alz wrote:

Best dual sport pro in my opinion is Bo Jackson. Best dual sport careers in my opinion is Deion Sanders. Prime Time was around a while in both leagues, but for the small window Bo Jackson was playing, he was simply unbelievable.

The A's made a pickoff move while Bo was trying to steal second. He thought about trying to get back to first for a split second, and then just put his head down and went for the steal. McGwire went to apply the tag, realized he went the other way, and fired to second, but not in time to get the out. Bo Jackson beat that throw. I remember tattooing a HR in the first inning of the 1989 All Star game that was estimated (badly according to Mike Scocsia) at 448.

Prime Time made it a while and was good, but Bo Jackson was fucking superhuman.

Artie, I'd love to drop a gauntlet on that running back thing. I don't like the way he left his career, but any "Best Runningback" discussion that doesn't have Barry Sanders name in it doesn't seem right. Payton was good, Emmitt was the man, etc etc, but Barry Sanders was absolutely electric. I've never seen a Runningback do so much with so little to help him.

I figured this would come up sooner or later. "Best" is open to so many different interpretations. I probably should have written "most naturally gifted." Let's put it this way. If I tried to build a machine that manufactured running backs, the prototype would be Bo Jackson.