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Geezer Query - Who are most distant past sports legends you've actually seen play in the flesh? - Printable Version +- MacResource (https://forums.macresource.com) +-- Forum: My Category (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=1) +--- Forum: Tips and Deals (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3) +--- Thread: Geezer Query - Who are most distant past sports legends you've actually seen play in the flesh? (/showthread.php?tid=295051) |
Re: Geezer Query - Who are most distant past sports legends you've actually seen play in the flesh? - Blankity Blank - 03-17-2025 vision63 wrote: My man was putting in work to pay the bills. I applauded him for it. Sure, but the path there, not a joyride. Re: Geezer Query - Who are most distant past sports legends you've actually seen play in the flesh? - Will Collier - 03-17-2025 Lux Interior wrote: I don't think even Bo Jackson did all of those sports! Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMMtGvRG0b0 Bo knows timing: that ad aired for the first time immediately after the first inning of the 1989 All-Star Game, which of course included his monster lead-off home run. Re: Geezer Query - Who are most distant past sports legends you've actually seen play in the flesh? - JoeM - 03-17-2025 Jeez, lets see here's a few: On the tube: Sandy Koufax Don Drysdale Willie Mays Mickey Mantle Yogi Berra Whitey Ford Don Larsen Roger Maris Hank Aaron Johnny Unitas Jim Brown Joe Namath Emile Griffith Floyd Patterson Muhammad Ali In person: Phil Esposito Ron Greschner Joe Fraiser Larry Holmes Mark Gastineau Jet Li Re: Geezer Query - Who are most distant past sports legends you've actually seen play in the flesh? - freeradical - 03-18-2025 Takeru Kobayashi Re: Geezer Query - Who are most distant past sports legends you've actually seen play in the flesh? - Speedy - 03-18-2025 freeradical wrote: And we have a winner! Re: Geezer Query - Who are most distant past sports legends you've actually seen play in the flesh? - DeusxMac - 03-18-2025 Funny how quickly "sports" and "in the flesh" cease to have any meaning. :RollingEyesSmiley5: Re: Geezer Query - Who are most distant past sports legends you've actually seen play in the flesh? - Will Collier - 03-19-2025 Quite jealous of a lot of these lists... I grew up in a small town that was many hundreds of miles away from any professional sports team (unless you count Alabama football, of course). Not many opportunities to see pretty much any of those names while they were still active. |