December 30th vs. February 17th - Battle of the Sports Birthdays

[Stark]

Which is the better sports birthday?

December 30th - LeBron James and Tiger Woods (also Sandy Koufax)

February 17th - Michael Jordan and Jim Brown

 

[ChicagoCavFan]

Case Keenum's is today as well...so flawed and unfair poll.

For real, James and Woods cuz they are Capricorn's like me (1/19).

 

[Lee]

Which is the better sports birthday?

December 30th - LeBron James and Tiger Woods (also Sandy Koufax)

February 17th - Michael Jordan and Jim Brown

Kofax probably swings it to 30th, greatest left hander of all time...and a Jew, lol

 

[Cratylus]

For December 30 there's also:
-Jim Marshall
-Ben Johnson
-A.J. Pierzynski
-Laila Ali
-Kenyon Martin
-Carson Wentz

For February 17 there's also:
-Buddy Ryan
-Rick Majerus
-Dennis Green
-Rowdy Gaines
-Luc Robitaille
-Al Harrington
-Marcin Gortat

 

[2 For The Brew]

Kofax probably swings it to 30th, greatest left hander of all time...and a Jew, lol

Also on the 30th: England Cricket Test Captain Joe Root.

For December 30 there's also:
-Jim Marshall
-Ben Johnson
-A.J. Pierzynski
-Laila Ali
-Kenyon Martin
-Carson Wentz

For February 17 there's also:
-Buddy Ryan
-Rick Majerus
-Dennis Green
-Rowdy Gaines
-Luc Robitaille
-Al Harrington
-Marcin Gortat

 

[Cratylus]

Kofax probably swings it to 30th, greatest left hander of all time...and a Jew, lol

Better lefties than Sandy Koufax:
-Wayne Gretzky
-Babe Ruth
-Lionel Messi
-Bill Russell
-Larry Bird
-Ted Williams
-Ty Cobb
-Lou Gehrig
-Bobby Orr
-Deion Sanders
-Rafael Nadal
-Stan Musial

And yes, I know you meant greatest left handed pitcher of all time. I'm just busting your balls, Lee. But even so, there's....

-Steve Carlton
-Lefty Grove
-Warren Spahn
-Randy Johnson

But yeah, I'd give an edge to Koufax over Carlton.

 

[Cratylus]

Also on the 30th: England Cricket Test Captain Joe Root.

 

[Lee]

Better lefties than Sandy Koufax:
-Wayne Gretzky
-Babe Ruth
-Lionel Messi
-Bill Russell
-Larry Bird
-Ted Williams
-Ty Cobb
-Lou Gehrig
-Bobby Orr
-Deion Sanders
-Rafael Nadal
-Stan Musial

And yes, I know you meant greatest left handed pitcher of all time. I'm just busting your balls, Lee. But even so, there's....

-Steve Carlton
-Lefty Grove
-Warren Spahn
-Randy Johnson

But yeah, I'd give an edge to Koufax over Carlton.

I love the list, people for some reason forget about Gretzky as an all time great, possibly the greatest team sport athlete of all time.

 

[2 For The Brew]

I love the list, people for some reason forget about Gretzky as an all time great, possibly the greatest team sport athlete of all time.

I saw him and the Oilers play the Penguins when I was going to grad school in Pittsburgh. His Hockey IQ was off the charts. What he accomplished with unremarkable athleticism was amazing. It’s a crying shame that the NHL was never successful in Cleveland, but the market is no longer big enough to support two winter sports anyway.