Your Worst Sports Predictions?

[Regan MacNeil]

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

Cade McNown and Marcus Robinson: Hall of Fame?

 

[justgladtobehere]

I was thinking of the '93 Richmond Braves. Chipper Jones, Ryan Klesko, Javy Lopez, Mike Kelly.

 

[maumann]

My Dad, in the seventh inning/late third quarter of more than a few games he took me to as a kid: "this one's over, let's beat the traffic." I remember watching the Falcons' Hail Mary to beat the hated Niners in 1983 from my couch, after we had been at the game.

My dad did that many times, but the one that sticks with me is leaving the Orange Bowl on a very hot and humid afternoon midway through the fourth quarter with the Dolphins leading the Saints, only to hear on the radio as we're walking outside the stadium that New Orleans was driving to tie the game. He was about ready to make me run back inside about the time the Dolphins picked off a pash in the end zone.

I really think we went to more minor league games just because he hated traffic. (And I can't blame him.)

 

[Sam Mills 51]

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

Did Laney's varsity coach know that?

 

[Driftwood]

Did Laney's varsity coach know that?

I guess not his freshman year or whenever it was. By his senior year when Dean Smith was in the house on a nightly basis, I think something tipped off the coach.

 

[Octave]

I was looking at the 1993 Richmond Braves. Impressive, most impressive.

1993 Richmond Braves Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com

They only had seven players who never made the majors.
One was named Boi Rodriguez, who played 19 seasons in Calgary, Wichita, Mexico, Japan, China, Richmond and others.
Boi Rodriguez Minor, Mexican, CPBL, Japanese, Korean & Winter Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

A random question - how does a team play 142 games and only have 138 games-finished by its staff?

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I saw Pat Falloon play for the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League and thought he was absolutely going to tear up the NHL. Just an amazing talent.

He was the number two pick in the draft the year Eric Lindros went number one.

Falloon sucked in the NHL. Total bust.

That always baffled me... but his nickname became "Fat Balloon," which probably explain part of his problem.

(I also thought Ryan Leaf would be a much better pro than Peyton Manning.)