Tim's Baseball List
1. Babe Ruth-If I had a time machine, selling Babe Ruth to fund No, No Nanette would be in be in the top 3 of things I would change. Not to mention you don’t earn more nicknames than I have fingers by being a dud.
2. Cy Young-This guy has more wins than Lou Gehrig had home runs and kept an era at 2.63.
3. Willie Mays-The essence of a 5 tool player. 2x MVP(Racist) hit .303 and hit 660 Home Runs.
4. Walter Johnson-The stats blow your mind, 110 Shutouts, an era of 2.17 and 417 wins...no big deal.
5. Ted Williams-The greatest hitter with the last name not Ruth. Arguably could’ve broken Ruth’s records. .344 average, 521 home runs and he missed 3 years volunteering for our country.
6. Ty Cobb-In an era dominated by pitching(see above) the man hit .366 and is second in all-time hits. Maybe the biggest jerk to lace them up, but there is no disputing the greatness.
7. Stan Musial-I’m a sucker for people who respect the game, but honestly .331, 475 Home Runs, 3x MVP, 3x World Series Champ needs no defense...consistently overlooked because he was one of the nicest, most humble ball players of all time.
8. Christy Matthewson-373 Wins, 2.13 era and 79 shutouts. Enough said.
9. Joe DiMaggio-3x MVP, .325 average and 9x world series champion. No coincidence that the winningest era in the history of the winningest franchise occurred during the prime of his career.
10. Sandy Koufax-The numbers don’t blow anybody away(comparatively)...but during an 11 year career he amassed 165 wins, 2.76 era, an MVP and 3 Cy Youngs. Had the best pure stuff, I’d argue, of all time. Bring the Dodgers back to Brooklyn.
Brendan's Baseball List
1. Hank Aaron- The true homerun king, plus he's the all-time leader in RBI's. 3771 hits with a career .305 batting average. The most underrated player of all-time, but not by this kid. Hammering Hank the best ever.
2. Willie Mays- Almost 1A. 660 Homers, 24 all star games, 12 gold gloves, A legend of the sport.
3. Ted Williams- .406 batting average in 1941, the last player to .400, a lifetime .344 batting average and 521 homeruns, plus he lost 3 years to world war II, who knows what his numbers could have been.
4. Walter Johnson- The Big Train was a bad man. 417 wins, 110 shutouts, with only a 2.17 ERA. When he retired he was the strikeout leader with 3,509. He was the only member of the 3000K club for 50 years until Bob Gibson joined in 1974.
5. Babe Ruth- "Babe Ruth was nothing more than a fat old man with little girl legs"
6. Ty Cobb- 4189 hits, 11 batting titles, the all-time leader in batting average .366. He retired holding the records for most runs (not broken until 2001), most hits (broken in 1985). Let's be serious that's one of the best ever.
7. Josh Gibson- The black Babe Ruth. If the Negro League kept stats they would show he hit over 800 dingers in his career plus he died at the young age of 35 before he got his chance to play in the Major Leagues.
8. Cy Young- No one will ever get close to his win total of 611. He is also the all-time leader in games started, innings pitched, and complete games with 749. Times have changed and pitchers have become babies and don't pitch over 7 innings but his numbers put him on this list.
9. Albert Pujols- 10 straight years of 30 homers and 100+ RBI's has him off to the greatest start of a career ever. He could end up number 1 on this list in 10 years as long as he isn't on the roids.
10. Derek Jeter- It pains me to say it but the guy is a winner. 5 championships. 11 time all-star. 2926 hits. He's one of the best shortshops ever and one of the best players I've ever seen.
Tim's Football List
1. Jim Brown-Watch tape of this man and then say say anybody is better...I dare you.
2. Jerry Rice-Nobody is even close to touching his records. 1,549 Receptions. 197 TD’s, 3x Superbowl Champion. Bottom line, there is a very long Wikipedia page dedicated to Jerry’s records.
3. Walter Payton-Nicknamed sweetness for a reason, made the game look easy. 16,726 rushing yards, 110 touchdowns and made the pro bowl 9x when half the league didn’t make the pro bowl.
4. Dan Marino-If he threw to Jerry Rice, automatically double each players stats. He was so good he made the Marx brothers a household name in the 90’s. 61,361 career passing yards and 420 yards. I was tempted to put Montana here, but this is about pure talent and I think Marino had more.
5. Jack Lambert-I flip flopped between Lambert and Taylor for a while. Eventually came to the consensus that Lambert made everybody on his team a lot better, and lets be real...greatest defense of all time was any Steelers defense in the 70’s...one reason Mr. Lambert.
6. Barry Sanders-Played as many years as Ladanian Tomlinson and has 4,000 more rushing yards. Ran behind a mediocre line and made me choke on my turkey every fourth thursday in November. I never choke on turkey.
7. Lawrence Taylor-If I had to pick one person to walk down a dark alley in the Bronx with me, I’d pick this man. It’s nearly impossible to calculate the impact a middle linebacker has on his team, so that’s why I chose the LT. MVP, 9x pro bowler, 2x Super Bowl Champ and 142 sacks.
8. Anthony Munoz-The greatest offensive lineman ever. The only player on this or any list that can say they made the pro bowl and all pro team 11 straight years. I think that even Ki-Jana Carter could rush for at least 1,000 behind him.
9. Reggie White-Some dispute this, but I will say it anyways the greatest defensive lineman ever. Never the biggest, strongest or fastest...but for some reason always the best. The most important defensive lineman's statistic: 197 sacks is second all time, Reggie also missed a year playing in the USFL. 10x first team all pro, and 13x pro bowl.
10. Joe Montana-It is hard arguing against putting Joe Montana somewhere on a top 10 list. Obviously owns great numbers and without question benefited from throwing to Jerry Rice, but any person who wins 4 Super Bowls and is the leader of his team needs to be somewhere.
Brendan's Football List
1. Jim Brown- As much as it hurts me to call a Cleveland Brown the best football player ever, I have to. He only played 9 seasons, made the pro bowl every year, won 3 MVP's, averaged 104.3 yards per game. But his most impressive accomplishment is that he actually lead the Browns to Championship in 1964, the last championship won in Cleveland.
2. Barry Sanders- The most elusive running back of all-time. 10 seasons, 10 pro bowls, 3rd all time with 15,269 rushing yards including 2,053 yards in 1997. He was the only reason to watch the Lions in the 1990's.
3. Jerry Rice- By far the best wide receiver of all-time. He re-wrote the record book. 1549 receptions, 22895 receiving yards, 208 total touchdowns. Those records might be the more unbreakable than Joe Dimaggio's hit streak.
4. Walter Payton- Mike Ditka described him as the greatest football player he had ever seen but even greater as a human being. I'll listen to Ditka, plus the 16,726 rushing yards don't hurt.
5. Lawrence Taylor- Not exactly the best human being ever, but he changed the position of linebacker. In 1985 he recorded 20.5 sacks and won the MVP award, which is one of the greatest seasons ever by a defensive player.
6. Peyton Manning- He is already the best Quarterback of all-time. He will own every record in the book if Brett Favre ever retires. He is a 4-time MVP and has won a Super Bowl. He also never gets touched so he could play for another 10 seasons. When he retires he might be on the top of this list.
7. Jack Lambert- 4-time Super Bowl championship and the leader of the Steel Curtain defense. Not only was he the best Middle Linebacker ever, but he may have been the most intimidating player in the history of the sport.
8. Joe Greene- The most important player in the history of the Steelers franchise. He was the fourth pick in the 1969 NFL draft and quickly turned one of the worst teams in football into the best. A 4-time Super Bowl Champion and one of the best defensive linemen of all time.
9. Ray Lewis- Like Jim Brown, It pains me to put a Raven on this list, but the man is a monster. He has been the leader of the franchise since they left Cleveland. Super Bowl XXV MVP, I pray he retires every year because he is the best linebacker I have ever seen play (other than James Harrison, but everyone hates him)
10. Deacon Jones- One bad man. He hated quaterbacks and invented the sack. Truthfact. Watch his highlights or listen to him speak and you will understand what I'm saying.
11. Hines Ward - I had to add an 11 spot for my favorite player ever. 2-time Super Bowl Champ and the XL MVP. The Steelers leader in receiving in every category. He's the definition of a Pittsburgh Steeler. I hope he plays forever.
12. Troy Polamalu - I'm sorry but Troy is the best player I have ever seen play. He is the definition of a game changer. Ever game he plays he will make a play that blows your mind. He is the reason the Steelers have won 2 super bowls since 2005.
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