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GOAT Dinner

BamaDawg

So, let's say that you can have dinner with 10 sports GOATs, who would they be (dead or alive)? The ONLY rule is that they can't come from the same position, i.e... Pitchers, 3rd baseman, QBs, etc......

So here is mine (in no specific order):

Nolan Ryan
Wilt Chamberlain
Wayne Gretzky
Hershel Walker
Willie Mays
Michael Jordan
Mia Hamm
Michael Phelps
Andre The Giant
Babe Ruth

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ArchDawg90

Michael Jordan
Tom Brady
Tiger Woods
Shaq
Dale Sr.
Michael Phelps
Sting (WWE, not the musical artist)
Coach K
Roger Federer
Chipper Jones
Yogi Berra

kelly_b

@ArchDawg90 said:
Michael Jordan
Tom Brady
Tiger Woods
Shaq
Dale Sr.
Michael Phelps
Sting (WWE, not the musical artist)
Coach K
Roger Federer
Chipper Jones
Yogi Berra

OH MAN - how could I have forgotten Yogi??? Can you imagine that? It would be awesome. God knows what would he say.

ArchDawg90

@kelly_b said:

@ArchDawg90 said:
Michael Jordan
Tom Brady
Tiger Woods
Shaq
Dale Sr.
Michael Phelps
Sting (WWE, not the musical artist)
Coach K
Roger Federer
Chipper Jones
Yogi Berra

OH MAN - how could I have forgotten Yogi??? Can you imagine that? It would be awesome. God knows what would he say.

I know! I would sit between Yogi and Shaq for sure! The stories and jokes would be endless!

kelly_b

And I want Anna Kournikova to be the hostess at my dinner.

I want Anna Kournikova to be....lol, sorry, couldn't help it.

kelly_b

I know! I would sit between Yogi and Shaq for sure! The stories and jokes would be endless!

Nobody was better for a quote than Yogi. Really, I should go back and put him on my list but I'll just leave it be as it is...but yeah, even though I hardly drink anymore, I would have to have a few beers and sit there with a grin on my face and just crack up.

AnotherDawg

@kelly_b said:

Maddux

Walter Payton

Willy Mays

Boog Powell

The Oz

Chipper

Muhammad Ali

Champ Bailey

Hammerin' Hank

Spud Webb

@BamaDawg - Nice thread. I almost started one the other day (since spring training is about to start) that asks: who would be your all-time top-5 starting rotation. Also, someone mentioned a request to change from GOAT to athletes we would like to have dinner with...I sorta agree because the GOAT label is highly debatable. I had a difficult time deciding this list, but had a great time putting it together. I could argue with an ashtray about who was best at each position/sport if I had to. Again, great thread.

BTW - I met Nolan Ryan back when I was waiting tables at Del Frisco's in Fort Worth and asked him about the thing w/ Ventura and he did not like that one bit. Still tipped like a Hall of Famer, though. Kudos.

Love the Boog Powell mention, and count me in on the pitching rotation thread.

kelly_b

@AnotherDawg - I'm working on how to do it right, but it's coming soon since spring approaches. What are your thoughts? Should we restrict it to eras? For example, can you really put Walter Johnson in a rotation w/ Maddux who pitched during the steroid era? I'm open to all suggestion before prematurely starting the thread.

christopherules

And OH, BTW I completely forgot I also want to have BOTH Larry Munson, AND also Skip Caray there at that table too!!!! In each of their respective broadcast worlds, each of these two sports broadcasting legends gave me some of my VERY BEST MEMORIES EVER in my entire lifetime, that I continue to cherish to this very day (the recordings are all in my own head of course). However, I can STILL hear SO MANY of each of their "calls" of GREAT GEORGIA BULLDOGS, and The Atlanta Braves WINS too!!!

AnotherDawg

@kelly_b said:
@AnotherDawg - I'm working on how to do it right, but it's coming soon since spring approaches. What are your thoughts? Should we restrict it to eras? For example, can you really put Walter Johnson in a rotation w/ Maddux who pitched during the steroid era? I'm open to all suggestion before prematurely starting the thread.

Your call, but I wouldn't overthink it. Keeping it simple would generate the most responses and probably lead to good discussions about the very issues you're mentioning.

TNDawg71

Greg Maddux
Pele
Wayne Gretzky
Hershel Walker
Bjorn Borg
Michael Jordan
Mia Hamm
Jim Thorpe
Jackie Robinson
Babe Ruth

AnotherDawg

@TNDawg71 said:
Greg Maddux
Pele
Wayne Gretzky
Hershel Walker
Bjorn Borg
Michael Jordan
Mia Hamm
Jim Thorpe
Jackie Robinson
Babe Ruth

Good stuff. Borg might make my list if I had a do-over.

JoelSidneyKelly

Bigcalidawg

@BamaDawg said:

@Bigcalidawg

Can we change the list, so it’s just athletes, and not GOATS?

The idea was your idea of GOATs to have dinner with. But you can put who u want.

Mark Fydrich
Mark Lemongello
Lawrence Taylor
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul Jabaar
Ken Stabler
Abdullah The Butcher
Serena Williams (In my lap)
Al Hrabosky
Rickey Henderson

Bulldawg1982

@JoelSidneyKelly said:

Awesome job on that .gif, that's impressive really.

TNDawg71

@Bigcalidawg said:

@BamaDawg said:

@Bigcalidawg

Can we change the list, so it’s just athletes, and not GOATS?

The idea was your idea of GOATs to have dinner with. But you can put who u want.

Mark Fydrich

Mark Lemongello

Lawrence Taylor

Wilt Chamberlain

Kareem Abdul Jabaar

Ken Stabler

Abdullah The Butcher

Serena Williams (In my lap)

Al Hrabosky

Rickey Henderson

Gotta love "The Bird", what an unpleasant way to die