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Mt. Rushmore of "but no Championship"

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Kepler said:
The latter. Tis better to have loved and lost and all that. Marino can kick himself and have a beer. Sanders has a whole world to kick. That's gotta suck.
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I dunno. I think we can look at the fans to get a feel. Who seems more miserable and defeated, Browns fans or Vikings fans?
 
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The Sicatoka said:
< wrong buzzer >

One per sport. ;)
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I know but I don't care about the rest. :) But ok...

For baseball the list is long and my list is probably too modern-centric but: Griffey Jr., Gwynn, Sutton, Killebrew, Ichiro, Dawson, Carew, Yaz or Fisk. S**t forgot about Cobb and Williams so maybe not completely recent.

For NHL Ovie I guess, Lundqvisk, Ruff (coaches allowed?) Kariya or Roenick?

For NFL non-Vikings Marino, Sanders, Kelly, Seau, Fouts, Dickerson...

For the NBA Barkley, Malone, Iverson, Ewing, Miller, Maravich, Dominique...
 
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Where is the love for Jim Kelly? Four times, IN A FRIGGIN' ROW, and nothing. NOTHING. Name the last team, hell, ALL the teams in the major four sports to go to four title games in a row ever, then narrow that down to the modern era in each of those sports.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Where is the love for Jim Kelly? Four times, IN A FRIGGIN' ROW, and nothing. NOTHING. Name the last team, hell, ALL the teams in the major four sports to go to four title games in a row ever, then narrow that down to the modern era in each of those sports.
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I listed Kelly and the Yankees went to 4 straight WS which was also part of a stretch of 6 trips in 8 years. The NY Islanders went to (and won) 4 straight from '80-'83. The Oilers didn't earn 4 straight but won 5 in 7 years. And the Bulls likely would have been to at least 4 in a row had Jordan not "retired".
 
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Jim Kelly (lost four in a row, played at The U before they became The U)
Charles Barkley (Ewing at least won in college)
Ichiro (if he is retired, won in Japan though)
Marcel Dionne (Ovie ain’t got his numbers)

And if I can add a soccer player: Taylor Twellmam.
 
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Kepler said:
That's one of the most amazing things I have ever heard of. That man lived a full life.
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I don't know if the thought still holds true, but a number of jurists thought that he was elected strictly based upon name recognition and not his qualifications.

To be fair, I think there was more than just a little racism in that assessment, but I can't say that I know his credentials other than having a JD - which isn't need to get elected to the MN State Supreme Court.
 
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St. Clown said:
I don't know if the thought still holds true, but a number of jurists thought that he was elected strictly based upon name recognition and not his qualifications.

To be fair, I think there was more than just a little racism in that assessment, but I can't say that I know his credentials other than having a JD - which isn't need to get elected to the MN State Supreme Court.
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It's not racist per se -- you could see the idea arising from the stereotype (frequently justified) of the dumb jock. But yeah, I don't recall that argument being made about Jack Kemp or Bill Bradley. I wonder what could be the difference?
 
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St. Clown said:
I don't know if the thought still holds true, but a number of jurists thought that he was elected strictly based upon name recognition and not his qualifications.

To be fair, I think there was more than just a little racism in that assessment, but I can't say that I know his credentials other than having a JD - which isn't need to get elected to the MN State Supreme Court.
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From what I understand he more than acquitted any thoughts regarding that by how he did his work.
 
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Kepler said:
It's not racist per se -- you could see the idea arising from the stereotype (frequently justified) of the dumb jock. But yeah, I don't recall that argument being made about Jack Kemp or Bill Bradley. I wonder what could be the difference?
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mookie would hold a judge at a much higher plane than a rep or a senator. just sayin'
 
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