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Sat Mar-26-05 01:07 AM
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You can be a professional athlete. So what do you choose? |
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1st and second choices, please.
1st: NBA point guard 2nd: NFL running back. The shifty-but-powerful kind. Okay, I'd be Walter Payton.
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Sat Mar-26-05 01:10 AM
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Sat Mar-26-05 01:10 AM
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2. Michelle Kwan or Sasha Cohen. |
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Edited on Sat Mar-26-05 01:11 AM by Liberty Belle
Power, grace, beauty, fame...and you can retire young and rich.
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Sat Mar-26-05 01:10 AM
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3. 1 - Tennis star (cute clothes), 2 - gymnast (but not short and deformed) |
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Sat Mar-26-05 01:11 AM
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#1. NFL middle linebacker #2. NBA Center
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Sat Mar-26-05 01:35 AM
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Sat Mar-26-05 01:17 AM
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5. Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox |
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Sat Mar-26-05 01:36 AM
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7. You'd be Curt Schilling? |
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Sat Mar-26-05 02:05 AM
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9. I was thinking more like Wakefield, the last knuckleball pitcher. |
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Except then everyone would say "Rockymounaindem" is the last knuckleball pitcher.
Schilling, by contrast, is just a knucklehead.
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Sat Mar-26-05 03:17 AM
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10. the next Larry Bird . . . or the next Bill "Spaceman" Lee . . . n/t |
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Sat Mar-26-05 05:03 AM
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1. MLB Left handed starting pitcher with ERA around 2.2 2. MLB 3B with BA around .310 and OBP around .485
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Sat Mar-26-05 06:41 AM
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1)NFL Wide Reciever 2)NFL Quarterback
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Sat Mar-26-05 08:21 AM
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13. Two more esoteric choices... |
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Edited on Sat Mar-26-05 08:22 AM by jakefrep
1) Soccer player (center forward) in the English Premier League , German Bundesliga, or Italian Serie A 2) Pro Basketball player in one of the European leagues.
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Sat Mar-26-05 02:25 PM
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hands down, 2nd base.
Second choice, professional bass fisherman. C'mon, fishing for a living? What could be better?
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Sat Mar-26-05 02:59 PM
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15. 1. Professional Cyclist (bicycle) -- 2. MLB (any position but catcher) |
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Sat Mar-26-05 05:37 PM
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16. 1. Baseball (Second basemen for the Yankees) |
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2. Tennis (gritty and fast like Lleyton Hewitt)
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Sat Mar-26-05 07:18 PM
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17. No. 1 tennis player because |
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... you can earn big money, not taking a physical beating, travel the world, and still be reasonably anonymous in the US.
No. 2 an NBA point guard with a great three-point shot.
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Sat Mar-26-05 07:30 PM
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{1} Boxer.
I boxed a lot. I was okay at QB, but football is a violent sport. I concentrated on boxing, and wasn't particularly good at anything else.
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Sat Mar-26-05 08:23 PM
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20. Right, it's got to be Heavyweight Champion of the World |
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Edited on Sat Mar-26-05 08:28 PM by Awsi Dooger
Come on, pitchers and second basemen? There is only one athletic position that transcends sports. Worldwide, Muhammad Ali is like Babe Ruth times 7 billion. And that would be the case even if their careers were exactly parallel in terms of what years they encompassed.
The most basic trump card: "I can kick your ass, his ass, and anyone else on this planet."
On edit: whoops, I forgot to add a second choice. That's simple also; the best golfer on the planet. It's a worldwide obsession and you do it better than anyone else. Potentially less ear damage than heavyweight.
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Tue Mar-29-05 05:53 PM
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27. And after you no-hit the Yankees, the back page would read: |
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THE PITTS
over a full-page shot of A-Rod hanging his head after whiffing for the third time.
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Sat Mar-26-05 08:35 PM
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Edited on Sat Mar-26-05 08:35 PM by antiwarwarrior
Get paid a ton of money to do an overrated job, for an inning. What sweeter gig could there be?
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Sat Mar-26-05 10:28 PM
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22. The number 50 ranked male professional golfer. |
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I'd make a boatload of money, yet still retain my anonymity.
Second choice, 3rd base for the Cardinals.
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Mon Mar-28-05 01:02 PM
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You can make a ton of money, don't have as much wear and tear (your back, if anything), meet pro-am types for business connections, get to play the best courses in the world, and can play even when you're old.
Second choice - smooth shooting 2 guard in the NBA.
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Mon Mar-28-05 06:08 PM
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Even though I am a baseball nut it would have to be golf, which I love also. 30 year career and then the senior tour, tons of endorsement deals, corporate events, etc and if you want to take a few weeks off they can't fire you. Be a little tough dealing with the snobbishness, but you don't have to spend all your time with the country club boys.
Second, and first if choosing for a single season, baseball. Preferably for the White Sox, any position, I've played and love em all.
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Mon Mar-28-05 03:23 PM
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1st: Midfielder in the Premier League (Arsenal), Serie A (Inter Milan), or La Liga (Barcelona)
2nd: Formula 1 driver (they have to train like other athletes)
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Tue Mar-29-05 10:15 AM
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1) Professional Golfer - Can easily stay in the field and make a healthy living for 30+ years.
2) NBA Point Guard - I could play some when i was younger, but stopped growing at 5'9". Even though i could jump out of the gym, it's awfully hard to see the potential to work hard enough to try being a pro at five-nine. Of course, i'd have to have the legs i had then, not the ones i have now. (48 years old with MS.) I couldn't play a lick now. The Professor
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