Steve Balboni was 225 lbs of twisted steel and pain. Okay, that may be a bit much, but the guy was a beast…a total beast. He was listed at 225 lbs, but was probably closer to 250 and instead of steel, picture pudding. Balboni was a big man who could hit a baseball a country [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Steve Balboni
Posted in MLB, tagged MLB on March 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Reggie Bush
Posted in NFL, tagged NFL on March 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Let me get this out-of-the-way right now. I know two good things about Reggie Bush that are not at all mediocre: He’s a Super Bowl champion. Nothing wrong with that. He’s one of the greatest college football players of all time. I fully admit this. However… Bush has been a disappointment as a pro running [...]
Jason Sehorn
Posted in NFL on March 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Jason Sehorn played 9 seasons in the NFL in which he made zero pro-bowls. Jason was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 1994 NFL draft but didn’t become a starter until his breakout year in 1996. That year Sehorn put up career bests in total tackles (83), sacks (3.0) [...]
Mark Lemke
Posted in MLB, tagged MLB on March 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
You could probably make the argument that Mark Lemke wasn’t even a mediocre baseball player. You could probably also say that he is simply a footnote in the annals of Major League Baseball. However, I recall Lemke for providing me and other baseball fans with a great 10 days of entertainment during the 1991 World [...]
Who is your favorite mediocre QB to lose the Superbowl in the 90′s?
Posted in NFL, Polls on March 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Earlier today I asked my brother who his favorite mediocre quarterback to lose the Superbowl during the 1990′s was. I knew what his answer was going to be, but I asked anyways because I had the same guy in mind: Chris Chandler. But several other big names came up in the ensuing conversation and I [...]
The Fab Five
Posted in NBA, NCAA on March 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Don’t let the name fool you. Looking back, Michigan’s once notoriously heralded “fabulous fivesome” of college basketball stars did not turn out to be quite as fabulous as expected. In fact, even at the college level one could make the argument that Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Ray Jackson, Juwan Howard and Jimmy King were mediocre [...]
Scott Brosius
Posted in MLB on March 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When sports fans look back over Yankee history and think of some of the legendary players to win world series MVPs, they often think of players like Derek Jeter, Reggie Jackson, Mariano Rivera and Don Larsen, not Scott Brosius. Yes, Scott Brosius won a world series MVP, and yes, he was totally mediocre. Over the [...]
Christian Laettner
Posted in NBA, NCAA, White Basketball Players on March 18, 2010 | 6 Comments »
If we were to judge Christian Laettner by his college basketball career alone there is no way he would ever have gotten a post on this website. The dude is arguably the most celebrated college baskteball player in the history of the NCAA tournament. He is also one of the most hated college ballers of [...]
Manute Bol
Posted in NBA, tagged NBA on March 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Who are the greatest big men in NBA history? Some debate the merits of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell. Others think Moses Malone or Shaquille O’Neal are the best post men in league history. My point is that we can debate this all day and never really come to a conclusion. The other point is [...]
Robert Horry
Posted in NBA on March 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
One of my favorite memories of watching the NBA when I was a youngster was when Marv Albert would shout, “REJECTED BY HORRY,” whenever Big Shot Rob would swat away an opponent’s shot. But Robert Horry was never known as a shot-blocker, so perhaps I am confusing this memory with my experience playing NBA Jam [...]
