 | Bovada is the only Internet casino endorsed by the Wizard. Here are my reasons why and my promise of support. |
Tiger Woods. Has there ever been anyone like him?
| March 29th, 2011 at 7:23:02 AM permalink | |
| Yoyomama Member since: Oct 11, 2010 Threads: 15 Posts: 111 | I'm not a golfer, but continue to be amazed by the fall of Tiger Woods. Has there ever been a sports figure as successful & talented as Woods & then fallen as far as him because of a divorce or other similar situation? It's like Mickey Mantle going without a home run for a season because he got caught cheating and divorced during the off season. Tiger has gone from top of the heap to middle of the road over night. He isn't as good as he used to be. Because of a divorce? Divorce is tough, but he certainly isn't the first. So any other athlete lost his talent over night because of a divorce or similar situation? |
| March 29th, 2011 at 8:15:03 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 218 Posts: 7272 |
Talent or standing? It's not like either golf or baseball are sports (let's not get into that), but you've got Pete Rose. he was banned for life and barred from the hall of fame (apparently these past times honor their people for some reason) because he gambled on baseball. Or you might read up on the Black Sox earlier last century. I'm not sure what they did, but apparently it was pretty bad; for baseball at any rate. As to real players losing their talent or ability, well, Kurt Warner was at the top of his position in 200, and got cut from the Rams shortly thereafter. This space is closed for remodeling |
| March 29th, 2011 at 8:19:01 AM permalink | |
| JIMMYFOCKER Member since: Jan 24, 2011 Threads: 12 Posts: 339 | Middle of the road? He is the favorite to win The Masters |
| March 29th, 2011 at 8:21:04 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Nov 9, 2009 Threads: 174 Posts: 2410 | I think it shows how much golf is a mental game "Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his oar I would have stayed." Mark Twain |
| March 29th, 2011 at 8:22:26 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 153 Posts: 2911 |
I have read hitting a fastball is the hardest skill inb sports. To do it right the batter must swing BEFORE the ball actually leaves the pitchers hand. Again, I have read. I think the OP meant has anyone been at the top then fallen because of personal issues, not injury or age. I can't think of one so on-top in their prime years who fell so hard. On Pete Rose, it is a sin he is banned for life. A guy like Vick can just come back after sitting out 4 games and the world wants to forgive him. Rose OTOH gets banned. Though I do remember seeing a "Meet Pete Rose" sign at the Caesars Forum Shops. I thought, "The sportsbook is just over there, he might be here anyways?" I'd lift his ban. Major League Sports long ago stopped caring about image. "The Roman Empire wasn't planned, but neither did it 'just happen.'" |
| March 29th, 2011 at 8:55:03 AM permalink | |
| MathExtremist Member since: Aug 31, 2010 Threads: 46 Posts: 2518 |
You can't just leave that hanging... How is baseball not a sport?  "In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563 |
| March 29th, 2011 at 9:03:42 AM permalink | |
| Doc Member since: Feb 27, 2010 Threads: 21 Posts: 2819 |
As for Mr. Woods's decline in performance, perhaps he just hasn't been getting enough nookie recently. I understand that an addict experiencing withdrawal symptoms may be a bit off his game. Not an issue of sports, but I think a divorce pretty much quashed Eddie Fisher's career. |
| March 29th, 2011 at 9:09:03 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 218 Posts: 7272 |
How is it a sport? The only positive contribution of baseball to Western culture is the Abbot & Costello's "Who's On First" bit. WHich just makes it marginally better overall than soccer, which has no redeeming value at all. This space is closed for remodeling |
| March 29th, 2011 at 9:09:51 AM permalink | |
| Wavy70 Member since: Nov 3, 2009 Threads: 15 Posts: 822 | I wouldn't bury Tiger yet. He is still ranked the #4 player in 2011 as of last week. He is the top ranked American. I have a bewitched egg that I use to play VP with and I have net over 900k with it. |
| March 29th, 2011 at 9:11:34 AM permalink | |
| P90 Member since: Jan 8, 2011 Threads: 7 Posts: 1117 | Wow. What is sport then, motorcycle racing? |
| Bovada is the only Internet casino endorsed by the Wizard. Here are my reasons why and my promise of support. |