Post athletes that you idolized as a child, /sp/. Pic related for me.

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For me, it's Paulinho McLaren.

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Based shanny still my favorite athlete of all time

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Still triggers /sp/ to this day

Based kobr

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>>76917765
Same

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>>76917879
What are you, every American born between 1985-1995?

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>>76917765

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>>76917765
>>76917879


Also, BO KNOWS BO

I too was a big Griffey man

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Dejan Petkovic

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Him and Eric Lindros

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>>76917952

Everyone loved him

>yfw MJ secretly wanted to be KGJ
>KGJ was the son MJs father always wanted

>>76917822

Shaq was my second favorite, but he's still my all time favorite basketball player.

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between him and thome, the reasons i grew up loving the tribe

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True longsuffering dubs fan here

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FIVEHOLES EVERYWHERE

>>76918057
How about the alomars, and young manny? Damn they had sonlme talent. Also, I believe that albert belle is one of the most underrated hitters ever.

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>>76918200

> albert belle

you, anon, are officially my dude

>>76917996
YOU NOW REMEMBER PETKOVIC
HE LITERALLY PLAYED FOR EVERY SINGLE BRAZILIAN TEAM
THE ABSOLUTE MADMAN

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>>76918057
Him and Vizquel because I was a shortstop and fast
>>76918200
95 lineup had Thome and Ramirez hitting 6th and 7th, and Paul Sorrento hitting almost 30 HR 8th. Indians lineup from 95-98 or so was scary

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>>76918540

> we only got one ATL/CLE eries

>>76918561
>lofton
>vizquel
>eddie murray
>belle
>thome
>ramirez
>roberto alomar
>tony fernadez
>matt williams
>baerga
>julio franco
>travis fryman
>juan gonzalez
>marty cordova
>jeromy burnitz sitting on the bench
>richie sexson sitting on the bench
>marquis grissom
>brian giles
>david justice
>ellis burks
>sandy alomar at times

How the fuck didnt they win a world series with these lineups?

>watched sports all my life
>have never "idolized" an athlete even when i was a kid

what is wrong with me

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The sweetest swing in baseball. I met him in '02 when I was 8, at Spring Training.

He signed a ball for me and I did my best not to freak the fuck out that I was meeting my hero.

>>76919346
Never looked up to him. But I still remember that 4 Homer game.

>>76918012
It all makes sense now

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would try and watch every start no matter what team he was one

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>a man among boys
>for his ENTIRE career

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the first ever sacramento hall of fame player

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>>76919646

How does sac still have a team??

>>76917765
was Ken Griffey Jr fan too

from California but dad lived in Seattle, used to go to those old Mariner games in the King Stadium

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Nascar: Mike Skinner
Hockey: Ed Belfour, J.S. Giguere, Paul Kariya
Football: Brett Favre
Baseball: Rusty Greer
Basketball: Shawn Bradley

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Basketball was my favorite sport and I loved watching the early two thousands Pistons defence, this dude was my hero. Played hard but wasn't a chimp, 4x DPOY, and brought us a championship with a real team, not just one or two superstars.

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Rare uniform edition

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Long may he reign

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No matter what happens, he will always be my favorite.

>>76917765
none, because my dad hated sports (notably football), never put me in an outdoor activity, and now I'm a beta fat fuck kissless bald virgin with glasses. t-thanks, dad

>>76920994

Ty Lue?

>>76918200
Orioles fan here. Fuck Albert Belle

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>>76917765
better than jeter

>baseball
u wut americans? i must admit i had some fun playing baseball video games as a kid

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He was the best of his era

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For me, it's Chipper Jones

>>76917999
Muh sock

>>76925141

if you would have played youth baseball, you would know. it was the purest and most wonderful catharsis

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>>76917765
Would have been a pro QB in today's game.

>>76917765
most majestic swing in the history of the game.. i wouldn't say it was perfect though. i honestly think if he had shortened his swing up a bit he would have easily hit for .300+ and had a longer career

>>76917765
Katie Ladecky
Mike Trout
Kevin Durant
Tomas Hurtl
Jordan Spieth
Nick Kyrgios

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He was my god growing up.

Bernie williams

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Based Scottie

>>76918057
Absolutely loved Lofton. Still one of my favorite Braves ever, even though he's usually associated with the Tribe. Dude could fly.

>>76930632
My nigga

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>>76925204

Not so fast, kid.

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steve yzerman

Baseball: Jim Edmonds
Basketball: Chris Webber
Football: Urlacher or Brian Westbrook
Soccer: Henry and Zidane. I loved France.
College GOATS: Steve Slaton, Reggie Bush, Braylon Edwards, Dee Brown from Illinois. Many more.

Is it aging in that I know I'll never be as fond of modern day players as the ones I did while growing up?

>>76917924
I saw Buhner on Monday. His kid is playing minor league ball. Dude still looks like he could smash dingers.

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and somehow one of them is still playing

>>76929665
fucking hate Ladecky cuz that fag on /tv/ spams her pics constantly. Same with George Springer, hate him too

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Marcos, one of the greatest brazilian goalkeeper of all time

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smash man

>>76918057
great taste

>>76929091
amen.

i'll always be at the plate in my dreams

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