ESPN.com Page 2 discussion of the #3 (don't worry, it IS baseball related)

RascalJones · 12-10-2004, 11:13 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...=debate/041209

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In March of 2003, Page 2 presented the Ultimate Scorecard -- the greatest athletes for each number, from 0 to 99. It seemed logical to put Babe Ruth at No. 3. He is, after all, still regarded as the greatest baseball player of all time.

But with ESPN's new movie about Dale Earnhardt airing Saturday night at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN, it got us to thinking: Maybe the Babe doesn't deserve the honor any longer

Unfortunately, I'd have to agree that 3 is more readily identifiable with Earnhardt these days than the Babe. Besides, personally, I've always associated the Babe with the nicknames and not the number. The only number that would bring the Babe to mind immediately is 714.

Perhaps that's just me, but anymore with all the 3 stickers all over cars, and memorabilia, how can you NOT think of Earnhardt first?

Crash Course · 12-10-2004, 02:27 PM

Is it the man that's #3 or the car?

RascalJones · 12-11-2004, 09:18 AM

They're inseperable. No one has picked up #3 since Dale's passing.

12-10-2004, 02:27 PM	#2
Crash Course NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 10,070	Is it the man that's #3 or the car? __________________ Steve, Forum Admin Hit Grass, Win Salad Man, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking. Just have fun. - Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez, in The Sandlot I've been going to games since August 8, 1973....and on August 22, 2004, finally, a foul ball came my way. I had to reach for it, and it deflected off the tip of my right index finger. Shoot, if I was only 4 inches taller! Have you read The Baseball Same Game?

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RascalJones NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 1,862	They're inseperable. No one has picked up #3 since Dale's passing. __________________ "Baseball is dull only to dull minds." -- Red Barber, announcer "The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud." -- Bob Uecker

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