ESPN Results:
1. Lamar Hunt: founded the Chiefs and is considered one of the founding fathers of the NFL.
2. Stan "The Man" Musial: The three-time NL MVP led the Cardinals to three World Series titles before becoming a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
3. Jack Buck: The Cardinals announcer for almost 50 years, Buck also called many Super Bowls and World Series.
4. George Brett: Brett played 21 seasons with the Royals and was the 1980 AL MVP. He also won three batting titles and is a member of the Baseball HOF.
My Results:
First and foremost, I am throwing out Jack Buck. I am a huge Jack Buck fan, he is one of the most famous sports broadcasters of all time and is a St. Louis tradition. I am replacing Buck with the best pitcher to ever play for the St. Louis Cardinals, and no not Anthony Reyes.
Im going with Bob Gibson.
2 time Cy Young Winner
2 time World Series Champion
1968 MVP
OK, when a pitcher wins a Cy Young or even multiple Cy Young's, he is considered one of the best pitchers in baseball, but an MVP for a pitcher.....pretty much unheard of in baseball. Career ERA under 3.00, 250+ wins and over 3,000 strikeouts.....not to mention a 1.12 ERA in his MVP season and 2 Rings.
Next, to much ridicule from Chief "fan" out there, I am scratching Lamar Hunt of the list. I'm sorry, I know how big he was in Kansas City, he didn't play and he helped develop the MLS....which is a waste of a lot of our time. Instead, I'm going with a guy who has been the poster boy of Mizzou sports for over 50 years.
Norm Stewart
Stewart, as most of us know was the head basketball coach at Mizzou for 32 seasons.
9 Conference Championships
16 Tournament Appearances
2 Time National Coach of the Year
634 Total Wins (11th All-Time)
And a 1956 All-American
The dude did work!!!
Stan Musial stays!!!! And I dare anybody to argue that point with me, but just in case you needed some reinforcement....
Played 22 Seasons
20 time All-Star
3 time MVP
3 time World Series Champion
Career Batting Avg. of .331
3,630 Hits
475 Home Runs
1,951 RBI's
And if that wasn't enough...
STATUE!!!!!!!!!!
Finally, we get to George Brett. He played 20 seasons with the Kansas City Royals, with a career batting avg. of .305, 3,154 hits and 317 Home Runs. Also, has a World Series and an MVP. But, let's be honest outside of the 4,000 Royals fans still alive, he will be remembered for his infamous pine tar flipout.
Even taking away that incident, he was a very good baseball player. But 240 miles East down I-70, there stands a man.....some might say more than a man, who is on pace to do what only one other hitter has ever done, his name is Tedd Williams.
El Hombre!!!!
2 time MVP(should be 3)
World Series Champion
319 Home Runs(more than Brett)
1,531 Hits
Not to mention one of three players to ever hit over .300, 30+ HR and 100+ RBI's in their first 8 seasons, other players to do that you might have heard of them DiMaggio and Williams. Did I also mentioned he hasn't even played half the seasons Brett did. Taking Albert's averages and if he plays 20 seasons(same as Brett). Albert will end with 3827 hits(about 700 more than Brett), 797 HR(double Brett's but likely Albert won't hit more than 650), and a .334 batting avg.
Not saying the numbers are better NOW!!!! But they will be in 5 years, so let's not delay the inevitable.
1 comment:
I know I'm totally biased here being a Chiefs fan and all, but I'd reconsider taking Lamar Hunt off the list. He was obviously instrumental in basically building Kansas City into a legit mid-major city and made people in Missouri passionate about football.
But that's not the biggest thing on his resume. He might have played a bigger role than anyone in merging the AFL with the NFL, which established the NFL that we have today. That more than anything, in my opinion, gets him on the MO Sports Rushmore.
That said, creating the MLS might do to his Rushmore chances what steroids did to Barry Bonds' HOF hopes.
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