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What sport do you remember Bo Jackson for more?

TomiTomi Posts: 643 ✭✭✭
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The guy was as popular as you can get at the time playing baseball and football, but I just seem to always remember him as a baseball player. I watched him play his whole career in both sports and was obviously a much better football player than baseball player, but the baseball player is the only part I seem to look back at. I love both sports, so it feels a little weird saying that since his football career is almost non existent with me and he was on his way to being one of the greatest if not the greatest running back ever. Am I the only one who feels this way?

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  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    Football! That was his true calling and it showed.

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


    << <i>Football! That was his true calling and it showed. >>


    +1
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  • halosfanhalosfan Posts: 2,642 ✭✭✭✭
    Nike
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  • esquiresportsesquiresports Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭
    Baseball, because being a Chargers fan, I couldn't stand the Raiders. My dad is an Auburn alum, and Bo was my favorite growing up. Hard to watch him in a Raiders jersey.
    Always buying 1971 OPC Baseball packs.
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Baseball, though I wasn't into NFL football at that time and watched a ton of MLB. Now it seems to have reversed, ever since I started playing fantasy FB.
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  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,454 ✭✭✭✭
    BASEBALL!!! He was so good!

    Bo knows Baseball!
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  • Bravesguy44Bravesguy44 Posts: 18 ✭
    I am a University of Georgia alum and football fan so, for me, I immediately think about Bo in an Auburn football uniform. There were some great UGA/AU games back in the day. The UGA/AU game during Bo's freshmen year featured him against Herschel Walker. Two of the best ever on the same field that day. Pretty cool memory.
  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,744 ✭✭✭
    Football.


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  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    This would be a good thread for a poll.

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  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    1990 Score
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  • dennis07dennis07 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭
    I lived in Orlando in the mid 80's and went to watch Bo play in a minor league game. He beat out a routine ground ball
    to shortstop for a hit and he threw a strike from right field to nail a runner at the plate after a base hit even though the runner was off with
    the crack of the bat with 2 outs. (It wasn't even a close play at the plate.) From that day on I was a huge Bo the baseball player fan.
    He was truly a man among boys that day.
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  • 80sOPC80sOPC Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Football, by far
  • BobbyVCPBobbyVCP Posts: 755 ✭
    FOOTBALL
  • 05GHBRETT05GHBRETT Posts: 72
    Bo had HOF football ability
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Football for sure. He was a gifted athlete and could do some amazing things on the diamond too but let's be real--he made Rob Deer look like a contact hitter.


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  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭
    Foosball, no question.

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  • RookieWaxRookieWax Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭
    Baseball. He started his pro sports career as a baseball player and finished his sports career as a baseball player...and he only played in 38 career games as a football player.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    38 NFL football games is the equivalent of about 400 MLB games.

    He was definitely more talented as a football player, but that was/is a tougher sport to play if you are not 100% physically.


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  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Baseball, though I wasn't into NFL football at that time and watched a ton of MLB. Now it seems to have reversed, ever since I started playing fantasy FB. >>



    Baseball, for the same reason as Larkin Collector.
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  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    My favorite Bo/Nike commercial was the one with Gretzky.

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  • thehallmarkthehallmark Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭
    He was my guy in Tecmo Bowl, but over the years those highlight reel throws from the outfield and breaking the bat over his head stick with me more.
  • skrezyna23skrezyna23 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭
    Without a doubt football.
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  • RyanAdmirerRyanAdmirer Posts: 632 ✭✭
    Football and not even close. He was very talented at baseball. If he would've had a long career he had a shot at the Hall. But in football he was elite. He not only would have made the Hall but if he could have had a long career he would've been a top 5 all-time RB.
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  • mrmint23mrmint23 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭
    Auburn...Bo over the top

    Alabama vs Auburn
  • mygottamygotta Posts: 1,652
    While he was probably a better football player, I never followed it and being a baseball collector and fan, I always thought of him as a baseball player!
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    Baseball because of the AS game MVP
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    BASEketball!!
  • addicted2ebayaddicted2ebay Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭✭
    Baseball, went to a game he homered in at Tiger Stadium around 1990 I believe. Great memory.
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  • DustoDusto Posts: 164
    Honestly, I have fond memories of him playing both sports.
  • ChiefsFan1stChiefsFan1st Posts: 845 ✭✭✭
    Being a Chiefs fan, I cant forget what kind of ball carrier he was.
    Its football for me as well
    I dont wanna grow up, Im a Toys-R-Us kid!
  • FINESTKINDFINESTKIND Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
    Baseball for his 1990 Score card.
  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Baseball. He started his pro sports career as a baseball player and finished his sports career as a baseball player...and he only played in 38 career games as a football player. >>



    Even with a small sample had he stayed healthy he had a shot at being an all time great in Football. In Baseball that wasn't the case. I did love it when he ran vertically on the outfield wall.
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  • YogiBerraFanYogiBerraFan Posts: 2,390 ✭✭
    To me he was always a football player that also played baseball.
  • BaseballfansBaseballfans Posts: 54 ✭
    89 All Star game MVP got him major attention that lead to all those Bo Know commerical. So I will have to say baseball.
    His 1st minor league card in 1986 which is really undervalue compare to his 1987 with Frank Thomas.

    Bo 1987 Minor League

    1986 Minor League
    The set was loaded with hot rookies McGwire, Canseco but Tom Glavine was the only HOF.
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  • llafoellafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭
    This is how I remember Bo Jackson

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  • ashabbyashabby Posts: 471 ✭
    Football. He had some monster runs
  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭
    I remember Bo playing both sports and bought in to all the hype Nike built around him. I was more interested in baseball at the time so he sticks out in my mind as a baseball player, despite him being a better football player.
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  • elsnortoelsnorto Posts: 2,012 ✭✭
    Definitely football to me. He was first and foremost a football player who just so happened to be so athletically gifted that he could play major league baseball as a hobby.

    I'm glad I got to see him play and that he's enjoyed a resurgence of popularity on the heels of the ESPN 30 For 30 documentary.

    One of the greatest "what if" stories in all of sports.

    Snorto~
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭
    Football because of college coverage


    But boy what an athlete
    Fred

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  • Big80sBig80s Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭
    Growing up as a Royals fan, I loved him as a baseball player. Growing up as a Chiefs fan, I loathed him as a football player.
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  • ToadManToadMan Posts: 219 ✭✭


    << <i>Growing up as a Royals fan, I loved him as a baseball player. Growing up as a Chiefs fan, I loathed him as a football player. >>



    I was just about to write nearly the exact same thing!!!
    Loved watching him play for the Royals. Probably one of my favorites of all time. He needed work here and there, but he was fun to watch!
    Being Chiefs fan, I couldn't believe he had to play for the #1 rival...
  • 05GHBRETT05GHBRETT Posts: 72
    Can anyone here break a bat on their thigh or head?

    Saw Bo at the barbershop in Tucson when Bo did some spring training work with the White Sox
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