Who would you pay big $ to see ?

[Ease]

Originally Posted by Mikehealer

Pretty easy one for me. I would love to see Ben Hogan striping 5-irons.

+1, Bobby Jones whipping a hickory-shafted club also..

[dstraate]

Would have loved to see Cobb/Rose and other hustle type players. Closest I ever got was watching Lenny Dykstra. Not close enough I'm afraid.

I think it would have been great to see Dr. J early on. I also would have liked to see Mikan dropping 40 on some 6'5" schmuck.

In football, It would have been O.J. I bet that would be interesting.

[steve B]

Pitchers-
Paige
Wood, Johnson, - really any of the greats from that era.

In person rather than on TV
Tiant
Ryan
Marichal

In their prime-
Feller. I saw him pitch a HR derby in 74 or 75 and he had more pop than the minor leaguers in either game of the double header.

Hitters-
I saw a bunch of the late 70's AL guys, and a few since.

Gibson
Mantle
Ruth
Gehrig
Cobb
Williams

Kingman for a full season in Fenway- Never happened for even a few weeks

I havent attended much for other sports, seeing any of the all time greats would be great. Especially Merckx and Pele.

Non sports.

Hendrix - pretty much any part of his career
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Beatles
Stones
Those 4 only in their prime. I know I can still see the stones, but they should have gracefully moved into a retirement home 20 years ago. Missed the Who by just a little in 1981, a deal for tickets never came together.

Annie Oakley
PT Barnum

Plus a whole bunch of people I'd like to see in action as an observer or just meet for an hour or so. Historical figres like Ghengis Kahn, Patton, Alexander, Gandhi....

Steve B

[FUBAR]

Dave OJ is definitely one of the best at slashing and dashing!

[alanu]

To see in person:

Walter Johnson
Johnny Rodgers (okay, I'm from Nebraska, saw him 2X live when I was little)
Roberto Clemente
Nolan Ryan
Dick Butkus
Gale Sayers
Lou Gehrig & Babe Ruth
and the other Babe, Babe Didrickson

[ChiefBenderForever]

I saw it on tv but to see the greatest sporting event in the history of the world live would be at the top of the list, the 1980 USA/USSR Hockey game !

[dstraate]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

Dave OJ is definitely one of the best at slashing and dashing!

Amen on the slash and dash. I hear he was a real killer

[thescooper]

cassius clay
dennis law
oj simpson

[novakjr]

1)Ten Cent Beer Night at old Cleveland Municipal Stadium. First off, I loved Muni as a kid, and would love to go back and see just one more game there...Second, well of course, the ten cent beer. Third, Just sit up and out of the way, and watch the mayhem ensue.

Anyways.
2)Seeing Jordan at a game in Chicago would've been cool.

3)Of course Satchel(hell, any of the old great negro league games).

4)Someone else mentioned some 19th century baseball games. Personally, I wanna see a game before gloves, and when "soaking" was legal.
****I'd like to see soaking legalized for one modern game. Just imagine the play-by-play...Maybe have Uecker call the game...

5)Some else mentioned music and Robert Johnson....We have a winner!!!!

[rsn1661]

Gordie Howe, Nolan Ryan, Jordan and Jimi Hendrix. Let's throw in Pele as well.

[clydepepper]

I'd pay to see my dog Buddy win Westminster!!!


...and Eddie Gaedel laying down a perfect bunt against a shift and he makes it to first by a toe!

There are plenty of cameras pointed at everything else.
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[travrosty]

oscar robertson

[Writehooks]

As a sportswriter for 40 years, I was privileged to personally watch Ali, Foreman, Tyson, Howe, Orr, Gretzky and Pele work their magic multiple times. But coming from the Great White North I never had a basketball beat, so it would've been cool to see Dr. J and Pistol Pete up close and personal. Also would've loved to have been there to witness Evel Knievel's attempted jump over the fountain at Caesars Palace and Catfish Hunter's perfect game in Oakland.

[7nohitter]

Louis Mendoza

Macky Sasser

Ken Phelps

Kevin Romine

No particular order

[Bored5000]

I would have liked to have seen Jim Thorpe playing football at Carlisle or competing in the decathalon/pentahalon at the 1912 Olympics. I also would have liked to have seen a young Wilt Chamberlain.

Not sports related and not intended to be morbid, but I would have liked to have seen Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address. I am 90 minutes from Gettysburg, and have always been fascinated by the battle there and Lincoln's speech there four months after the battle.