Quick - name a mediocre Athlete..

[madinmaryland]

[edbermac]

1. Bo Belinsky

[madinmaryland]

3. Mario Mendoza.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Mendoza

Creator of the "Mendoza Line"

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. An engagement to Mamie Van Doren

overshadows a 28-51, 4.10 record, as well as the occasional purloined taxi. :D







Belinsky and fellow Angels pitcher George Brunet pretty much owned LA in those days.

[edbermac]

10. He threw a no-hitter as well.

He partied too much.

[VOX]

15. He also may have been the first pro jock to have a poolside press conference...

Bo blazed a trail for the "hot dogs" yet to come.

Angels skipper Bill Rigney said that Bo could have been a consistent 18+ game-winner, but he had a 10-cent head.

[LynneSin]

2. Barry Bonds nuff said

:D

[madinmaryland]

4. An American Hero!!

[VOX]

5. Ryne Duren, fireballing relief pitcher for Yanks & Angels...

In the late 1950s-early 1960s. He had his moments, but by his own admission, he abused alchohol, and it had a deleterious effect on his career.

"Ryno" wore coke-bottle glasses, and he would invariably fling one of his warm-up pitches all the way to the backstop, reinforcing the idea that he couldn't see well from the mound -- all in the hopes of intimidating the opposition.

[cloudbase]

6. Bob Uecker

Still waiting to get to the front row.

[ChoralScholar]

17. oooooh............... ........JUST a bit outside... .. EOM

[underpants]

7. There are no "mediocre athletes"

Only champions and LOSERS!

[WinkyDink]

8. Baseball players.

[harmonicon]

25. no, an ATHLETE!

[WinkyDink]

27. Heh!

[MrMickeysMom]

11. Mary Slaney

Zola Bud stepped on her and she basically cried until she retired....

wah... pick yourself up and run, bitch... excuse me, I just had to say that.

[KamaAina]

12. It would appear that, at last, we have attained common ground

Eli's was the first name that popped into my head, as well.

Yours always,
"Hitler" :-)

[madinmaryland]

13. Nice post.

:)

[TZ]

18. How about Babe Laufenberg

Sucked for both Washington AND Dallas..And since I know you will comeback with this..By far the WORST decision Danny Boy Snyder ever made..Jeff George!

[madinmaryland]

21. Jeff George??2?? How about ....

Dan Snyder!

:hi:

[TZ]

24. ......

:thumbsup: :applause:
Good one!

[knitter4democracy]

14. My stepbrother.

He was supposed to be good enough to play football for Michigan State just like his grandpa, and instead he ended up at Albion and played maybe five minutes in all four years. He just wasn't fast enough. He's now a cop and a damn fine one, but he just couldn't pass muster in football.

[doc03]

16. Anna Kornakova

[martymar64]

19. Joe Bugner

n/t

[Trajan]

20. Deiter Brock .....

An absolutely awful Q Back for the Rams in the 80's ......

There was a tall, gangly, curly headed freckle faced kid who also stunk up the Ram's field .... but I cannot recall his name .....

[madinmaryland]

22. How about Chris Evert.. Oops, it 's Jim Everett! Thanks Jim Rome..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNgqQVHI_8

[BulletproofLandshark]

23. Danny Ferry

[Broken_Hero]

26. A few

Ricky Proehl (as a Hawk fan, I hate to admit it)

Scott Pollard

Chris Webber

Vlade Divac

Morgan Ensberg

Adam Everret

Brad Ausmus

...damn, there are a lot out there....

[Indi Guy]

28. Remember this guy (with a "?" on the back of his uniform)?

Clown Prince of baseball - Max Patkin

[Seabiscuit]

29. Ryan Leaf.

[Bzzzz]

30. Eric Dickerson...

'nuff said.