Who would you pay big $ to see ?

[ChrisH]

1. Walter Johnson
2. Satchel Paige
3. Lou Gehrig
4. 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers

[Kawika]

Would have loved to have seen Joe Wood throw smoke, Red Grange gallop, Rocket Richard skate, Joe Louis punch and Jim Thorpe do anything.

[Mikehealer]

Pretty easy one for me. I would love to see Ben Hogan striping 5-irons.

[Ease]

Originally Posted by Mikehealer

Pretty easy one for me. I would love to see Ben Hogan striping 5-irons.

+1, Bobby Jones whipping a hickory-shafted club also..

[dstraate]

Would have loved to see Cobb/Rose and other hustle type players. Closest I ever got was watching Lenny Dykstra. Not close enough I'm afraid.

I think it would have been great to see Dr. J early on. I also would have liked to see Mikan dropping 40 on some 6'5" schmuck.

In football, It would have been O.J. I bet that would be interesting.

[steve B]

Pitchers-
Paige
Wood, Johnson, - really any of the greats from that era.

In person rather than on TV
Tiant
Ryan
Marichal

In their prime-
Feller. I saw him pitch a HR derby in 74 or 75 and he had more pop than the minor leaguers in either game of the double header.

Hitters-
I saw a bunch of the late 70's AL guys, and a few since.

Gibson
Mantle
Ruth
Gehrig
Cobb
Williams

Kingman for a full season in Fenway- Never happened for even a few weeks

I havent attended much for other sports, seeing any of the all time greats would be great. Especially Merckx and Pele.

Non sports.

Hendrix - pretty much any part of his career
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Beatles
Stones
Those 4 only in their prime. I know I can still see the stones, but they should have gracefully moved into a retirement home 20 years ago. Missed the Who by just a little in 1981, a deal for tickets never came together.

Annie Oakley
PT Barnum

Plus a whole bunch of people I'd like to see in action as an observer or just meet for an hour or so. Historical figres like Ghengis Kahn, Patton, Alexander, Gandhi....

Steve B

[FUBAR]

Dave OJ is definitely one of the best at slashing and dashing!

[thescooper]

cassius clay
dennis law
oj simpson

[travrosty]

oscar robertson

[Bored5000]

I would have liked to have seen Jim Thorpe playing football at Carlisle or competing in the decathalon/pentahalon at the 1912 Olympics. I also would have liked to have seen a young Wilt Chamberlain.

Not sports related and not intended to be morbid, but I would have liked to have seen Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address. I am 90 minutes from Gettysburg, and have always been fascinated by the battle there and Lincoln's speech there four months after the battle.