name three athletes -- past or present -- you'd give anything to belly up to a bar with

galaxy27

and if you don't drink, the menu includes an Arnold Palmer (non-alcoholic)

i actually need time to think before i answer my own question

erikthredd

Make it a tavern and my three would be...Shaq, Charles Barkley & Rob Gronkowski.
Rob would be the life of the party.
Chuck would have all types of food coming nonstop from the kitchen.
and Shaq would probably pay for it all. 😉

My second trio would be Bird, Magic & Bill Russell just to hear some great basketball stories. (Might have to sneak Kevin McHale in there too)

SanctionII

Kareem, Dr. J and multiple other pro basketball players from the 1960's and 1970's.

stevek

Cobb, Ruth, Gehrig

To add a fourth - Jim Thorpe would be interesting. I might substitute him for Gehrig if I can't get an addendum from the thread opener and have four. 😉

craig44

For me it would be Tommy, Peyton and ray lewis

craig44

my second trio may be tommy, moss and tedy brushci

GroceryRackPack

Oh that's an easy one....
1 Carlton Fisk...so I can grab a dip from him, and No wintergreen either
2 John Facenda
3 Um...Way Too Many to list

LandrysFedora

Hank Aaron, Tom Landry, and Tony Gwynn

perkdog

Tough call

I can say I'd have zero interest in talking with Brady though.

I could see asking him a direct question and him circling around it saying a hundred different things and not actually answering my question lol

pdoidoi

Roberto Clemente , Jim Thorpe and maybe Shaq.

erikthredd

Well clearly you wouldn't want 2 of the 3 athletes to be Peyton Manning & Emmitt Smith, you'd never know when there would be a stray can of Bud Light flying at your head. 😎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMN8TJUbMWQ

perkdog

@erikthredd said:
Well clearly you wouldn't want 2 of the 3 athletes to be Peyton Manning & Emmitt Smith, you'd never know when there would be a stray can of Bud Light flying at your head. 😎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMN8TJUbMWQ

Peyton would make my list.

erikthredd

@perkdog said:

@erikthredd said:
Well clearly you wouldn't want 2 of the 3 athletes to be Peyton Manning & Emmitt Smith, you'd never know when there would be a stray can of Bud Light flying at your head. 😎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMN8TJUbMWQ

Peyton would make my list.

Peyton, Brady, Montana, Elway & Marino could all probably tell some great stories.
or you could get all of the Kelce & Gronkowski brothers together and watch all hell break loose lol. (I know, my athlete groups are getting larger with each comment 🤷‍♂️)

Maywood

John Daly.
Babe Ruth.
Mickey Mantle.

If one of those three is busy I'd substitute Billy Martin.

doubledragon

Aaron Rodgers.

rbsalezman

Alicia Schmidt
Paige Spiranac
Paige VanZant

Tibor

Bill Russell,
Cy Young,
Bart Starr

jay0791

I have known people who were out with Mantle. The reputations are all true. We would have to order a lite but I think chatting with Bob Euker would be a blast. Stan the man. Supe nice guy and funny.

craig44

@doubledragon said:
Aaron Rodgers.

oh my gosh, I forgot ARod. Maybe I don't need 3 people. Aaron alone would probably do. He could explain to me all the mysteries of the universe and all kinds of things...

erikthredd

How about Jordan, Lebron and Bill Russell? You could just sit back and listen while all three could make the argument for why they're the GOAT.

BLUEJAYWAY

Stan Musial,Ali,Casey Stengel. Casey for some Stengelese language entertainment.

Maywood

Reading the OP my thinking is three guys that would be fun to get drunk with. Most/many of the names mentioned might be guys that would be fun to hear tell stories, but you could do that anywhere.

SDSportsFan

Ted Williams, Tony Gwynn, and either Ty Cobb or Hank Aaron.

I'd just sit there, listen, and soak it all in!

Steve

Brick

I'd like to have a few beers in the golf cart and play 9 holes with Don Mattingly, Eddie Whitson (who pitched for the Yankees) and Danny DeVito.