Who did you play sports against in those younger days?

Joshwesley · #1 12-17-2016, 04:45 PM

Played with and against Jake peavy as a child.

Its pretty commonly accepted around here that I was the better ball player up until about 15....... then he decided to focus in on pitching!

Went to school with Katie Mixon (east bound and down and American housewife)

My mom and her mom were really good friends

kmac32 · #2 12-17-2016, 05:17 PM

Eddie Vedder, Marc DeCarlo, Lee Smith, Bert Hooten, Fergie Jenkins, Joe Pepetone, Leon Durham, mike Bielecki, Shawn Boskie, and a whole bunch of other Cubs

clydepepper · #3 12-17-2016, 05:51 PM

I played on the same semi-pro team for a few games with Tony Pierce, Sr. and a state tournament with Mike Spilman, younger brother of Harry Spilman.

I'm sure I faced several future minor leaguers during my time as a pitcher but their names have eluded me.

Sometimes your memory hides things or events you don't really want to remember, perhaps to protect your ego. lol

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bnorth · #4 12-17-2016, 06:03 PM

Never played any team sports, I boxed and did MMA before is was cool. I trained with pretty much anybody that was anybody in the mid 80's and early 90's including rolling with Royce Gracie. But the 2 guys I respected the most and was lucky enough to learn from on several occasions was Sherman Harrill http://www.theihof.com/046-sherman-j-harrill and George Shin http://www.theihof.com/072-george-shin-sr.

Sherman was one of those guys that could touch you and make it hurt more than getting full power punched by most. George was by far the most brutal man I have ever met in my life. Outside of training they are/were the most gentle, kind and friendly people I ever had the privilege to meet.

chris6net · #5 12-17-2016, 06:18 PM

I played youth Baseball with Craig Biggio. He was a year younger than me but I could tell he was going to be special in Junior High. I never played varsity baseball but he was the star of my HS team. The year he graduated he was the best Football player in Suffolk County(averaging 10 yards per carry).
I remember having a conversation with Craig in HS and him telling me that he was going to be a catcher because he felt along with the coach that he had a better shot at making it to the bigs if he was a catcher. 3000 hits later he made the right decision!

rdwyer · #6 12-17-2016, 06:26 PM

I played with Wiilie O'ree at Hockey summer camp.

btcarfagno · #7 12-17-2016, 06:47 PM

Played with:

Eric Young
Angel Echeveria
Jeffrey Hammond's
Joe Borowski

Played against:

Mo Vaughn
Craig Biggio
Willie Banks

Tom C

tjenkins · #8 12-19-2016, 09:17 AM

Played against Kelvin Torve who had a short stint with the Mets and Twins in baseball. Coached against Chad Greenway, Ben Lieber and Brock Lesnar. In fact, I coached a kid (Chad Duenwald) who beat Brock Lesnar in high school wrestling and Chad is now my next door neighbor. Chad Greenway was tremendous all around athlete!

bnorth · #9 12-19-2016, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by tjenkins

Played against Kelvin Torve who had a short stint with the Mets and Twins in baseball. Coached against Chad Greenway, Ben Lieber and Brock Lesnar. In fact, I coached a kid (Chad Duenwald) who beat Brock Lesnar in high school wrestling and Chad is now my next door neighbor. Chad Greenway was tremendous all around athlete!

Everybody in Clark is your next door neighbor.

VoodooChild · #10 12-19-2016, 10:00 AM

"Played" HS Football with Jason Taylor (DE with the Dolphins/Redskins/Jets). I use the term "played" loosely as I never made varsity and he was a year older.

He was a tall and skinny TE in high school. I don't think he even played defense. My high school was known for it's football program and I wouldn't even say he was a top-10 player on the team. Everybody was surprised when he got a full ride to a D1 school (Akron). They must have saw something in him. Four years later, he was 100 lbs. bigger and a 3rd round draft pick. Now, he's a potential HOFer.

ibuysportsephemera · #11 12-19-2016, 10:30 AM

I don't know if this counts or not, but I played video pong (pre Nintendo days for those who aren't old enough to remember) with Bobby Nystrom (NY Islanders) when I was 13. He let me score 20 points before he scored 21 straight to beat me.

When I was 15 I worked in a racquetball club and played doubles a bunch of times with some of the NY Islanders that belonged to the club.

Jeff

coolshemp · #12 12-19-2016, 10:34 AM

Nothing for me. But my late neighbor played a short game of ball as a kid with Honus Wagner when he was in Boston. Said the guys hands were enormous! And that he was very nice to the kids...

talkinbaseball · #13 12-19-2016, 07:20 PM

My brother was a senior in high school, he played center on the football team.
We had a tenth grader on the team named Willie "Sonny" Hall. He later went to USC and became the MVP in 1970. He then had a huge game in the Super Bowl with John Madden's Oakland Raiders against the Minnesota Vikings.

john

darkhorse9 · #14 12-17-2016, 05:24 PM

I had a double dip in High School...not playing against, but playing with.

On my baseball team I actually got a chance to pinch hit for Wally Joyner. (blow out game and a courtesy at bat for me)

On our football team I started the pre-season as the second string kicker behind Kevin Butler (I didn't stick around for the season)

oldjudge · #15 12-17-2016, 05:25 PM

I curled against Reggie Leach and played rugby with Blaine Nye and Jim Merlo. I have played golf with Ron Yary (absolutely horrible) and Harry Carson (very solid). Both Robert Brazille and Ralph Garr worked out at my gym when we lived in Houston. My sons played against Dwight Freeney in 1996 when Darien HS defeated Bloomfield HS for the CT state championship.

Tyler · #16 12-17-2016, 05:40 PM

I was on the JV squad when Alex Rodriguez came over from Miami to play our varsity team. He was already a pretty big deal at the time. We lost.

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