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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 25, 2019 0:30:27 GMT
We always argue about the best, what about the worst? Don't name one guy who missed five field goals for the 1932 Portsmouth Spartans or one goalie who let in 10 goals for the 1919 Ottawa Silver Seven. One game wonders don't count. What made me think of this was Doug Flynn. I bet Klaw remembers Doug Flynn. He really couldn't hit for the life of him and his fielding stats weren't that good, despite one Gold Glove (the Gold Glove is a joke, remember Rafael Palmeiro). But he had an 11 year career. www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flynndo01.shtml |
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Post by sdm3 on Sept 25, 2019 0:38:20 GMT
Nathan Peterman.  |
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Post by Geddy on Sept 25, 2019 0:51:12 GMT
Hulk Hogan. The man knew approximately zero wrestling holds.
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Post by marco26 on Sept 25, 2019 1:11:38 GMT
What made me think of this was Doug Flynn. Doug Flynn wasn't bad at all. He could field and the offensive numbers he put up was what you would expect back then from a middle infielder.
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Post by marco26 on Sept 25, 2019 1:16:35 GMT
Anna Kournikova is the definitive answer.
Consider this:
Serena Williams and Anna Kournikova have combined to win a total of 23 individual Grand Slam titles. Serena has won 23. Do the math.
And after doing the math you should know that Anna Kournikova was at one point the highest paid female athlete on planet Earth.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 25, 2019 2:40:35 GMT
 Rafael Araújo Drafted 8th overall in 2004 by the Raptors. Accomplished nothing. Ever. Andrea Bargnani is Kevin McHale compared to that guy. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2019 3:10:40 GMT
John Daly
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 25, 2019 3:45:57 GMT
Forgot Mario Mendoza. Not a challenge to keep naming weak hitting shortstop but when you have a stat line named after you, you should be mentioned
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Sept 25, 2019 7:06:05 GMT
Hulk Hogan. The man knew approximately zero wrestling holds. Watch his match in Japan vs. Muta. His character wasn't supposed to be Dean Malenko-esque - i.e. a boring vanilla midget technical wrestler with an arsenal of armbars and drop toe holds with the personality of mayonnaise. He pretty much carried Warrior at 'Mania VI as well.
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Post by Marv on Sept 25, 2019 9:02:07 GMT
There’s tons of relatively bad professional athletes who’s name you never know because they aren’t good enough in the first place. But I’ll go with this guy...Jimmy Smith, the boxer.  If you’ve seen his fight you know what I’m talking about. If not give it a google, it’s worth a laugh. |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 25, 2019 15:26:48 GMT
How about worst luck? Gale Gilbert. Only player to go to 5 consecutive Super Bowls and lose them all. Though he was on the winning end of 'The Play,' in college, he was also on a Little League World Series team who lost the championship game to Taiwan. This guy needs a 30 for 30. |
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Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 25, 2019 15:46:51 GMT
We always argue about the best, what about the worst? Don't name one guy who missed five field goals for the 1932 Portsmouth Spartans or one goalie who let in 10 goals for the 1919 Ottawa Silver Seven. One game wonders don't count. What made me think of this was Doug Flynn. I bet Klaw remembers Doug Flynn. He really couldn't hit for the life of him and his fielding stats weren't that good, despite one Gold Glove (the Gold Glove is a joke, remember Rafael Palmeiro). But he had an 11 year career. www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flynndo01.shtmlDoug Flynn was a bit before my time (born in 79) so I can't say I ever saw him play. From his stats, he looks like he was useless at the plate and affirmatively bad defensively. Like a shitty version of Rey Ordonez who was pretty useless at the dish and was.....I'd say above average defensively. He would make highlight reel catches every single game, but then he'd botch the easy ones. Side note - the '99 Mets team was the best infield defensive team I ever saw, with him at SS, Olerud at 1B, Edgardo Alfonso at 2B and Robin Ventura at 3B. The quartet had something like 10 errors in total among them. Ordonez managed to make himself serviceable that year at the plate, his best year (aside from 30 games in Tampa Bay when he hit over .300), when he hit .260 and knocked in 60 runs. Beyond that, he just had no real offensive skills to speak of, had zero power and didn't have a good eye. His best attribute was probably that he didn't strike out a ton. Doug Flynn is a good choice. The worst player I can name that I've seen play? I'll go with Juan Castro, a guy who played 17 years and managed a .595 OPS for his career. No power, no ability to get on base, a tick below average defensively, just had no upside to offer any team, beyond being a warm body.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 25, 2019 16:23:10 GMT
Anna Kournikova is the definitive answer. Consider this: Serena Williams and Anna Kournikova have combined to win a total of 23 individual Grand Slam titles. Serena has won 23. Do the math. And after doing the math you should know that Anna Kournikova was at one point the highest paid female athlete on planet Earth. 
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Post by Geddy on Sept 25, 2019 16:49:40 GMT
Hulk Hogan. The man knew approximately zero wrestling holds. Watch his match in Japan vs. Muta. His character wasn't supposed to be Dean Malenko-esque - i.e. a boring vanilla midget technical wrestler with an arsenal of armbars and drop toe holds with the personality of mayonnaise. He pretty much carried Warrior at 'Mania VI as well. To me, Hogan was all style and no substance as theres no way he should have become world champion with his poor skills unless Vince ordered it which of course he did. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2019 16:54:45 GMT
OJ Simpson (too murdery)
Oscar Pistorius (ditto)
Mike Tyson (too rapey)
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Sept 25, 2019 18:55:07 GMT
Watch his match in Japan vs. Muta. His character wasn't supposed to be Dean Malenko-esque - i.e. a boring vanilla midget technical wrestler with an arsenal of armbars and drop toe holds with the personality of mayonnaise. He pretty much carried Warrior at 'Mania VI as well. To me, Hogan was all style and no substance as theres no way he should have become world champion with his poor skills unless Vince ordered it which of course he did. He had the look, persona and presence - the attitude, charisma and the mic skills. That's 99.9% of Sports Entertainment/Pro Wrestling - which is why he's the biggest icon in professional wrestling - the other .1% is to know how to do a headlock. WWF/E tried numerous times to give the ball to somebody else - they failed miserably.
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Post by marco26 on Sept 25, 2019 18:56:31 GMT
Oh, very good choice. I hated her. She actually was not a bad Indy car driver. She had faults, but if she had a top ten finish it would not be a surprise. It's when she made that move to NASCAR that the hate really began. NASCAR soooo built her up, and she had done not one thing. She was the only driver who could finish in 33rd place and still get a post-race interview. And it is common knowledge that the fix was in for her first NASCAR race she ever ran, the 2013 Daytona 500. Her very first NASCAR race, biggest race of the season...and Danica gets the pole? Her first race. You know what her average starting position was for the rest of that season? 30th. But somehow she got 1st for the Daytona 500. Hmmm, I wonder how.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Sept 25, 2019 18:59:10 GMT
Anna Kournikova is the definitive answer. Consider this: Serena Williams and Anna Kournikova have combined to win a total of 23 individual Grand Slam titles. Serena has won 23. Do the math. And after doing the math you should know that Anna Kournikova was at one point the highest paid female athlete on planet Earth. The question was about athletes. |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 25, 2019 19:00:57 GMT
The question was about athletes. I don't know what's more telling, the fact that I couldn't remember her name or that I didn't bother to look it up.
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Post by Geddy on Sept 25, 2019 21:49:20 GMT
To me, Hogan was all style and no substance as theres no way he should have become world champion with his poor skills unless Vince ordered it which of course he did. He had the look, persona and presence - the attitude, charisma and the mic skills. That's 99.9% of Sports Entertainment/Pro Wrestling - which is why he's the biggest icon in professional wrestling - the other .1% is to know how to do a headlock. WWF/E tried numerous times to give the ball to somebody else - they failed miserably. I disagree as Roddy Piper who was a far better wrestler and had all the other stuff you mentioned was denied the chance to be world champ as on any day of the week he could have beaten Hogan. |
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