If you happen to have a Facebook profile, you have probably seen a lot of your friends post a note entitled 25 Random Things. I haven't been tagged in one yet, so I've avoided having to post one about myself so far. However, I thought it would be a cool thing to do in a blog on FanNation. Here are 25 random sports things about me.
1. Peter Forsberg is the greatest athlete to ever live. Period.
2. Steroids in baseball don't bother me nearly as much as the resulting hoopla surrounding them. Call me crazy, but it's just not that big of a deal to me.
3. Floyd Little, Randy Gradishar, Terrell Davis, Shannon Sharpe, Steve Atwater, and Rod Smith headline a long list of Denver Broncos that belong in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
4. Speaking of the Hall of Fame and national attention, I believe that Denver is the single most overlooked market in North America. I'm biased, though.
5. I live in the greatest time zone that there is for North American sports, and, if you were to watch national TV, you wouldn't even know that it existed. I am speaking, of course, of the Mountain Time Zone, where all of the nationally televised games begin between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
6. Todd Helton's goatee would destroy Kevin Youkilis' goatee in a celebrity deathmatch. Sorry, Youk.
7. Hating the Yankees does not make me a Red Sox fan, and hating the Red Sox does not make me a Yankees fan. I hate both teams equally.
8. I do not, however, believe that the Yankees and Red Sox are ruining baseball with their spending.
9. I believe that Scott Boras should be sentenced to spend his time at Guantanamo Bay until it is closed. He is obviously a terrorist trying to threaten and ruin America's pastime.
10. When the Broncos are losing, I cheer for the Patriots. I have liked them ever since Super Bowl XXXI, as I have always hated the Green Bay Packers for some unexplainable reason.
11. Speaking of that, I believe that the Patriots should truly be cast as "America's Team". To disagree would be simply un-American.
12. Someday, I hope to attend a hockey game in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
13. Speaking of hockey, it is quite simply the greatest game ever invented.
14. I am a Broncos fan. I believe in the Mile High Magic and bleed Orange and Blue. I celebrate The Drive, the Orange Crush, and the Mile High Salute. I create the Thunder, share the common dream, and will forever be a proud citizen of Broncos Country. BRONCOS COUNTRY CITIZEN #3729.
15. I firmly believe that Pope Benedict should beatify Saint John Elway next time he is stateside, whether Elway is Catholic or not.
16. I like to watch baseball on TV.
17. However, I prefer to listen to a ballgame on the radio, and I'm only 20 years old. Guess I'm old for my age.
18. I do not care one bit for the summer Olympics.
19. I am a firm believer that becoming a professional athlete does not automatically make someone a role model.
20. If I could only visit one more building before I die, it would be the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
21. I do not enjoy watching soccer. Don't ask me why. I just don't like it.
22. If I could create a sports Mt. Rushmore for the 4 major sports in North America, it would consist of Bobby Orr, Ty Cobb, Saint John Elway, and Wilt Chamberlain.
23. If I could have a beer with any athlete, it would be Orlando Hudson.
24. I have been an unabashed, die-hard Colorado Rockies fan since the team was born in 1993.
25. My greatest sports memory ever was being in Coors Field for the 2007 NL Wildcard Tiebreaker game between the Rockies and San Diego Padres and seeing Matt Holliday slide head-first into home plate in the 13th inning to send the Rockies to the postseason.
In all honesty, I could easily think of 25 more things to write about myself in this context, but I'll end the list there. Hope you enjoyed it!
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#17 shocks me. Seriously, you are old for your age. But, there's nothing wrong with being an old soul.
Being a Denver fan though... I'll get back to you on that. :-)
LoveItHateIt
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agree with you 100% on #18 and #21.
night wolff
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"25. My greatest sports memory ever was being in Coors Field for the 2007 NL Wildcard Tiebreaker game between the Rockies and San Diego Padres and seeing Matt Holliday slide head-first into home plate in the 13th inning to send the Rockies to the postseason. "
Funny enough....I'm still waiting for him to actually touch home plate.
Good blog ... can't agree with # 1 ... As the greatest althete would have to be Jim Thrope..
FoosBall
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Interesting blog, wt. I totally agree with the Boras one, #9.
I'm with you on #17, too. I love listening to baseball on the radio.....I guess it's because growing up the Cards weren't on TV a lot where I lived then, and listening to Jack Buck call Cardinal games was a major part of my childhood.
Just curious - why Orlando Hudson?
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My mount rushmore of the 4 major spots would be
Joe Montana
Babe Ruth
Michael Jordan
Wayne Gretzky
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Which of course is different from John Madden's, his looks like this
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I respect your choices, but I have to disagree with your choice for greatest athlete. In my opinion, it was clearly Babe Dietrikson Zaharias. She struck out the Yankees "Murderer's Row" of Ruth, Gehrig, and a third batter; bested the best male tennis and golf players of the era; and almost single-handedly created women's basketball.
I don't think even Gretsky or Jordan would have stood a chance against her.
Appleseed
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Agree with everything said about Elway (of course) but the goatee deathmatch would probably come down to the last hair....2 more days in Maui and then back to Idaho. :(
Mondo Jay
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I just think that the guy would be a hoot to hang out with. He's always got something to say. I've become a fan of his in the past couple of years, being able to watch him 18 times a year when the Rox play the Diamondbacks. The guy just seems like he'd be a lot of fun to knock a few back with.
wtnelson = Big Chief
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Mine would be Greg Maddux. Met a guy from Chicago that claimed he went drinking with Grace and Maddux in the Cubs days....said those guys are crazy and that Grace even puked in this guys hat. (Hopefully he didn't mount that on his wall)
Mondo Jay
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Gracey would be great too. He's one of my all-time favorites. Best interview ever on the Rome show.
wtnelson = Big Chief
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Better than the Jim Everett interview?
TenRingsSTL
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Gracey's a great interview. The Jim Everett one was hilarious, but it had nothing to do with the interview. Mark Grace and his story about how Greg Maddux "loves to pitch" is the funniest thing ever.
wtnelson = Big Chief
Fort Collins , CO
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People like u are the reason why i get sick of denver, especially the "diehard fans" fans. I'm a sports fan, i got to all games just to watch sports. denver fans, are bandwagon fans. The nuggets never had anyone at the games until carmelo showed up and they made the playoffs. Before that, people only showed up to watch Jordan or Shaq. rockies games were slowly dying in popularity after Ellis Burks and the Blake street bombers departed. But as soon as they made the playoffs, everyone happens to have a brand new rockies cap. This year, by august, seats were empty again. You guys booed Jake plummer during and after his pro bowl season...? I have heard Champ Bailey, probably the best cornerback in football, called Chump Bailey for three years after one bad game against the raiders and jerry porter. I don't know if ur one of the few dedicated fans that actually exist in colorado, but just try to sound a little more intelligent. Its hard being cast as one of those jackass sports fans just cuz I live in colorado. I do mostly blame denver sports radio and alfred williams tough. He perpetuates stupidity.
And just a reminder, the Avalanche Championships don't belong to Colorado, they were a winning team before they came here. We just happned to but a championship, and Forsberg has no heart, he's a bum!
zoitoit
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Easy, zoitoit. Let me explain to you everything that's wrong with what you just wrote:
A) If you get sick of Denver, go somewhere else. That's not my problem.
B) Denver has some of the best fans in the world. Case in point - the Colorado Rockies. Perhaps you don't realize that the Rockies were sold out for nearly ten years. They still routinely rank in the upper echelons of baseball for attendance. People have faded away because those two clowns named Monfort are terrible owners. The games, however, are still very popular.
C) The Nuggets have always been a joke until recently. I can't make excuses for anyone else, but the reason that I don't go to Nuggets games is that they bore me. The product is much better on TV.
D) I was going to Rockies games in September whenever I could.
E) I never booed Jake Plummer. In fact, I have a Jake Plummer jersey, and I always liked the guy.
F) As far as Champ goes, some people are just hopeless.
G) You will never find a fan more dedicated to his/her sports teams than I am.
H) Read a few of my other posts, and perhaps make more than 4 comments before you start insulting my intelligence. I respect your opinion, but you will find plenty of people on this site who will respectfully disagree with you on that point.
I) Really, I've never heard anyone cast us Colorado sports fans as "jackasses". In fact, I've rarely heard anyone outside of Denver talk about Colorado and our fans.
J) Scott Hastings and Alfred Williams are hilarious. The show is pure entertainment. I will agree, though, that Alfred isn't a smart man.
K) Perhaps I'm misremembering, but didn't the Avalanche win its two championships while playing as the Colorado Avalanche, and not the Quebec Nordiques? So those championships do, in fact, belong in Colorado. The fact that they were a good team when they moved here means nothing. We were the fans that sold out the building every night.
L) Statements like, "Forsberg has no heart, he's a bum!" would be one reason that Colorado fans are, as you say, "jackasses". Accuse Forsberg of whatever you want, but the man simply can't be accused of "having no heart", and he's certainly not a "bum". In fact, at one time, he was considered to be the best hockey player in the world. That doesn't translate to "bum".
wtnelson = Big Chief
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Re #7: Are you an equal opportunity hater of the Yankees and Red Sox?
Appleseed
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Nice job WT...Now we have no idea what to ask you on a future Puckhead interview...
Leave it to you to make us all reach a little further...
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What can I say? I like to bring out the best in people.
wtnelson = Big Chief
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Mt Rushmore of the 4 major sports from a homer stand point besides hockey...
John Elway
Chipper Jones
Joe Johnson
Wayne Gretsky
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