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Thread: Greatest athlete's-turned-politician

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Did not know Dryden entered politics. What did he do?
    Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister.
    Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1

    The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Yes. He’s a clear mention on both lists.

    How about a ruling on Jesse Ventura?
    Yeah, I was going to mention Ventura. I think the field here is pretty thin, so you have to be a little more...inclusive. So that's a yes.
    Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1

    The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    Yeah, I was going to mention Ventura. I think the field here is pretty thin, so you have to be a little more...inclusive. So that's a yes.
    It also depends on how we feel about college football players, like Gerald Ford...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    Bill Bradley - HOF NBA, senator
    Winner ^

    Not mentioned: Jack Kemp
    Sox 4 Ever

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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    Winner ^

    Not mentioned: Jack Kemp
    Kemp is a good one.

    I think Jim Bunning (Baseball HOF and Senator) is at least Bradley’s equal here.

    Although Bradley was a Princeton grad, while Bunning only went to Xavier...

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    Can we count Moe Berg, MLB catcher and ONI spy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    Can we count Moe Berg, MLB catcher and ONI spy?
    It's your thread bro.
    Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1

    The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    It's your thread bro.
    1. Any thread I start is public domain. Or, if you're feeling socialist, community property.

    2. I'm talking myself out of Berg. The goal of these threads was to name players who achieved fame in other venues. As a spy, fame was deleterious to Berg's success.

    But the book about him was one of the better baseball bios I've ever read - "The Catcher Was A Spy"

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