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08-10-2007, 03:54 AM
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mebbe a baseball stat geek could explain this, but why ISNT bert blyven a HoFer?
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#82
08-10-2007, 03:57 AM
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[ QUOTE ] edit: Other NBA not so surprised: the Stackhouse scoring champ thing, if only because they mention it during Mavs games all the time. [/ QUOTE ] It's one of those things the announcers mention a lot. But the first time you hear it, you're surprised. Similar note, Brent Barry was a slam dunk champ. Not surprising if you've followed the NBA for a while. But if you started watching during this year's playoffs, it'd surprise you that some 3 point shooter once won the slam dunk contest. [/ QUOTE ] i think most quasi NBA fans (and obv hardcore ones) know this, only because it was the MJ imitation dunk he won on. I dont like the slam dunk contest but man the brent barry dunk was so [censored] cool.
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#83
08-10-2007, 04:00 AM
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mebbe a baseball stat geek could explain this, but why ISNT bert blyven a HoFer? [/ QUOTE ] Because the voters aren't baseball stat geeks.
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#84
08-10-2007, 04:03 AM
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I read this one a few years back, not sure if it's still true. There is no player in any pro sports hall of fame who played with a playing weight above 300 pounds (came up during discussing Shaq and how he might be the first) [/ QUOTE ] might? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
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#85
08-10-2007, 04:05 AM
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[ QUOTE ] I read this one a few years back, not sure if it's still true. There is no player in any pro sports hall of fame who played with a playing weight above 300 pounds (came up during discussing Shaq and how he might be the first) [/ QUOTE ] might? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] I assume he said "might" not because Shaq isn't a shoo in for the HOF but because another 300+lb athlete might make it to a HOF before him.
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#87
08-10-2007, 07:28 AM
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Forgot about this one.
The only recorded in-game homerun in MLB history to cross a state line was hit by Adam Dunn in 2004. He hit a ball out of GABP that bounced and rolled into the Ohio river, which is technically a part of Kentucky.
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#88
08-10-2007, 08:09 AM
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Ben Gordon is the 9th best 3pt shooter in NBA shooter in NBA history if you go by 3pt FG%, 2nd only among active players to Steve Nash. [/ QUOTE ] Jason Kapono doesn't qualify because he has too few scored/attempted or something? He's ahead of both.
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#89
08-10-2007, 08:40 AM
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This thread is cool. Nice going OP. [/ QUOTE ] Sporting Events forum has been a lot of fun for me lately.
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#90
08-10-2007, 09:02 AM
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Why is this surprising? Is it earlier or later than you expected? [/ QUOTE ] From my own anecdotal experiences, several people think Art Shell was the first black coach, so it is a somewhat surprising fact for some. Especially considered other major sports didn't even integrate until almost 30 years later.
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