my list of most overrated and underrated professional athletes of my lifetime

[LogansRun]

Baseball underrated
Robin Yount - HoFr no one mentions
Dave Winfield
Mariano Rivera - no one mentions now but will be HoFr

Over
Nolan Ryan
A Fraud
McGuire
Sosa

 

[Railbird]

Steve Carlton best Lefty of all time.

 

[FairWarning]

Steve Carlton best Lefty of all time.

Never seen Warren Spahn but he has incredible #'s.

 

[royboy_3831]

OVERrated
DAN MARINO
JEFF GORDON
BARRY SANDERS

UNDERrated
DWIGHT EVANS
DALLAS CLARK

Barry Sanders?!?!?!? hno:

 

[Journeyman]

OVERrated
BARRY SANDERS

:lol: hno: have another :drink:

 

[FairWarning]

Glad I'm not the only one who thought Barry was a touch overrated.

Underrated:

Steve Garvey
Jack Morris
Goose Gossage
John Riggins
Alex English
Chuck Foreman
Art Monk
Roger Craig


Overrated:

Lawrence Taylor
Emmitt Smith
Bob Griese
Roy Williams (Lions)
Randy Moss
Allen Iverson
Paul Pierce

 

[Labeeb]

Underrated

The second highest scorer in the NHL during the 1980s.

 

[primetime21+]

dead on with ripken and henderson.

Ripken was an above average ballplayer who was turned into a all time great simply because he was able to stay healthy.

And rickey was the best ball player of our generation. No one will ever appreciate what he did for the teams he played on. He made everyone around him better by being so dangerous at the plate and on the basepaths.

His fielding was also better than most like to portray.

 

[TomBrady#1]

Oh and why was Scottie a prick. Whenever we went to dinner he acted like a total ass. We stopped going out because wuite frankly he was an embarrassment to hang out with. Never as polite to the staff or any kids who came up to him. And don't tell me he didn't have an obligation. When you live in Chicago that is part of the gig or stay home.

Ask Mr. Cub, MJ, Minnie, Bob Love, Ron Santo, Gayle Sayers.....etc

Ok thanks. Make total sense an did believe it just wanted to confirm. Not right to be that way and yes of course it goes with the territory to be polite and respectful.

BTW how was Jordan? No one would leave him alone I am sure.

 

[blueedwards]

yeah and favre gets 6 days to recover from every injury he sustains during the course of a game, and has 5+ guys making sure he doesn't get hit.

Ever played baseball before? Ever taken a hot shot grounder to the ankle and tried to play the next day when you can barely put half your weight on that foot? Ever pulled your hamstring and then have to go out and play the position that gets the most action on the field and is defined by having to make quick sudden movements between long lulls, which would increase your chance of tweaking something as opposed to a sport that has longer, more consistent movement?
Cal's streak is unbelievable. you might be sick of hearing it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't appreciate it. And at shortstop nonetheless...unreal.

i played my whole life and four years in high school...never missed a game.

 

[blueedwards]

Glad you and Wennington have the same barber..I hope your Hair looks better than his..........G.

:lolBIG:

 

[blueedwards]

g...sounds like this guy lives in lake forest. i'll bet dollars to donuts that he doesnt shop at walmart.

 

[yellowman]

Underrated has to be Roger Craig - they guy was the first prototypical West Coast offense RB. Guy still looks like he could play today.

 

[blueedwards]

this is just my opinion but, i beleive that if the bulls dont make that draft day trade for pippen and he stays in seattle...no one is talking about him today. he is not on any "top 50 players" lists.

 

[MattRain]

Underrated

The second highest scorer in the NHL during the 1980s.

Kurri?

 

[blueedwards]

Underrated has to be Roger Craig - they guy was the first prototypical West Coast offense RB. Guy still looks like he could play today.

good call. he was very good and that offense was just a machine with montana, rice, taylor, clark, craig

 

[billsfan]

Underrated has to be Roger Craig - they guy was the first prototypical West Coast offense RB. Guy still looks like he could play today.

One of Iowa's proudest.

 

[Railbird]

overrated- Manning, Koufax, Chris Evert
underrated- OJ Simpson, Flutie, Rafter

 

[Labeeb]

Kurri?

Nope. Just proving his underrated status...

When I say scorer, I mean points, not goals.

 

[MattRain]

Hawerchuk then? Kurri has a few more points than him.