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Originally Posted by dean smith
I respect your opinion, but doesn't comparing players/horses from different eras add to the enjoyment of being a sports/racing fan? How is debating whether Tyson could've beaten Ali or whether Maris could've hit 61 dingers in this era of two-week, cross-country road trips and ceaseless media attention taking away anyone's enjoyment of sport?
I have a belief that for sports fans, the world of sports acts like a timeline for your life. And there is a time in everyone's life (usually when they are growing up and sports are the most important thing in the world) that they consider "their" era. The teams and stars of your era were there when it mattered to you, and you identify with them the most. No matter what, you are going to go to bat for your era in these types of debates. My era is the mid-80s to the early-90s when I was about 10 until about 21. For me, the '84 Tigers will always be the greatest team, Jordan and Gretzky will always be the all-time kings of their sports ("Their will NEVER be another Jordan!"), and Joe Montana is without a doubt the best QB ever.
(Admittedly a bit stoned. Hope I didn't go off into some kind of space man, Alice in Wonderland-type philosophy rant)
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some good points. when jordan was playing, everyone said no one would compare....but he's retired-and of course other good ones come along. as for gretzky, even he is wowed by ovechkin.
it's funny...once upon a time a horse was compared to a former great, and many were scandalized. that would be man o'war i'm talking about. of course now it doesn't seem so odd to compare horses to man o'war. the horse he was compared to? anyone? lol i'd have to look it up myself-it's in a book here somewhere.