Yahoo! Poll: Matt Hasselbeck could be worst Seattle athlete

[KitsapHawk]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/top-10-gre ... 00576.html

I didnt think he was so bad.

 

[Veilside]

These people obviously don't know what an "athlete" means. Largent in 2nd? He succeeded despite not being an athlete making him even greater!

 

[400WattHPSHawk]

"Downtown" should be ahead of SA.

Sikma and Hasselbeck could be interchangeable. I see not much wrong here.

 

[kearly]

Best athlete (among homegrown star players) is probably Walter Jones or Shawn Kemp.

Biggest superstar is probably Griffey, though I could make a case for several other Mariners.

The best player to ever play for a Seattle team* was Randy Johnson, IMO. Johnson is statistically the the best LH starter in MLB history, and we had him for a decade. To put things in perspective, Felix Hernandez's numbers are a full step below Johnson's and Felix is maybe the best pitcher in baseball right now. And Felix is pitching in a bit of a mini-deadball era where offense is way, way down. Johnson played during the steroids era where homeruns were being hit at a rate never seen before. It's just crazy to think about how good Johnson was. It might be another 100 years until we see another like him. Oh, he also threw 100 MPH when he was almost 40 years old. During his final years he still had a fastball that (literally) vaporized a pigeon. I don't know why he isn't remembered as a Seattle icon more- probably because of how he left or perhaps because he looked like a posterboy for faces of meth.

I guess you could argue that Griffey was the greatest LH position player (that stayed clean), too. It's kind of amazing the kind of star power the do nothing Mariners have had, isn't it?

Then again, you could make a case in a few years that Russell Wilson could top both those lists. Wilson is a phenomenal athlete and a legend in the making.

*(excluding Jerry Rice, heh)

 

[KitsapHawk]

"Downtown" should be ahead of SA.

Sikma and Hasselbeck could be interchangeable. I see not much wrong here.

negative one percent seemed a bit harsh to me.

 

[kearly]

negative one percent seemed a bit harsh to me.

lol. I just noticed that.

 

[therealjohncarlson]

Ichiro continues to be overrated. Sure, a + .300 average is cool and all, but it seemed like he never came through in the clutch, and most of those hits were probably infield singles...

 

[KitsapHawk]

negative one percent seemed a bit harsh to me.

lol. I just noticed that.

I need your analysis on why he could possibly be negative one.

The inability to throw a ball more than 30 yards?

 

[kearly]

Ichiro was insanely clutch up until his final few seasons. He had a few years where his average with runners on was around the .400s. He did hit a ton of infield singles, but those are really annoying when they happen against you and hilarious when they happen for you. I actually really miss an annoying hit that turned into two annoying stolen bases and a score on a wild pitch. It seemed like Ichiro would pull that trick once a week before age caught up to him.

 

[AROS]

What a joke of a poll. Wow.

Athlete?

Relative to their sports:

Largent
Griffey
Payton
Jones
Hasselbeck
Alexander
Johnson
Brown
Martinez
Suzuki

 

[dunceface]

how is the Big Unit so low??

Edit: wait why isn't Russell on here?

 

[cacksman]

I think some of you are misunderstanding the meaning of the word "athlete" in this article.

 

[Throwdown]

Lmao

God damn, how is that even possible?

GP should be #1, personal bias of course . Also, here in the hell is Kemp?

 

[-The Glove-]

Drunk post

 

[Erebus]

I think Felix Hernandez deserves a spot on this list. I think what's holding him back is a lack of success by the Mariners during his time here. But he's clearly better in relation to the rest of his sport than Hasselbeck was.

I'd also put him ahead of Ichiro. Maybe in time, with better career numbers, he'll make this list.

 

[Cartire]

Ichiro is not even close to being overrated. He was the definition of clutch.

Big Unit should be #1 with Griffey close behind.

Hasselbeck shouldnt even be on the list. Sorry guys. He's not being dissed on this list by even being considered #10 of all time in seattle history. All though the -1% is correct (I dont know how that works on a poll)

 

[thebanjodude]

Ichiro also had one of the best outfield arms in the majors

 

[Smelly McUgly]

Damn it, Griffey is winning this thing and he should be behind Payton, Kemp, Largent, Big Walt, and Edgar.

 

[mikeak]

How does not being the best of a selective group = the worst? Talk about the worst title on a thread in a long time

And as stated use of athlete here is to compare players across sports not general athletic abilities

But hey keep misunderstanding things so you can feel slighted...

 

[KitsapHawk]

How does not being the best of a selective group = the worst? Talk about the worst title on a thread in a long time

And as stated use of athlete here is to compare players across sports not general athletic abilities

But hey keep misunderstanding things so you can feel slighted...

listen here, It was a joke because he is at -1 Percent.

Talk about the worst post of all time.