# The Feud: The Not-as-Famous Athlete by 42fish \[game over\]

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 21, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763 "2009-07-21T19:07:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/61 "2009-07-22T14:20:31Z")

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1. Albert Pujols
2. LeBron Jordan
3. Mia Hamm
4. Sugar Ray Leonard
5. Mary Lou Retton
6. Kristi Yamaguchi
7. Scott Hamilton
8. A.J. Foyt
9. Dominik Hasek
10. Tom Watson

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/62 "2009-07-22T14:45:21Z")

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> [@zamboniracer](#):
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> 1. LeBron Jordan

I think I saw him teaming up with Jack Palmer in a celebrity pro-am. 😃

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**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/63 "2009-07-22T14:51:04Z")

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1. Ty Cobb
2. Shaquille O’Neal
3. Mia Hamm
4. Roberto Duran
5. Mary Lou Retton
6. Michelle Kwan
7. Scott Hamilton
8. Mario Andretti
9. Mario Lemieux
10. Arnold Palmer

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/64 "2009-07-22T15:38:08Z")

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> [@Tom\_Scud](#):
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> Wow, I figured Ted Williams was about the safest choice on my list (aside from maybe Niclaus)

And with 49 entries in, I’m STILL the only person to mention Williams. What’s wrong with you people? Not only was he the second-best hitter of all time, he also took time out from his baseball career to GO FIGHT NAZIS.

And then he had his head cryogenically frozen for your sins.

What the hell did Joe DiMaggio ever do, aside from have a name whose cadence is the same as “Mrs. Robinson”?

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/65 "2009-07-22T15:47:37Z")

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> [@](#):
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> What the hell did Joe DiMaggio ever do, aside from have a name whose cadence is the same as “Mrs. Robinson”?

When you’re shooting for the MOST POPULAR answer rather than necessarily the most correct, that’s pretty much the best you can ask for.

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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/66 "2009-07-22T16:14:46Z")

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1. Jackie Robinson
2. Kobe Bryant
3. 
4. George Foreman
5. Mary Lou Retton
6. Kristi Yamaguchi
7. Brian Orser
8. Mario Andretti
9. Mario Lemieux
10. Arnold Palmer

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/67 "2009-07-22T16:16:30Z")

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> [@cmkeller](#):
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> When you’re shooting for the MOST POPULAR answer rather than necessarily the most correct, that’s pretty much the best you can ask for.

Yeah, I’m just whining because what I thought was a pretty safe choice is going to net me a big fat zero in that category.

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**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/68 "2009-07-22T17:06:48Z")

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> [@Tom\_Scud](#):
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> What the hell did Joe DiMaggio ever do, aside from have a name whose cadence is the same as “Mrs. Robinson”?

He nailed Marilyn Monroe!

But I would probably support creative scoring for this Feud. I’m contemplating urging Dolores to award double points to Cristiano Ronaldo on the basis that he is smoking, _smoking_, hot.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/69 "2009-07-22T17:38:13Z")

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> [@delphica](#):
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> He nailed Marilyn Monroe!
> 
> But I would probably support creative scoring for this Feud. I’m contemplating urging Dolores to award double points to Cristiano Ronaldo on the basis that he is smoking, _smoking_, hot.

The first draft of my Ronaldo/C. Ronaldo/Ronaldinho explanation above said, “Ronaldo - the bald one; C. Ronaldo - the pretty one; Ronaldinho - the one with buck teeth.”

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**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/70 "2009-07-22T20:44:56Z")

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How did I miss an entire feud?

Is there a schedule or something for these?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/71 "2009-07-23T12:10:16Z")

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No schedule, but **Rebo** does send out PMs to known Feuders when she starts a new one. I’m sure she’d be happy to add you to that list.

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**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/72 "2009-07-23T15:52:39Z")

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Yes, I’d love to ba added - new to the Feud, but I seem to be Joe Q Public with my answers.

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**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/73 "2009-07-24T00:12:51Z")

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Oh, I’d like to be on that PM list, too!

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/74 "2009-07-24T13:54:37Z")

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Done for both of you. I’m going to start scoring this one now.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/75 "2009-07-24T14:38:08Z")

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1. Name a baseball player other than Babe Ruth  
**1. Joe DiMaggio 12**

2. Mickey Mantle 9

3. Hank Aaron 8

4. Lou Gehrig 6

5. Barry Bonds 4

6. Ty Cobb 3

7. Albert Pujols 2

8. Willie Mays 2

9. Alex Rodriguez 1

10. Ichiro suzuki 1

11. Pete Rose 1

12. Ted Williams 1

13. Name a basketball player other than Michael Jordan  
**2. Shaquille O’Neal 15**

14. Magic Johnson 10

15. Lebron James 7

16. Wilt Chamberlain 6

17. Kobe Bryant 4

18. Larry Bird 3

19. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2

20. Bill Russell 1

21. Charles Barkley 1

22. Scottie Pippen 1

23. Name a soccer player other than Pele or David Beckham  
**3. Mia Hamm 12**  
**3. Ronaldo 12**

24. Diego Maradona 8

25. Zinedine Zidane 4

26. Cristiano Ronaldo 3

27. Ronaldinho 3

28. Brandi Chastain 1

29. George Best 1

30. John Terry 1

31. Kaka 1

32. Landon Donovan 1

33. pass1 1

34. pass2 1

35. Roberto Baggio 1

36. Name a boxer other than Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson  
**4. George Foreman 25**

37. Sugar Ray Leonard 8

38. Joe Frazier 5

39. Joe Louis 5

40. Evander Holyfield 3

41. Boom Boom Mancini 1

42. Oscar de la Hoya 1

43. Roberto Duran 1

44. Sugar Ray Robinson 1

45. Name an Olympic gymnast other than Nadia Comenici  
**5. Mary Lou Retton 42**

46. Olga Korbut 5

47. pass1 1

48. pass2 1

49. Shawn Johnson 1

50. Name a female figure skater other than Nancy Kerrigan or Tonya Harding  
**6. Michelle Kwan 13**

51. Kristi Yamaguchi 9

52. Dorothy Hamill 7

53. Peggy Fleming 7

54. Katarina Witt 6

55. Jane Torville 2

56. Oksana Baiul 2

57. Ekaterina Gordyeva 1

58. pass 1

59. Sasha Cohen 1

60. Tara Lipinski 1

61. Name a male figure skater other than Brian Boitano  
**7. Scott Hamilton 36**

62. Elvis Stojko 6

63. Christopher Dean 3

64. Brian Orser 1

65. Christopher Bowman 1

66. Dick Button 1

67. pass 1

68. pass2 1

69. Name a race car driver other than Dale Earnhardt (Sr. or Jr.)  
**8. Jeff Gordon 21**

70. Richard Petty 8

71. Mario Andretti 7

72. Michael Schumacher 4

73. Al Unser 3

74. Jackie stewart 2

75. A.J. Foyt 1

76. Danica Patrick 1

77. Dick Trickle 1

78. Jimmie Johnson 1

79. Tony Stewart 1

80. Name a hockey player other than Wayne Gretzky  
**9. Gordie Howe 18**

81. Mario Lemieux 16

82. Bobby Orr 10

83. Bobby Hull 1

84. Dominik Hasek 1

85. Maurice Richard 1

86. pass 1

87. Phil Esposito 1

88. Sidney Crosby 1

89. Name a golfer other than Tiger Woods  
**10. Jack Nicklaus 29**

90. Arnold Palmer 10

91. Phil Mickelson 5

92. Tom Watson 4

93. Ernie Els 1

94. Payne Stewart 1

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/76 "2009-07-24T14:44:51Z")

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And the winner is **Hal Briston**! Yay! :: flings confetti:: **Hal** got 9/10 top answers. Way to go! Perfect score was 446.00.

Thanks everyone, especially **42fish**! Fast and furious fun game!  
\*\*1. Hal Briston 434.00 \*\*  
2. pravnik 430.00  
3. 42fish 414.00  
4. Mahaloth 412.00  
5. gazpacho 382.00  
6. Dolores Reborn 380.00  
7. swampbear 378.00  
8. Sigmagirl 374.00  
8. delphica 374.00  
10. Thudlow Boink 364.00  
10. Bayard 364.00  
12. ShibbOleth 362.00  
13. Little Nemo 360.00  
14. dasgupta 350.00  
15. Tom Scud 342.00  
16. madmonk28 338.00  
17. VanLandry 336.00  
18. kevja 332.00  
19. Sparky812 324.00  
20. MOIDALIZE 320.00  
21. garygnu 318.00  
22. mhendo 310.00  
23. notfrommensa 308.00  
23. tumbleddown 308.00  
25. Sternvogel 306.00  
25. cmkeller 306.00  
27. Johnny Q 304.00  
28. astorian 298.00  
29. Fretful Porpentine 296.00  
29. Alka Seltzer 296.00  
31. Chronos 294.00  
32. BobArrgh 292.00  
33. AppallingGael 290.00  
34. Simmerdown 288.00  
35. bmoak 282.00  
36. ArchiveGuy 280.00  
37. Really Not All That Bright 278.00  
37. It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 278.00  
39. iamthewalrus(:3= 274.00  
40. Ponch8 270.00  
41. NDP 264.00  
42. Gangster Octopus 242.00  
43. zamboniracer 240.00  
44. winterhawk11 230.00  
45. AuntiePam 224.00  
46. Ellen Cherry 222.00  
47. adhemar 212.00  
48. Taber 210.00  
49. Elendil’s Heir 194.00  
50. grimpixie 112.00

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/77 "2009-07-24T14:49:52Z")

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> [@Taber](#):
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> 1. Lou Gehrig
> 2. Kobe Bryant
> 3. Zidane
> 4. George Foreman
> 5. pass
> 6. really? 2 questions about figure skaters
> 7. and none on football players?
> 8. Jeff Gordon
> 9. Mario lemieux
> 10. Jack Palmer
> 
> haha Jack Palmer…That means I get credit for Arnold Palmer and Jack Nickolaus, right?

I let it slide because I was halfway through the scoring, but if you don’t want to play, don’t play. Stupid questions in the middle of the answers are not acceptable per the rules. Put PASS as the answer if you want to skip a question.

(I’ve added that to the boilerplate rules. If you want to skip an answer, use the word PASS.)

For those of you who mixed up first and last names, I went with the first name as the one you intended to say. In the case above, I gave him Jack Nicklaus. I think there was a Lebron answer that was similar.

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**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/78 "2009-07-24T14:58:10Z")

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Ha! I slipped into the top 10 after my long absense. Cool.

Thanks for the game!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/79 "2009-07-24T16:25:27Z")

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49th… yikes! Ah, well, thanks for the fun.

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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/80 "2009-07-24T16:51:10Z")

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Hey Dolores, could I get on that PM list too? Many thanks.

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