Who would you pay big $ to see ?

[egri]

In no particular order:

The Louis-Schmeling rematch
Ted Williams in 1941 (or '42, '46, '47, '49)
Smokey Joe Wood vs Walter Johnson
Cy Young vs Walter Johnson
Josh Gibson in his prime face off against Bob Feller

[RTK]

Ruth
Gehrig
Cobb
Ted Williams
Joe Jackson
Jackie Robinson in '47


Walter Johnson
Cy Young

The 1908 Cubs

I'd like to have seen a ballgame in each of the New York Parks in the 50's

[clydepepper]

Jim Creighton - in his prime.
Amos Rusie - just to see how fast he really was

[1963Topps Set]

Barry Manilow in the 1960s

Myself as a child.

Buddy Holly 1958

[deucetwins]

Cobb and Ruth against each other.
Young and Johnson pitching.

Hunky Shaw's only major league at-bat.

[mart8081]

Some different ones to those posted above:

Eddie 'The Cannibal' Merckx - in the one day monuments Paris-Roubaix or Tour of Flanders

Diego Maradona - the Napoli years

Sir Donald Bradman - the greatest batsmen of all-time (in any sport and by a very, very long way)

Sir Roger Bannister - breaking the 4 minute mile

Yiannis Kouros - on October 4-5, 1997 - he ran a World Record distance of 303.5km or 188 miles in 24 hours. This is the just astonishing. For those of you that run - the average speed was 7.84 miles or 12.65km per hour (I can currently hold this speed for one hour).

Holds every running world record outdoors from 100-1000 miles!

Here are his other records - http://www.yianniskouros.gr/index.ph...ourosvictories

Real Madrid - (the greatest club side of all time) with Puskas and Di Stefano

George Mallory and Andrew Irvine - not toally sure how you could watch this one but - did they reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1924, some 28 years before it was officially climbed by Hilary and Tensing?