OT- Are There Any Other Olympic Athletes on the Board?

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

Love these stories guys!

I was a pretty fair pitcher in high school. Struck out almost two batters per inning my senior year and threw three no hitters. That year I got to play in a high school all star game in Yankee Stadium. My goodness was that an experience. Locker room, dugout, bullpen, then on the mound. It was something else.

My center fielder in the game was Jeffrey Hammonds, who I don't know if he played in the Olympics but he did play for Team USA of some sort. He was the best athlete I ever saw and incredibly bright as well. Word at the game was that he got a near perfect score on his SAT's.

Tom C

I believe Jeffrey went to Stanford...i lived in Maryland when he joined the Orioles....Mussina also Stanford....not sure why orioles drafted Ben McDonald out of LSU..

I like those cruise ship storys with ping pong..im going on a cruise in a few weeks and i win every competition. I played in a pro-am tourneys back in the day and as a kid it was funny when the phys ed teacher would take me out of class in junior high/elementary school and make me play ping pong against him and other various adults i would crush who learned of my propensity in that game. I destroy everyone on the cruise ships and i get to say witty banter there that everyone loves to hear from me on on net54. Some people get really mad at me back in the day but as the years went on i learned to make them laugh. I particularly enjoyed destroying the high school b-ball and football athletes. I havent played in awhile though. I got a few weeks to practice for the cruise. Im assuming there will be some tournament there. You have to account for the wind though on certain parts on the deck. I put a lot of spin on the ball and used to play entirely with my backhand until it was equal to the forehand. Its the backhand and the spin that is the difference maker against cruise ship people..

as to the pro-am, i think i lost every one, maybe won 1 though....i sucked against real players..