Your Worst Sports Predictions?

[justgladtobehere]

I thought Pete Smith was better than Tom Glavine.

I learned the facts of life from watching The Facts of Life.

Baseball America loved their Braves prospects.

 

[Octave]

justgladtobehere-

Indeed. BA invented prospect porn when it came to Braves farmhands.

I was doing some cleaning a few months ago and came across an old issue. They were pumping up Armando Reynoso.

 

[justgladtobehere]

justgladtobehere-

Indeed. BA invented prospect porn when it came to Braves farmhands.

I was doing some cleaning a few months ago and came across an old issue. They were pumping up Armando Reynoso.

BA was based in Durham when all the late 80's early 90''s prospects were coming through. I think the BA guys may have owned the team.
The 1991 or 1992 Richmond Braves was a ridiculously talented team.

 

[Hermes]

It's always struck me how the players that wind up being elite pros are often somewhat unimpressive when you see them in high school. They make it look so easy and effortless that they don't blow you away, but when you look at the stats at the end of the game they've still lit it up.

I'm the same age as LeBron and the first time I saw him live as a sophomore I complained to our varsity coach afterwards that it didn't look like he was trying on defense. Our coach just smiled and said, "Imagine you were playing on a Fisher-Price rim against five-year olds. Would you try real hard?"

 

[micropolitan guy]

justgladtobehere-

Indeed. BA invented prospect porn when it came to Braves farmhands.

I was doing some cleaning a few months ago and came across an old issue. They were pumping up Armando Reynoso.

You mean brad Komminsk didn't become the next Babe Ruth?

 

[Driftwood]

My wife saw Michael Jordan play multiple times in high school. She said there wasn't any doubt how good he was.

 

[Octave]

Komminsk was another can't-miss Braves prospect who flopped.

1991 Richmond Braves Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com

The 1991 Richmond Braves had 34 out of 42 rostered players who saw ML service.
Tracy Woodson, once a big Dodgers prospect, was organizational filler as a 28-year-old third baseman.
They gave 32-year-old Glenn Wilson 100 ABs just for fun, with Vinny Castilla tooling around at shortstop.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

I believed in Rex Grossman.
I believed in Jay Cutler.
I believed in Mitch Trubisky.

I believe in Justin Fields.

 

[Junkie]

I'll make one now: Mayfield will have a more successful career than Watson from here on out, especially if he gets with the right coach.

I know it's a long shot, but I can't explain how much I want this to come true.

 

[da man]

My wife saw Michael Jordan play multiple times in high school. She said there wasn't any doubt how good he was.

Reminds me of a story Al Lewis — Grandpa Munster himself — used to tell.

As many of you probably know, Lewis was a longtime basketball scout who bird-dogged high school players for college coaches.

Once he took his mother with him to a game. She'd never seen a basketball game in her entire life, but she's watching this one big kid play and pretty soon she's screaming, "Give him the ball!" Over and over again.

"You know who that kid was?" Lewis said. "Wilt Chamberlain. He was so good even my mother could scout him."

 

[da man]

I believed in Rex Grossman.
I believed in Jay Cutler.
I believed in Mitch Trubisky.

I believe in Justin Fields.

So, listen, I've got this bridge in Brooklyn I think you should take a look at.

 

[I Should Coco]

I believed in Rex Grossman.
I believed in Jay Cutler.
I believed in Mitch Trubisky.

I believe in Justin Fields.

Cade McNown was all-World at UCLA. He can't miss!