Mo Isom to tryout for the LSU Tigers Football team

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  1. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

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    I know of two examples; there was a woman in the late 1800's, who was a tremendous pitcher. Traveled the country performing exhibitions, she got signed to a major league farm team, she did well because she had many different pitches. She approached the elite level then, and did well.

    Babe Didrikson Zaharias

    May have been the greatest golfer of all time.

    just sayin
     
  2. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    your article says: "arguably the greatest female athlete of all-time"

    the word female in there changes the meaning of the sentence. even fans of giant ducks can understand.
     
  3. GiantDuckFan

    GiantDuckFan be excellent to each other Staff Member

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    Granted, I've seen documentaries where, all time greatest has been argued. Unless you're just net-boxing, you should see that, yes on very, very rare occurrences; A freakish female athlete can arise who can play at the level of their elite male peers. I will say this, there were allegations that Babe wasn't all girl.

    I am a fan of Oregon Ducks, and San Francisco Giants.

    Thanks for Beltron by the way, I wish we could get Wheeler back from the Mets, he's the real deal.


    thanks for reading
     
  4. martin

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    this argument would be stronger if there were even one example.

    a great example of women doing well is when they had two ladies in the indy 500 for the first time. they crashed into each other.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    What we were discussing was the vault. I'm saying that a man's double back flippity with a twist is entirely comparable to a woman's double back flippity with a twist and that it is entirely possible for a woman to do it better. They judge the vault on athletic perfection, not height and length. No one measures anything.
     
  6. GiantDuckFan

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    I was simply quibbling about a moot point.

    About your indy 500 example, pertaining to women drivers:

    .....a great example of women doing well is when they had two ladies in the indy 500 for the first time. they crashed into each other.....


    No sh!t,.. you're right, big surprise.... everybody knew that was going to happen.


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  7. LSUTiga

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    Got dammit martin! You are a riot.
     
  8. Contained Chaos

    Contained Chaos Don't we all?

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    I think it would be a lot easier for us to write her off if she weren't so dang cute. I'm sure she knows this.
     
  9. Eq4bits

    Eq4bits (Deep East) Texas Tiger

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    Just men.... ;p
     
  10. Rwilliams

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    What does it hurt to tee up the football and see if she can kick the darn thing out of the endzone? It wouldn't take but three or four kicks. If she kicks it out the back of the endzone over and over then we go from there. If she can't then we know. Why not give her five minutes to give it a kick.
    You never know if you don't try. If she says she can kick it out the endzone then let her nut up and give it a try. What's it gonna hurt?
     

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