February 13, 2012
  • 7/15/08

    comparing the nba and mlb

    By Max J. Dickstein

    What we mean when we say, “This is something”

    Photo credit: Game Face

    An august assemblage if ever there was one. Forty-nine baseball Hall of Famers, on the pitch of Yankee Stadium, and paired with tonight’s starters. Even to a casual baseball fan such as myself, words fail, my friends. Yogi Berra, Ryne Sandberg, Willie Mays, Dave Winfield, Wade Boggs up in this piece.

    NBA's 50 Greatest Players

    CLEVELAND - FEBRUARY 8: The Fifty Greatest NBA players poses during a photo shoot during the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend at Gund Arena on February 8, 1997 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Copyright 1997 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

    There hasn’t been assemblage like this since the NBA turned 50 in 1997 and everyone had one those unforgettable white leather-sleeved jackets. Except Shaq —he missed the event because of some film promotion in Los Angeles, as I recall. Maybe he got a jacket. But he didn't deserve it. He'd only been in the NBA for like five seasons by then and was a serious stretch for the team. Then he lows off this historic event in Cleveland to promote "Shazaam" or some such thing.

    By the way, I'm back in the loge press area tonight, and I'm entering blog news and views as I did last night for the Home Run Derby.

    First pitch was a 8:47 p.m. American League starter Cliff Lee mowed down the first three NL batters, then NL starter Ben Sheets stranded Derek Jeter at second (single and a steal) by getting A-Rod to tip a ball up and into the catcher's mitt for the third out. Second inning, 82 degrees, Yankee Stadium.

    — Max

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