SB Nation User Blog: jsmall404

Joe Namath as a legend?

jsmall404 — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:34:52 -0000

Has anyone seen this yet?

http://www.sportslegendschallenge.com

I wonder if he will try to kiss any of the other legends lol

Evidently they are playing in a poker tournament in September that fans can attend and actually PLAY WITH the other legends. Pretty cool idea.

From what I have read this is like a fan fantasy type event, would anyone actually care about going to something like this? I would probably consider it depending on what other greats are there.

Jerry West and Kareem

jsmall404 — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:26:01 -0000

Has anyone seen this yet?

http://www.sportslegendschallenge.com

I wonder if Jerry West will come out and say that Mike Ditka is a better poker player than Kareem lol.

Evidently they are playing in a poker tournament in September that fans can attend and actually PLAY WITH the other legends. Pretty cool idea.

From what I have read this is like a fan fantasy type event, would anyone actually care about going to something like this? I would probably consider it depending on what other greats are there.

Reggie Jackson as a legend?

jsmall404 — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:16:02 -0000

Has anyone seen this yet?

http://www.sportslegendschallenge.com

Evidently Reggie is playing in a poker tournament in September that fans can attend and actually PLAY WITH the other legends. Pretty cool idea.

From what I have read this is like a fan fantasy type event, would anyone actually care about going to something like this? I would probably consider it depending on what other baseball greats are there.

Brooks Robinson is another legend as well as guys like Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, and Joba Chamberlain haha

Brook Robinson as a legend

jsmall404 — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:05:32 -0000

Has anyone seen this yet?

http://www.sportslegendschallenge.com

Evidently Brooks is playing in a poker tournament in September that fans can attend and actually PLAY WITH the other legends. Pretty cool idea.

Reggie Jackson is another legend as well as guys like Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, and Matt Weiters haha

Jerry West Interview

jsmall404 — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:02:19 -0000

Did anyone notice the Jerry West interview last night?? He brought up that he is playing in a poker tournament with other sports legends this fall.

Seemed like a really cool idea, so i looked it up..evidently it is called The Sports Legends Challenge and its a fan experience that people can take part in.

I wonder who the other legends are? Has anyone heard more about this?

Also found this, which is pretty cool.

http://allaccessrewards.am570radio.com/asp3/ContestDetail.aspx?aid=62959

Michael Taylor

jsmall404 — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:23:31 -0000

curious to see what other people think of him. big, physical and storng guy who can run...was old for the leagues last year, where he played very well but did not hit for much power.

the word was that playing at stanford messed up his swing and he is making major adjustments. he already has 6 HRs as well as an outstanding 11:15 walk/K ratio.

Signs point to this guy being legit and I will go out on a limb and say he finishes te year as a top 30-40 prospect since he is well on his way to a 20/20 year along with great peripherals.

Aikman v. other great QBs

jsmall404 — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:33:46 -0000

A friend and I were arguining about where Aikman's place in QB history glory is/will be.

He thinks Aikman is a top 10 QB because of the 3 super bowl rings. I think he is around 17-20.

I defend myself by saying this: his TD to INT ratio is only 165:141. and he averaged less than 200 yards/game in his career.

Automatically have guys like manning, brady, favre, unitas, marino, elway, staubach, starr, namath, and montana ahead of him.

That is 10 right there, so where does he rank!?

Reggie Jackson

jsmall404 — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:36:10 -0000

I am curious where Yankee fans view him in terms of their all time greats. I have no connection to the Yankees but thought this would be an interesting topic after arguing with a friend about it.

From the outside looking in, I feel he was somewhat of a problem child, and the ESPN show a few years ago portrayed him in somewhat of a negative light.

The guy hit 144 HRs in only 5 seasons

I posted a poll with the options of top 10, 20, and 50. I assumed no one would try to argue he is top 5.

Poll

Where does Reggie Jackson rank in terms of all time Yankee greats?

top 10

26 votes

top 20

48 votes

top 50

17 votes

91 votes | Poll has closed

Brooks Robinson

jsmall404 — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:10:45 -0000

What current major leaguers do you guys think compare to him? Got into an arguement with a friend and am looking for feedback.

Obviously he has the 16 gold gloves, but only hit 268 career HRs with a career OBP of .322.

Does the fact that he played in 15 all star games matter? or was that a product of the time period?

What are yours thoughts compared to current players and where do you tihnk he ranks in terms of all tme great middle infielders/third basemen?

Matt Ryan Camp

jsmall404 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:59:45 -0000

Hi all,

Just wanted to spread the word that Matt Ryan is doing a camp for 7-14 year olds..just signed my son up this afternoon.

Pretty good deal I think..its only $90 if you use the code "mattQB" and sign up online here: http://www.procamps.com/toppsmattryan

Ryan doesn't get anything for doing the camp, just out of the goodness of his heart so I figured I would pass along the info.

Go Falcons!!!