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re: IYO, who had the greatest peak in sports history?

Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:29 pm to
Posted by Masterag
'Round Dallas
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:29 pm to
tiger and it's not close. winning a golf tournament is a lot harder than hitting a baseball
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:29 pm to
Greg Maddux
Posted by swagsurfin7
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:32 pm to
#Linsanity

For a few weeks at least.
Posted by WaltTeevens
Santa Barbara, CA
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:32 pm to
quote:

And we're at a point where we could put Kershaws current run in the discussion but that's a topic for another day


Posted by Paul Allen
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:34 pm to
Lin was great. For like 3 weeks.
Posted by blzr
MB
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:35 pm to
Tiger
Posted by Masterag
'Round Dallas
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:35 pm to
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Quantify it - I dare you.

Lets see those numbers.


are you serious?! he already posted ronaldo's numbers.
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 10:39 pm to
Maybe he was just talking about regular season Kershaw.
Posted by TurkeysAndBees
Member since Jan 2017
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:10 pm to
quote:

I believe Mike Tyson, at his peak,


Don't know why, not something I think about much but '86,'87,'88, Mike Tyson jumped to mind first as the most invincible opponent in sports.
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:13 pm to
You could make a pretty compelling case for the greatest athletes from each major sport

Ruth mays gibson pedro bonds
Marciano Ali Merriweather
Jim Brown Barry Sanders LT
Gretzsky
Nicklaus or Tiger
Jordan Wilt or Lebron
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:16 pm to
I can't recall his name atm but the great Russian heavyweight Olympic wrestler had a stupefying run that puts him in the conversation.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:18 pm to
ruth
more of everything than bonds

more run production. less games per season., and ate way too much and drank. did not get to use amphetamines or HGH
he had the best eyesight of his generation. could not watch "movies' because his eye could pick up the frames.
Williams was similar. they tested Williams for SI.


Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:20 pm to
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Jordan Wilt or Lebron


Russell had 11 Championships.
Posted by Strannix
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:21 pm to
Tiger
Posted by Tiger in NY
Neptune Beach, FL
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:34 pm to
Damn, no mention of Oscar Robertson huh?

'60-61: 30.5pts, 9.7ast, 10.5rbs
'61-62: 30.8pts, 11.4ast, 12.5rbs
'62-63: 28.3pts, 9.5ast, 10.4rbs
'63-64: 31.4pts, 11ast, 9.9rbs
'64-65: 30.4pts, 11.5ast, 9rbs

Dude basically averaged a triple double for 5 years
Posted by JustLivinTheDream
Member since Jan 2017
3503 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:35 pm to
quote:

Usain Bolt, pretty much unbeatable in the 100 and 200, and it lasted pretty long with maybe some periods where he wasn't in top shape.


Gotta go with Bolt
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
65078 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:47 pm to
Tiger Woods' 2000 season

17 top 10 finishes in 20 tournaments played, 9 wins, 4 second place finishes, and 1 third. 3 major wins

His stat lines for the season are just absurd
LINK
This post was edited on 2/28/17 at 11:47 pm
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:51 pm to
I know it's women's basketball and all, but Courtney Paris of Oklahoma used to have this insane streak of double-doubles.
Posted by south bama tiger
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 2/28/17 at 11:53 pm to
Tiger Woods and it's not even close. Late '99/2000-2002 was absurd. And statistically, 2005-2008 was almost as good.

Phelps, Usain Bolt, Martinez, Serena Williams, Federer are all names mostly mentioned already but definitely belong in the conversation.
Posted by Mikes My Tiger
Youngsville
Member since Oct 2007
2537 posts
Posted on 3/1/17 at 12:03 am to
Griffey Jr. 4 year average from 1996-1999 was also pretty sick. Didn't quite have the average as Bonds but he was a scoring machine.

Averages:
52 HR
142 RBIs
123 RUNS

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