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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (146904)	11/6/2001 12:11:56 PM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Mary, OT, RE: The main point is that you have to be an athlete to be a baseball or basketball player and that is not always true for football players. Yes, yes, I know - there are a lot of great athletes in football - but you don't have to be an athlete to succeed. Kyle Turley and Ray Lewis may have certain attributes that allow them to succeed in football - but chances are they do not have sufficient athletic abilities to be good at anything else in sports. OK, my last thought on this one. A few years ago, toward the end of his career, John Kruk was having a smoke and a beer in a local bar. He had finished a game earlier that evening. A woman recognized him and lambasted him for his very nonathletic habits, in midseason at that. Kruk replied, "Lady, I'm not an athlete, I'm a ballplayer." Given that we have diametric opinions on Ray Lewis' athletic ability, I'm just going to have to agree to disagree.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (146904)	11/6/2001 2:30:40 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Mary, RE:"Danny Ainge come to mind" Ainge batted less than .200 for a toronto bluejay minor league team. Luckily he saw the light and choose basketball. RE:"The main point is that you have to be an athlete to be a baseball or basketball player and that is not always true for football players. Yes, yes, I know - there are a lot of great athletes in football - but you don't have to be an athlete to succeed. Kyle Turley and Ray Lewis may have certain attributes that allow them to succeed in football - but chances are they do not have sufficient athletic abilities to be good at anything else in sports." You obiously never played the game. Being big and strong is not enough. You have to have skill. Do you remember the "superstars competition" where sports people got together and competed in 10 various events? Baseball payers never did that well, the winners were usually football players OJ etc., one water skier (Wayne Grimdich) and a soccer player, (Kyle Rote Jr.). Track people did well, even a shot putter...and even a weight lifter. Baseball players were no where to be found in the final standings, just like golfers. Jim