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i dont know how to post a link, but joe posnanski has an article on WWW.KANSASCITY.COM, posted on may 26 about bo jackson, this is just detailing some of the "superhuman" things he did on a baseball field, if you grew up watching bo, it is a must read, hopefully hardcore, val, erik, or larry can make the actual link

<http://kansascity.com/180/story/124608.html>

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here ye be...
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I read it last week, it made me feel old that he was a rookie twenty years ago, but did spark a good question at the bar on Saturday: Was Bo the first baseball player to break his bat over his knee?

Everybody off the bandwagon!

by Alxfritz on Jun 5, 2007 9:39 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I still remember
pick-up baseball around the time he did that, as we all tried immitating him only to leave huge bruises / red marks our legs in the end. I think we might have bent a wiffle ball bat once . . .

Does anyone know where we can get some video footage? YouTube is coming up blank.

On with the youth movement!

by aet15 on Jun 5, 2007 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The throw
The throw that nailed Reynolds was unreal. My recollection is that, after the ump called Reynolds out, Bo engaged in an uncharacteristic bit of showmanship: He pointed his finger at Reynolds, pretended to shoot him and then blew on the tip of his finger like it was the barrel of a gun.

by DCGreg on Jun 5, 2007 10:34 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bo
was, and still is, the best athlete I've ever seen. The man was a freak of nature.

by cardsrul on Jun 5, 2007 11:10 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

War Eagle
<smirk>
"Tyler's gonna bust a nut on some babies tonight!" - Tyler Johnson (as told by Alex Fritz)

by Mr Redbird on Jun 5, 2007 11:37 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sitting in the bleachers
as a little kid at County Stadium, I was amazed how big he looked in person...just a physical freak...
Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa. ~Bob Veale, 1966

by bukowski on Jun 7, 2007 10:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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