Kim Landon, and her husband Dave Simon watch the race. They did the walk portion of the boilermaker earlier and were cheering the runners on. I also saw Fran Lucia from Student Activities giving water, and Professor Carol Downing. I was wearing my Utica College Autism Awareness Club T-shirt and Autism Bracelet. It got drenched when I ran through the hose provided by volunteers. I felt cooled off but my shirt was now a see-through. Good thing I wasn't a woman. We were now running past the Utica College Campus and down Champlin Road. The adrenaline music was rocking which helped the runners speed up. I turned to the right.
Mile #8, 1.3 miles left. Who comes next to me but Maureen Murphy, Assistant Director of Student Activites. She's also the Faculty Adviser of the Utica College Autism Awareness Club. We ran together. We hit the 9 mile mark and saw the finish line about a minute later. We were so close. We ran next to each other. To complete the whole race without stopping or walking. The finish line was right in front of us, and......WE CROSSED IT. WE DID IT! WE RAN THE WHOLE THING!!
We finally stopped running. Me legs felt like springs. My official time was 1:41. At the boilermaker party I met with the guys. Aaron Jeffrey finished a an 1:09. The rest averaged in the 1:20-1:30 range. Assistant Coach Wieman was there and two friends from the Lacrosse team were with us. It was a lot of fun! I found out in the paper that Coach Heenan's time was 1:17. Wow! That's incredible. Looks like I'm hyping him in this blog. But first, the other sports.
NBA
The rich get richer as the Celtics sigh Rasheed Wallace. The Magic acquire Vince Carter from the Nets. The Cavs get Shaq. No doubt that the elite teams in the East get richer. Ron Artest goes to the Lakers making the defending Champs a more powerful team. D-Wade says he will only stay with the Heat if they are contenders and that making the playoffs is not enough. If that's the case, I think Wade will be somewhere else next year. The Knicks fail to get Grant Hill and Jason Kidd. The Knicks are missing a true point guard and veteran presence.
NHL
Marion Hossa gets a 12 year deal with the Hawks? A lot of money for someone who disappeared during the playoffs this past season. The Islanders signed Rick Dipeatro to a 15 year contract a couple of years ago and look how that worked out. He gets injured and the Islanders sign 3 goalies. The Rangers improve their offense without sacrificing their young, gritty core players. Getting Gaborik and Higgens will help the Rangers score goals as long as Gaborik stays healthy. But, the Rangers actually sing Donald Brashear??!!! That same guy who cheap-shot Blair Betts??? Wow! Since Orr is now a Maple-Leaf, the Rangers did need an enforcer. The Garden fans will not treat him well. Hopefully Brashear can work out for the blue shirts.
Finally, it's time to salute Coach Heenan. Here we go.......
Coach Heenan Gary Heenan is not only a great player, but a great leader. He played for the Hamilton College Hockey team during the mid 90's and was not only the Captain, but a four year letter winner, and an All-Star Defenseman. He was not only the first and only Head Coach in the history of Utica College Hockey, he founded the entire hockey program. Utica used to have pro teams but they left so Utica needed a team. Coach Heenan gave them one. Heenan has made Utica a unique atmosphere compared to other Division III schools. Thanks to his plan of alcohol being served at the AUD for the games, that persuaded more people to come. Heenan knew that the city of Utica craved a hockey team so that's why he created one in Utica.
UC Hockey averages just under 3,000 people a game which is a Division III hockey record. There were a few games where the attendance was at 3,800. The average attendance is higher than even half of the Division I hockey teams. Bottom line, Heenan single handedly created not only a hockey team, but a great hockey atmosphere and a record setting hockey experience. Heenan cares about the fans! After the conclusion of every home game, coach allows the fans (mainly little kids) to see the players and coaches and get autographs signed. Even after a tough loss, Coach tells the players to give the fans service and never let the fans down.
Heenan also cares about the Utica Community. He always has the guys do community service. The Hockey team goes to schools to read to little kids, help serve at restaurants, help people with Alzheimer, and much more. I always read letter of teachers, fans, little kids, and the people of Utica, thanking Coach Heenan and the players for all the work they do and the way they help out the community.
Heenan may be a nice guy off the ice, but on the ice and during game time, he is strict and focused. The guy wants to win. He is a perfectionist. I remember during my freshman year, we had our home opener against Western New England. It was my first ever home game at the AUD. We won the game 6-2. Judging by that score, that's a great victory. I thought so. I carried the video equipment to the locker room. I assumed the players were going to be hyped. I was hyped. I entered the locker room and my friend who worked for the women's hockey team pulled me back and warned me not to go in there. Coach was screaming and cussing at the guys. I was stunned. We won 6-2. What went wrong? I read in the newspaper the next day about the details. From that day on, I understood that Coach would not be satisfied with just a win. If you do a lot of things wrong, Coach will let you know. By all of this, I knew that Utica was going to be a great team and have a great coach.
Whether we win or lose, Coach treats the game play the same when he shows us the video in the locker room. He points at the adjustments that need to be made. If we lose, he points out a lot of things that the players need to adjust to. If we win, he points out a lot of things that the players need to adjust to. Heenan doesn't go by wins or loses. He goes for perfection which will result in more wins. Heenan always reminds the players that we are the city's team. We play not just for the campus but for the city. Heenan cares about the team being classy and representable. We have to have short hair and be clean-shaved. No facial hair. He cares what we all look like. He wants all of us to be role models for the little kids especially.
During my freshman year, I had trouble working the video when things went wrong. Coach did not fire me. He gave me a second and third chance. Thanks to his patience, I learned how to fix those problems and had a flawless sophomore year working the video. In fact, I knew Coach would beat me in the race and just made the bet with him so I can write these great things about him without it being random........okay maybe that's not true. Seriously he is faster than the majority of the hockey players on the team judging the boilermaker results. To sum it all up, Coach cares about the the city of Utica and its fans. He's a great leader, teacher, role model, athlete, and most of all, a great person. If I ever do an Autistic Sports Nerd's Lucky top 13 Greatest Coaches of all time, he could be number one.
I'm the Autistic Sports Nerd, have a good day guys!
Hey Guys! Thanks to Orientation, I have had a long Hiatus but now I am back. From the Bronx to Pennsylvania to the Bronx to Utica to the Adirondacks to Utica to the Bronx again, these past two weeks have been exhausting but fun. Today, we have a lot to talk about. Boilermaker, NBA, NHL, MLB, and a written tribute to Utica College Men's Hockey Head Coach Gary Heenan.
Let's start things off with the boilermaker.
The boilermaker is a road race that takes place in Utica every July. It's the largest road race in America. A few days before the race, I went into Coach Heenan's office. I bet him that if I finished quicker than him, I would be the first in line to eat when the team has it's first pregame meal at Tiny's. If he beat me, I would have to write a long, well detailed, dedication to him within this blog. Later that day, I was walking down the path from Strebal and Coach was with his family. After saying hi to his one year old daughter I warned her that I was going to beat her dad. It was a bold statement and I knew I had to back it up.
While I was training on campus I saw Bryce Dale, Captain of the UC Hockey team who just graduated. He was going into the Athletic Center to work out. He's trying out for a pro team so we all wish him luck. Later that evening while I was about to practice run again, someone called my name. It was Jeff Pappalardi, Tim Coffman, and Kyle Guestin, of the UC Men's Hockey team. After talking for a bit, I told them about the bet I made with Heenan. They told me that Coach was training to run a Marathon. He's been training hard all summer. "Uh-Oh", I thought in reply. Saturday night before the race, I slept over Aaron Jeffrey's house. Oh, congrats to Jeffrey for being named the new captain of the team. Before we got there, we went to Fitz's house where we hung out with fellow teammates Matt Fitzgibbons, new Assistant Captain Sean McKevitt, Greg Guestin, his girlfriend Erica, and UC Hockey Alumni Kyle Sibley.
That night, at Jeffrey's house, I slept in new Assistent Captain Matt Jimenez's room who was back home in California at the time. Yeah, as you can tell, I am going out of my way to mention and congratulate the new captains. I'm trying to fit that as naturally in my writing as possible.
Anyway, let's get to the race itself. The Hockey teammates and I were together in starting positions. It was a beautiful morning. Since there were so may people doing this 15K (9.3 miles) race, we were standing far from the starting line. After the National Anthem we started to run with the runners in front of us. Oh wow, this must be it! We are starting! Then the runners in front of us slowed down to a walk. I guess that was a warm up. Then the runners in front of us sped up to a run so we started running again and finally crossed the starting line.
Either the hockey guys run really fast or I run really slow, or both, because after the first mile, they were gone in the distance. I still kept running. We passed Mohawk Valley Community College. The second mile was the International Mile featuring Indian Belly dancers, a rock group, and Polish dancers. It started getting hotter as it got later. UC Women's Basketball Coach Michele Davis was one of the people giving out water. Around the 4th mile we were running downhill. As we were running down the hill, there was a cool breeze blowing. Thanks to those factors, it felt like I was running on air. I met a few of my friends who were also running the race while we were all running.
Before I knew it, I was on the 6th mile. I was 2/3's + a .3 away from the finish. I saw a group holding a sign saying to elect some guy to some political position, I forget. But I remember my reaction.
"It's bad enough I have to sit through these political ads on tv, now I have to have politics crammed down my throat while running at the same time! Seriously , it's hard to comprehend this propaganda while I'm running so this is not a good marketing strategy!"
Imagine if I had to listen to Brett Favre coverage of will he retire or unretire while running. Or better yet, imagine ESPN calculating my chances.
ESPN Nerd: AJ, 20,000 computer simulations indicate that with each mile you run, your chances of finishing the race increase by 5.3% but with each mile you run, you get exhausted, thus your chances decrease by 2.7%, so combining all of those factors..........
WHOA! I can't think of all this stuff. The negative mental energy will decrease my physical energy. I have to finish this race. At Mile # 7 I saw Professor Kim Landon, and her husband Dave Simon watch the race. They did the walk portion of the boilermaker earlier and were cheering the runners on. I also saw Fran Lucia from Student Activities giving water, and Professor Carol Downing. I was wearing my Utica College Autism Awareness Club T-shirt and Autism Bracelet. It got drenched when I ran through the hose provided by volunteers. I felt cooled off but my shirt was now a see-through. Good thing I wasn't a woman. We were now running past the Utica College Campus and down Champlin Road. The adrenaline music was rocking which helped the runners speed up. I turned to the right.
Mile #8, 1.3 miles left. Who comes next to me but Maureen Murphy, Assistant Director of Student Activites. She's also the Faculty Adviser of the Utica College Autism Awareness Club. We ran together. We hit the 9 mile mark and saw the finish line about a minute later. We were so close. We ran next to each other. To complete the whole race without stopping or walking. The finish line was right in front of us, and......WE CROSSED IT. WE DID IT! WE RAN THE WHOLE THING!!
We finally stopped running. Me legs felt like springs. My official time was 1:41. At the boilermaker party I met with the guys. Aaron Jeffrey finished a an 1:09. The rest averaged in the 1:20-1:30 range. Assistant Coach Wieman was there and two friends from the Lacrosse team were with us. It was a lot of fun! I found out in the paper that Coach Heenan's time was 1:17. Wow! That's incredible. Looks like I'm hyping him in this blog. But first, the other sports.
NBA
The rich get richer as the Celtics sigh Rasheed Wallace. The Magic acquire Vince Carter from the Nets. The Cavs get Shaq. No doubt that the elite teams in the East get richer. Ron Artest goes to the Lakers making the defending Champs a more powerful team. D-Wade says he will only stay with the Heat if they are contenders and that making the playoffs is not enough. If that's the case, I think Wade will be somewhere else next year. The Knicks fail to get Grant Hill and Jason Kidd. The Knicks are missing a true point guard and veteran presence.
NHL
Marion Hossa gets a 12 year deal with the Hawks? A lot of money for someone who disappeared during the playoffs this past season. The Islanders signed Rick Dipeatro to a 15 year contract a couple of years ago and look how that worked out. He gets injured and the Islanders sign 3 goalies. The Rangers improve their offense without sacrificing their young, gritty core players. Getting Gaborik and Higgens will help the Rangers score goals as long as Gaborik stays healthy. But, the Rangers actually sing Donald Brashear??!!! That same guy who cheap-shot Blair Betts??? Wow! Since Orr is now a Maple-Leaf, the Rangers did need an enforcer. The Garden fans will not treat him well. Hopefully Brashear can work out for the blue shirts.
Finally, it's time to salute Coach Heenan. Here we go.......
Coach Heenan Gary Heenan is not only a great player, but a great leader. He played for the Hamilton College Hockey team during the mid 90's and was not only the Captain, but a four year letter winner, and an All-Star Defenseman. He was not only the first and only Head Coach in the history of Utica College Hockey, he founded the entire hockey program. Utica used to have pro teams but they left so Utica needed a team. Coach Heenan gave them one. Heenan has made Utica a unique atmosphere compared to other Division III schools. Thanks to his plan of alcohol being served at the AUD for the games, that persuaded more people to come. Heenan knew that the city of Utica craved a hockey team so that's why he created one in Utica.
UC Hockey averages just under 3,000 people a game which is a Division III hockey record. There were a few games where the attendance was at 3,800. The average attendance is higher than even half of the Division I hockey teams. Bottom line, Heenan single handedly created not only a hockey team, but a great hockey atmosphere and a record setting hockey experience. Heenan cares about the fans! After the conclusion of every home game, coach allows the fans (mainly little kids) to see the players and coaches and get autographs signed. Even after a tough loss, Coach tells the players to give the fans service and never let the fans down.
Heenan also cares about the Utica Community. He always has the guys do community service. The Hockey team goes to schools to read to little kids, help serve at restaurants, help people with Alzheimer, and much more. I always read letter of teachers, fans, little kids, and the people of Utica, thanking Coach Heenan and the players for all the work they do and the way they help out the community.
Heenan may be a nice guy off the ice, but on the ice and during game time, he is strict and focused. The guy wants to win. He is a perfectionist. I remember during my freshman year, we had our home opener against Western New England. It was my first ever home game at the AUD. We won the game 6-2. Judging by that score, that's a great victory. I thought so. I carried the video equipment to the locker room. I assumed the players were going to be hyped. I was hyped. I entered the locker room and my friend who worked for the women's hockey team pulled me back and warned me not to go in there. Coach was screaming and cussing at the guys. I was stunned. We won 6-2. What went wrong? I read in the newspaper the next day about the details. From that day on, I understood that Coach would not be satisfied with just a win. If you do a lot of things wrong, Coach will let you know. By all of this, I knew that Utica was going to be a great team and have a great coach.
Whether we win or lose, Coach treats the game play the same when he shows us the video in the locker room. He points at the adjustments that need to be made. If we lose, he points out a lot of things that the players need to adjust to. If we win, he points out a lot of things that the players need to adjust to. Heenan doesn't go by wins or loses. He goes for perfection which will result in more wins. Heenan always reminds the players that we are the city's team. We play not just for the campus but for the city. Heenan cares about the team being classy and representable. We have to have short hair and be clean-shaved. No facial hair. He cares what we all look like. He wants all of us to be role models for the little kids especially.
During my freshman year, I had trouble working the video when things went wrong. Coach did not fire me. He gave me a second and third chance. Thanks to his patience, I learned how to fix those problems and had a flawless sophomore year working the video. In fact, I knew Coach would beat me in the race and just made the bet with him so I can write these great things about him without it being random........okay maybe that's not true. Seriously he is faster than the majority of the hockey players on the team judging the boilermaker results. To sum it all up, Coach cares about the the city of Utica and its fans. He's a great leader, teacher, role model, athlete, and most of all, a great person. If I ever do an Autistic Sports Nerd's Lucky top 13 Greatest Coaches of all time, he could be number one.
I'm the Autistic Sports Nerd, have a good day guys!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Autistic Sports Nerd's Lucky Top 13 Greatest Athletes of all Time!
I have listed the 13 Greatest Athletes in my opinion. You may wonder, why Top 13 and not top 10? That's because I like to be unique. Keep in mind that these are my opinions and not facts. Here we go, the top 13 greatest athletes of all time!
#13
Pete Rose
The guy was a hitting machine.
# 12
Barry Sanders
Though he had a short career, the agility of this man was amazing. He made tacklers look silly.
# 11
Wilt Chamberlain
He was a dominating force.
# 10
Willie Mays
What an amazing outfielder.
# 9
Ozzie Smith
People argue that he's the greatest defensive SS of all time.
# 8
Mickey Mantle
Put up big numbers despite being injured his whole career. Imagine if he was healthy throughout his career?
# 7
Nolan Ryan
7 No Hitter's? Unreal!!
# 6
Michael Jordan
Perhaps the greatest basketball player of all time?
# 5
Wayne Gretzky
The Record holder of many in the NHL. Played in perhaps the toughest sport there is to play in.
# 4
Tiger Woods
Thanks to his great career, it helped Golf in terms of popularity.
# 3
Michael Phelps
Swimming is a very underrated sport in terms of competition and endurance. To win 8 gold medals while swimming in an olympic size pool is incredible!
#2
Mariano Rivera
By popular demand, Mo is in the Lucky Top 13. I put him at # 2 because if you think about it, this guys is clutch. He was unhittable during the playoffs in the 90's. Back in 2003, threw three shutout innings against Boston in Game 7 of the ALCS. World Series '99 MVP and ALCS 2003 MVP, Mo is one of the most classiest guys in sports.
There was an outrage when I didn't put him in the top 12, 13, whatever. Mo always keeps his cool even when he slumps. He has over 500 saves and like Matt pointed out, he has an incredible story regarding his short batting career. Rivera at # 2.
# 1
Babe Ruth
In one season, he had more HR's than the every team in the American League. In addition to be an era changing home run hitter, he was a lights out starting pitcher. That's why he's number one on this list.
In a month or so, my next Lucky Top 13 will be, my personal favorite moments in sports I have witnessed.
#13
Pete Rose
The guy was a hitting machine.
# 12
Barry Sanders
Though he had a short career, the agility of this man was amazing. He made tacklers look silly.
# 11
Wilt Chamberlain
He was a dominating force.
# 10
Willie Mays
What an amazing outfielder.
# 9
Ozzie Smith
People argue that he's the greatest defensive SS of all time.
# 8
Mickey Mantle
Put up big numbers despite being injured his whole career. Imagine if he was healthy throughout his career?
# 7
Nolan Ryan
7 No Hitter's? Unreal!!
# 6
Michael Jordan
Perhaps the greatest basketball player of all time?
# 5
Wayne Gretzky
The Record holder of many in the NHL. Played in perhaps the toughest sport there is to play in.
# 4
Tiger Woods
Thanks to his great career, it helped Golf in terms of popularity.
# 3
Michael Phelps
Swimming is a very underrated sport in terms of competition and endurance. To win 8 gold medals while swimming in an olympic size pool is incredible!
#2
Mariano Rivera
By popular demand, Mo is in the Lucky Top 13. I put him at # 2 because if you think about it, this guys is clutch. He was unhittable during the playoffs in the 90's. Back in 2003, threw three shutout innings against Boston in Game 7 of the ALCS. World Series '99 MVP and ALCS 2003 MVP, Mo is one of the most classiest guys in sports.
There was an outrage when I didn't put him in the top 12, 13, whatever. Mo always keeps his cool even when he slumps. He has over 500 saves and like Matt pointed out, he has an incredible story regarding his short batting career. Rivera at # 2.
# 1
Babe Ruth
In one season, he had more HR's than the every team in the American League. In addition to be an era changing home run hitter, he was a lights out starting pitcher. That's why he's number one on this list.
In a month or so, my next Lucky Top 13 will be, my personal favorite moments in sports I have witnessed.
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