My Personal Nostalgia Sports Thread

**Mr KLC** · 06-25-20, 05:35 AM

**spurginobili** · 06-25-20, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Spurs, if u ever want a good bar-room debate, consider this one:

*At his PEAK...who was a better NBA player? Kareem or Walton?

It seems so obvious. Kareem wins by a mile on the productivity + durability. Of course, the big IF with Walton is the injuries.

By my count, Walton had a PEAK of only 1.5 years. Blazers win title in 1977. In the 77/78 season...Blazers are off to a 50-10 start. They're rolling! And then the next Walton injury hits, he's out for the season.

They lose in 1st rd vs SEA (who won the West, btw). It was a YOUNG Blazer roster. How many titles would they have won?

Walton had passing skills that very few big-men had. He was comfortable away from the hoop. I know it's crazy to say, but I think he impacted the game in more ways.

Yeah, it's a shame Walton's career was plagued by injuries, and for that reason I find it hard to compare. No doubt he was great. We will never know how it would've played out had he been healthy.

**spurginobili** · 06-25-20, 05:42 PM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

This video is for Spurs. Check out the David Robinson coming out party.

David is playing vs a young Seikaly (btw). Talk about a man among boys. It was even funnier to watch David play vs the Patriot League foes:

Haha, great find Chucky. Robinson was insanely athletic. As great as Big 5-0 was as a player, he's a better human being. His philanthropy in setting up the Carver Academy in San Antonio puts him in an exclusive class of humanitarian.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 06-25-20, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by spurginobili

Haha, great find Chucky. Robinson was insanely athletic. As great as Big 5-0 was as a player, he's a better human being. His philanthropy in setting up the Carver Academy in San Antonio puts him in an exclusive class of humanitarian.

You bet, Spurs. Always came across as a great guy. Imagine having that type of athletic skill + still being humble.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 06-25-20, 08:34 PM

KLC, remember this guy? I didn't. Walt Williams of the White Sox.

This picture looks cartoonish, but he really was that big:

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 06-25-20, 08:35 PM

Pardon Our Interruption...

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**Mr KLC** · 06-27-20, 12:55 PM

**Art Vandelay** · 06-27-20, 12:59 PM

Originally posted by Mr KLC

Expensive call back in the day -- Nice find!

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 06-27-20, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by Mr KLC

That was slightly b4 my time. But finding scores quickly used to be a real thing.

0:25 Is that a cameo by BRUCE jenner?

**spurginobili** · 06-27-20, 06:29 PM

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 06-27-20, 06:47 PM

Spurs, in that WWOS intro, cliff diving is one of the 1st sports. It showed up on Cheap Seats. Scroll to 3:36:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv3UPvZU8-8

**spurginobili** · 06-27-20, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Spurs, in that WWOS intro, cliff diving is one of the 1st sports. It showed up on Cheap Seats. Scroll to 3:36:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv3UPvZU8-8

I remember watching cliff diving on WWOS. If I remember correctly WWOS aired on Saturdays in the afternoon.

I dove off a high board a few times, but no one could pay me enough to cliff dive. Those guys doing front & back flips. No way

**19th Hole** · 06-27-20, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by spurginobili

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Spurs, in that WWOS intro, cliff diving is one of the 1st sports. It showed up on Cheap Seats. Scroll to 3:36:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv3UPvZU8-8

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ThanksGuys,
I enjoyed the posts very much.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 06-28-20, 08:13 AM

You bet, 19th hole. I said that this was a great thread. I just hope to match KLC's great content.

PS, the Sklar Bros are very funny guys. I find their humor to be spot-on.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 06-28-20, 09:37 AM

Gonna post a couple videos. Note: they're good...but long.

Tim Russert is like a kid in a candy store, interviewing Yogi Berra + Whitey Ford. They re-play Jackie Robinson's famous steal of home. And a special guest around 25:00:

Whitey Ford made a funny comment. Implied that he could get hammered more often than Mantle, b/c Whitey drank any nite that he wasn't STARTING the next day.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 06-28-20, 09:38 AM

Another classic. Boston reporter Bob Lobel interviews the Boston Legends Orr/Bird/TedWilliams:

**MinnesotaFats** · 06-28-20, 10:01 AM

Originally posted by spurginobili

I remember watching cliff diving on WWOS. If I remember correctly WWOS aired on Saturdays in the afternoon.

I dove off a high board a few times, but no one could pay me enough to cliff dive. Those guys doing front & back flips. No way

exxonmobil store locator number

I did this into a 50,000 yr old sinkhole in Mexico

Thought I was gonna drown. The impact is horrible, then I sunk and sunk and sunk some more.

Musta swallowed a gallon of dirty Mexico water.

Probably immune to everything for life now.

The heart was pumping loud and hard on the way over the edge, that's the hardest part...the edge!

**HockeyRocks** · 06-28-20, 10:26 AM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

KLC, remember this guy? I didn't. Walt Williams of the White Sox.

This picture looks cartoonish, but he really was that big:

Walt "N0-Neck" Williams he was called due to his short stature and short neck.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 06-28-20, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by HockeyRocks

Walt "N0-Neck" Williams he was called due to his short stature and short neck.

yEAH, HOCKEY, I just don't remember him.

I saw the photo, and he looked so out-of-place. That was 1971, >20years b4 a lot of steroid use. I'm sure he was natural.

**Mr KLC** · 06-28-20, 11:28 AM

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**BOA12** · 06-28-20, 11:45 AM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

yEAH, HOCKEY, I just don't remember him.

I saw the photo, and he looked so out-of-place. That was 1971, >20years b4 a lot of steroid use. I'm sure he was natural.

Played in part of 5 decades as I remember.

**BOA12** · 06-28-20, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by Mr KLC

Yep! Thank the Lord for Ray Kroc! They almost became the Washington Stars. The Brown uniforms still exist because of what he did.

McDonald's colors too.

**spurginobili** · 06-28-20, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by MinnesotaFats

exxonmobil store locator number

I did this into a 50,000 yr old sinkhole in Mexico

Thought I was gonna drown. The impact is horrible, then I sunk and sunk and sunk some more.

Musta swallowed a gallon of dirty Mexico water.

Probably immune to everything for life now.

The heart was pumping loud and hard on the way over the edge, that's the hardest part...the edge!

**DoctorStrong** · 06-28-20, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Another classic. Boston reporter Bob Lobel interviews the Boston Legends Orr/Bird/TedWilliams:

I like this a lot

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 06-28-20, 04:21 PM

Originally posted by DoctorStrong

I like this a lot

Salud, Dr. It was very good.

**Mr KLC** · 06-28-20, 04:52 PM

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**Mr KLC** · 06-28-20, 05:50 PM