Off Topic 2013

[TracerBullet]

I was randomly thinking about the first athletes from each sport I knew by name and number as a kid.

The first football players (well professional athletes in general) were: Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, Steve Young and Troy Aikman.

I think baseball was the next sport and that was: John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, David Justice, Ron Gant, Ken Griffey Jr, Tino and Edgar Martinez. I knew all those Braves only because I remember who to hate as my dad destroyed me with the Braves on RBI baseball.

Hockey was next with: Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Patrick Roy and John LeClair.

And basketball was last with: Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Gary Payton, and Shawn Kemp.

This has been your useless post for the evening, enjoy your night.

[Bellsprout]

Don Majikowski and Michael Jordan for me.

I took a stab at spelling that without Google, by the way. Let's see if I got it right...

EDIT: Balls. Majkowski. I think I threw the extra I in there because his nickname was Majik.

[AUChase]

Observation/Opinion for the day:

Veronica Mars not being on Netflix is a complete ****ing travesty.

[BurghFan]

Football was probably former Steelers QB, Bubby Brister. It's a funny story though (and I feel like I've already told it). Around the time he played for the Steelers my little sister was a toddler and had a blanket she always carried around with her which she called her "bubby". So, whenever my dad or I would mention his name she would get excited and repeat "bubby" in an excited voice.

Baseball was probably Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, or Andy Van Slyke. I actually dressed up as Van Slyke for halloween when I was in 5th grade.

Hockey, probably Lemieux. Another funny story from when I was in 5th grade during the Pens 2nd Stanley Cup run when they ultimately beat the Blackhawks. One day one of my classmates was wearing a Mario Lemieux jersey and during our music class the teacher asked "What's with this Lemieux thing" or something like that while pronouncing "Lemieux" like "Lem-ee-ucks". I don't know if he was really that ignorant of hockey or if he was just messing around, though I don't remember him being one of the teachers who liked to joke around either.

NBA - No idea, but probably Michael Jordan since I came to be a Bulls fan when I was a kid. Though I don't really follow basketball, if I had to choose I'd still say I'm a Bulls fan since they were my favorite team back then.

[Blue]

First for me was Baron Davis, hard to explain why

[Bellsprout]

Quote: Originally Posted by AUChase

Observation/Opinion for the day: Veronica Mars not being on Netflix is a complete ****ing travesty.

Spoiler

[AUChase]

Also; OS makes me realize that some people think about games and movies on a totally different level than I do. Sometimes I wonder how people's brains allow them to actually enjoy any sort of entertainment when they are being so ridiculously critical and observative of every single little detail about everything.

[Chrisksaint]

Football: Deuce Mcallister, Ricky Williams, Jake Delhomme, Michael "The Beerman" Lewis, Joe Montana(my mom had a weird time when she was a 49ers fan to piss off my grandma I think), Kurt Warner(I remember really liking the Greatest Show on Turf some as I liked the TDs, which explains a lot now)

Baseball: Idk I never cared up until 9th or 10th grade, probably Josh Beckett or Miguel Cabrera due to watching the '03 season some.

Basketball: Shaq, Pistol Pete, Michael Jordan