Sportzcommish's 800/500 Celebrationby Sportzcommish (Last updated on Apr 12, 2021) |
Contest is closed. Answers are by questions in bold print. 113 was a perfect score.
- You may only participate in one sport, so note which sport you are competing in:
- baseball, basketball, football, or hockey
- One (1) response to include answers to all 15 items (plus the tiebreaker). If multiple responses are posted by the same person, the first one will be the official entry.
- Members with multiple IDs may NOT submit an entry for each ID.
- Please number the answers on your response.
- Name my favorite all-time baseball player. (5 pts) Willie Mays
- Name my favorite all-time football player. (5 pts) Don Meredith
- Name my favorite all-time basketball player. (5 pts) Pete Maravich
- Name the player I collect to honor and remember my dad. (5 pts) Alvin Dark
- Name the player I collect simply to connect nostalgically to a non-sport-related childhood activity. (5 pts) Stan Mikita
- Name the player who is displayed in each of my three office baseball displays - All-Time Team, All-Time League, and All-Time Jersey Number. (5 pts) Joe Morgan
- Name the three "families" I collect. (10 pts) Alou - Felipe, Jesus, Matty, Moises, Bonds - Bobby, Barry, Martinez - Dennis, Pedro, Ramon, Tino, et al
- Name the four baseball teams I've rooted for over the course of my life. (3 pts each) Giants, Rangers, Yankees, Astros
- Name the baseball player I collect whose relative attends my church. (5 pts) Gus Mancuso
- Name the baseball player I was trained by. (5 pts) Pat Combs
- I collect five of the following players simply because they were keepers in my fantasy baseball leagues. Which ones? (3 pts each)
- Derek Jeter
- Jeff Bagwell
- Barry Zito
- David Ortiz
- Evan Longoria
- Roger Clemens
- Nomar Garciaparra
- Jorge Posada
- Barry Bonds
- Alfonso Soriano
- Ozzie Smith
- These are players I've interacted with at non-sports-related venues locally: Lee Roy Jordan, Ken Caminiti, Mike Newlin, Pat Combs, Elvin Hayes, Larry Dierker, Craig Reynolds. Match each to the occurence (3 pts each):
- At my favorite BBQ restaurant Hayes
- On a family vacation Caminiti
- At a seminar Combs
- At a stoplight Newlin
- At a church bathroom Reynolds
- Reporting on a local news event Dierker
- Heard him speak at an Air Force base Jordan
- Name the football player I collect only because he impressed me with his locks and performance in a championship game. (5 pts) Larry Fitzgerald
- Name the doctor I collect. (5 pts) Frank Ryan
- Name the player I collect who once participated with a famed evangelist before entering the ministry himself. (5 pts) Bill Glass
- (Tiebreaker use only) Rank these Dallas quarterbacks in order of favorite to least favorite: Don Meredith, Craig Morton, Roger Staubach, Danny White, Troy Aikman Meredith, Aikman, Morton, Staubach, White
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I am competing in the Basketball category please. Answers are as follows: 1.) (Say hey) Willie Mays 2. Bob Hayes 3. Akeem Olajuwon 4. Alvin Dark 5. ??? 6. All Time Team... Willie Mays All Time League... ??? All Time Jersey Number... ??? 7. Alou ... Ripken... Aaron 8. Houston Colts 45's , Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, ??? 9.??? 10. Pat Combs 11. Bagwell, Smith, Jeter, Posada, Ortiz 12. Ken Caminiti .. Family vacation Craig Reynolds...Church bathroom John Lucas... Favorite BBQ restaurant Pat Combs..seminar Lee Roy Jordan... Airforce base Mike Newlin... at a stoplight Larry Dierker... reporting a local news event Elvin Hayes... ??? 13. Larry Fitzgerald 14. Shaq 15. Mike Schmidt 16. Meredith, Staubach,Morton,Aitken,White | |
1) Willie Mays 2) Tony Dorsett 4) Willie Mays 5) Craig Biggio 6) Willie Mays 8) Astros, Orioles, Rangers & Dodgers 9) Craig Reynolds 10) Jeff Bagwell 11) Jeff Bagwell, Roger Clemens & Ozzie Smith 12)Lee Roy Jordan - Reporting on a local news event Ken Caminiti - Heard him speak at an Air Force base Mike Newlin - At my favorite BBQ restaurant Pat Combs - At a seminar Elvin Hayes - At a stoplight Larry Dierker - On a family vacation Craig Reynolds - At a church bathroom 13) Troy Aikman 14) Shaquille O'Neal 15) Reggie White. 16)Roger Staubach,Troy Aikman, Don Meredith, Craig Morton, Danny White. Damn dude these were tough, I went thru 100s of your forums trying to figure it out, Some I guessed. I;m Going to go I guess with Hockey, But I like Option #2 and would let you pick from any sport. Thanks agaion for doing this | |
Baseball is my entry. 1. Willie Mays 2. Don Merdedith (though in a forum post you said it was a tie with Bob Hayes) 3. Hakeem Olajuwon 4. Alvin Dark 5. Stan Mikita 6. Joe Morgan 7. Martinez, Alou, Gonzalez 8. Giants, Astros, Braves, Colt 45s 9. Albert Pujols 10. Willie McCovey 11. Ortiz, Clemens, Zito, Soriano, Posada 12. Caminiti - family vacation Reynolds - church bathroom Combs - seminar Jordan - Air Force Base Newlin - stoplight Dierker - Local news event Hayes - BBQ restaurant 13. Larry Fitzgerald 14. Doc Medich 15. Darryl Strawberry Bonus: Meredith, Aikmen, Staubach, Morton, White
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Hey! Best guesses /researched I could come up with:) I wanted to go with willie mays for number 1 but biggio was one on your "collecting" list... 1. Biggio 2.Don Meredith 3. Hakeem 4. Alvin Dark 5. 6. 7. Biggio, Bonds, Martinez 8. 45's, Astros, Giants, Rangers 9. 10. 11. Ortiz, Garciaparra, Zito, posada, soriano 12. Zito, Ortiz, Longoria, Soriano, posada, 13. BBQ- Hayes, vacation- Caminiti, seminar- Combs, stoplight- Newlin, bathroom- Reynolds, news event- Dierker, Jordan- air force base. 14. MARK Hamilton 15. Bill Glass 16. Same order they are in in the question. | |
I'm going for the football.
Willie Mays
Don Meredith
Hakeem Olajuwon
Cesar Cedeno
Roy White
Willie McCovey
Alomar, Bell, Alou
Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox
Jeff Bagwell
Glenn Davis
Larry Fitzgerald
Mark Hamilton
Bill Glass
Meredith, Aikman, Staubach, White, Morton | |
1. Willie Mays |