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Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by Live, Jun 4, 2001.

  1. Live

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    ...when you were growing up, playing whatever sport or activity? Who did you pretend to be while you played in the park, driveway, backyard, wherever?

    Of course, being a lifelong Rocks & Oilers fan, I was always Dream or Lewis Lloyd (I was hurt when he got busted) & Earl Campbell.

    I wasn't anyone during baseball season (Nolan Ryan was a little TOO 'Large' for me to pretend to be, as was Reggie Jackson).

    And for a while, I was consumed by Tony Dorsett, but who wasn't (Anybody owned a pair of Tony Dorsett shoes and cleats?), as well as Lynn Swann and Franco Harris (Though, being an Oilers fan, I HATED the Steelers. I admit, I'm just starting to like Bradshaw, boy I used to hate him! [​IMG] ).

    Thoughts?!

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    Football: Marino to Clayton, Marino to Duper
    Baseball: David Justice, Fred McGriff, I even went through a Mark Lemke phase [​IMG]

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  3. Jeff

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    Football: Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, Earl Campbell
    Basketball: Dr. J, Calvin Murphy, Robert Reid

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  4. PhiSlammaJamma

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    Basketball: Robert Reid and Otis Thorpe
    Baseball: Craig Reynolds and Billy Doran
    Football: Moon, Campbell, and Perry


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  5. BobFinn*

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    Baseball: Cesar Cedeno/Roberto Clemente
    Basketball: John Havlicek
    Football: OJ Simpson

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  6. Baqui99

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    Baseball: Kirby Puckett/Nolan Ryan
    Basketball: Hakeem and of course MJ
    Football: Jim Kelly/Thurman Thomas/A. Reed
    Tennis: Agassi
    Golf: Vijay Singh [​IMG]

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  7. DAROckets

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    Jose Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuzzz
    Earl Campbell and Tony D....and oh yea I had the shoes [​IMG]
    Roger Staubach

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    Bjorn Borg

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    Football - Shroeder to Tim Brown , Beurlein To Brown , Hostetler to Brown , George To Brown , Gannon To Brown(Yeah I still pretend [​IMG] )

    Basketball - I was always Gary Payton and my Older Brother was Shawn Kemp ( he loved the Sonics I reeally didnt care)

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  11. Smokey

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    Magic

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  12. A-Train

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    I always pretended I was Mary Lou-Retton........

    Ya know...a LOT of questions about my childhood have just been answered...

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  13. haven

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    Basketball: dream
    Football: Warren Moon, Drew Hill
    Baseball: Mike Scott, Craig Biggio


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  14. RunninRaven

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    Basketball: Clyde Drexler - my game still resembles his today... though a much smaller scale
    Baseball: Ryne Sandberg - I admit I was a Cubs fan during the Sandberg, Andre Dawson years. Back then, Sammy Sosa was a just a no good rookie who struck out too often. [​IMG]

    Of course, now I have come to my senses and am a hardcore Astros fan.

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  15. SpaceCity

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    I was Evel Knieval ages 4-7.
    I was the Six Million Dollar Man ages 4-9
    I was Spider-Man ages 6-12 or so.

    I didn't have any sports heros until later in High School, when I finally discovered how cool basketball was.

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  16. Gascon

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    Before there were sports, there was The Batman. [​IMG]

    After:

    Football = Montana, Rice
    Basketball = Me, with superhuman abilities
    Baseball = Roy Hobbes

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    Ken Burrough. Old double zero was my man! In fact, even though the chamionship years of the rockets were great, nothing will compare with bum's oilers in the late seventies. Luv ya blue is burned in my heart.

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  18. DarkHorse

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    Kevin Bass

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    DUDE!

    I was Kevin Bass too...

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  20. The Cat

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    Joe Montana. I can't tell you how many times I was trying to lead the team 92 yards in 2 minutes for the Super Bowl. [​IMG]

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