Troy Polamalu a Brave?

by bravesfan1047 on Jan 30, 2009 7:50 PM EST

When Troy was a high school student in Oregon when Atlanta Braves Scout Kurt Kemp was looking at signing him. He had speed, closed every gap, his swing was great, and he contacted the ball unusually good. Could you imagine Polamalu in CF? Wow that would be something to see! (maybe we should sign him) *kidding, but would be pretty cool, hey we did that with Deon Sanders? Just throwing that out there.

We had somewhat of the same thing with a player who decided between football or baseball in Jeff Francoeur, i think they both made the right choice (but you never know).

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Glavine chose baseball over hockey.

by mattdiaz4life on Jan 30, 2009 9:28 PM EST reply actions

Here’s the link the OP is referencing if anyone’s interested.

by mattdiaz4life on Jan 30, 2009 9:30 PM EST reply actions

Speaking of football players, I’d still love to see Dennis Dixon come back and play for the Braves. The dude hit in the one hundreds in professional baseball after not having touched a bat in three years; that’s impressive. I guarantee I couldn’t hit in the one hundreds. I hate to see all his talent just hanging out on the sidelines with the Steelers. I mean, I think it’s cool he’s gonna get a Super Bowl ring on Sunday, but his chances of playing anytime within the next five years are slim to none.

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by cbwilk on Jan 31, 2009 2:12 AM EST reply actions

“I mean, I think it’s cool he’s gonna get a Super Bowl ring on Sunday”

That reminds me of when my Eagles friends said “I hope we play Pittsburgh in the super bowl instead of Baltimore.”

by soup du jour on Jan 31, 2009 3:56 PM EST up reply actions

Well, they’re Eagles fans. They’re already delusional.

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by cbwilk on Jan 31, 2009 4:50 PM EST up reply actions

+1000

Although…the way they looked when they played Washington for the last time…who’da thunk it then that they would go as far as they did?

by soup du jour on Jan 31, 2009 7:08 PM EST up reply actions

I was at that game, it was so much fun watching all the Eagles fans slink home in a stupor.

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by cbwilk on Jan 31, 2009 7:18 PM EST up reply actions

Michael Jordan couldn’t handle a real sport.

by TradeAndruw on Jan 31, 2009 10:22 AM EST reply actions

If they would have started him off in A ball and let him progress like a normal prospect, he would have succeeded.

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by cbwilk on Jan 31, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions

I think it would’ve been interesting if he would’ve tried to become a 2 sport star, in the mold of Brian Jordan when he was a safety. But who knows if he could’ve hit a major league curveball?

by soup du jour on Jan 31, 2009 3:58 PM EST reply actions