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FWIW, I'm not a Boston fan or homer, but I did think it was cool that the Boston fans had got to see three of the best players ever: Larry Bird, Ted Williams, and Bobby Orr. With the emergence of Brady, I am wondering if any city can top this list.

Boston

MLB - Ted Williams
NBA - Larry Bird
NFL - Tom Brady
NHL - Bobby Orr

Detroit and Chicago are great, but not up to Boston IMO

Detroit
MLB - Ty Cobb
NBA - Isiah Thomas
NFL - Barry Sanders
NHL - Gordie Howe


Chicago
MLB - Ernie Banks
NBA - Michaeal Jordon
NFL - Walter Payton
NHL - Bobby Hull

Any other cities that can compete with these?. If you toss the NBA, and go with 3 stars, maybe Pittsburg? Of if you toss the NHL, and go with three stars, maybe some other cities? Thoughts?

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My best attempt at Los Angeles...
MLB - Koufax
NBA - Wilt/Kareem/Magic/Kobe...pick one
NFL - Marcus Allen/Eric Dickerson?
NHL - Gretzky

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NY:

MLB - Ruth, Gehrig, Dimaggio, Mantle, Mays, Robinson, and many others
NFL - LT
NHL - I don't know hockey, but there's gotta be somebody
NBA - they're kinda weak, but Frazier, Monroe, Reed, Ewing are all HoFers. Plus Oakley.

NY is so overwhelming when it comes to baseball it's insane.

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DKS,

You forgot Jerry West. And Shaq. And Kobe is last on the list.

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Yeah, I figured I had too many names already and really, sorting out the 4 I listed and the 2 you did is tough. I believe LA has to win best overall NBA talent ever, with Boston not far behind.

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NHL - I don't know hockey, but there's gotta be somebody


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I guess you could say Messier.

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NY:

MLB - Ruth, Gehrig, Dimaggio, Mantle, Mays, Robinson, and many others
NFL - LT
NHL - I don't know hockey, but there's gotta be somebody
NBA - they're kinda weak, but Frazier, Monroe, Reed, Ewing are all HoFers. Plus Oakley.

NY is so overwhelming when it comes to baseball it's insane.

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NHL: Mark Messier/Wayne Gretzky/Brian Leech
NFL: Joe Namath

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NHL - I don't know hockey, but there's gotta be somebody


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I guess you could say Messier.

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And I guess if the Islanders count you could name a bunch of solid HoF's.

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Cobb from the movie,

Louis Prima: With all the great players playing ball right now, how well do you think you would do against today's pitchers?
Ty Cobb: Well, I figure against today's pitchers I'd only probably hit about .290
Louis Prima: .290? Well that's amazing, because you batted over .400 a... a whole bunch of times. Now tell us all, we'd all like to know, why do you think you'd only hit .290?
Ty Cobb: Well, I'm 72 fucing years old you ignorant son of a btch

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For my friends up North in San Fran/San Jose/Oakland...

MLB - Bonds
NBA - Uhhh, Wilt for a couple seasons, otherwise Mullen? I dunno. EDIT: Ohhh, Rick Barry I think is the right answer.
NFL - Montana/Rice
NHL - Joe Thornton