Top 10: Father - Son Combinations

First of all, Happy Father's Day to all of the Pop's out there. As you know, Myself and others love to put together lists in sports and I figured I would put together a quick list of the top 10 father - son combinations in sports through out history.

10. Dale Earnhardt & Dale Earnhardt Jr. - NASCAR
Dale: Multiple Time Sprint Cup Series Winner, Daytona 500 Winner, Hall of Famer
Jr.: Daytona 500 Winner, 5-Time NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award

09. Bob Boone & Bret Boone & Aaron Boone - BASEBALL
Bob: 4 Time All-Star, 7 Time Gold Glove Winner
Bret: 3 Time All-Star, 2 Time Silver Slugger, 4 Time Gold Glove Winner
Aaron: claim to fame is his 11th inning home run during Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS

08. Prince Fielder & Cecil Fielder - BASEBALL
Prince: 50 Home Runs in a season
Cecil: '96 World Series Champion, 3 Time All-Star, 319 Career Home Runs

07. Jack Buck and Joe Buck - BROADCASTING
Jack: Won the Ford C. Frick Award for significant contributions to baseball as an announcer
Joe: Broadcaster for FOX for baseball and football

06. Calvin Hill & Grant Hill - FOOTBALL & BASKETBALL
Calvin: NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, 4 time Pro Bowler
Grant: 7 Time All-Star, Rookie of the Year, Olympic Gold Medal

05. Felipe Alou & Moises Alou - BASEBALL
Felipe: 3 time All Star, Manager of the Year
Moises: 6 Time All Star, 2 Time Silver Slugger

04. Bobby Bonds & Barry Bonds - BASEBALL
Bobby: All Star Game MVP, 3 Time Gold Glove and All-Star
Barry: 7 Time NL MVP, 14 Time All-Star, 762 Career Home Runs, 73 Home Runs in a Season

03. Bobby Hull & Brett Hull - HOCKEY
Bobby: Hockey Hall of Famer, 12th leading goal scorer in NHL history
Brett: 3rd all time in career goals, won 2 Stanley Cups, Hart Trophey (MVP) Winner

02. Ken Griffey Sr. & Ken Griffey Jr. - BASEBALL
SR.: All Star Game MVP, 3 Time All Star, 2 World Series Rings
JR.: 600 Career Home Runs, MVP, 13 Time All Star

01. Archie Manning & Peyton Manning & Eli Manning - FOOTBALL
Archie: All-Pro, 2 time Pro-Bowler
Peyton: 8 Time Pro Browler, Super Bowl MVP, 2 Time Regular Season MVP
Eli: Super Bowl MVP, Maxwell Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award


There you have it in my opinion the top 10 Father-Son combinations in sports. Who are your favorite combo's in history? Do Comment Below.

Potential Hall of Fame Classes

With the relative retiring announcements of Mike Piazza (this year) and potentially Pedro Martinez (after this season), I thought it would be interesting to take a look at 2 upcoming classes and the players that will be on the first year ballot.

CLASS OF 2013
Mike Piazza - C - (LA,Fla,NYM,SD,OAK) - 427 HR, 12-Time All-star, '93 Rookie of the Year

Roger Clemens - P - (Bos, Tor, NYY, Hou) - 354 Wins, 4672 K's, 7 Cy Youngs, 1 AL MVP

Barry Bonds - OF - (Pitt, SF) - 762 HRs, 1996 RBIs, 7 MVPs, 14-Time All-Star

Sammy Sosa - OF - (Tex, CHWS, CHC, Bal ) 609 HRs, 1667 RBIs


CLASS OF 2014 (My Projected Field)
Pedro Martinez - P - (LAD, Mon, Bos, NYM) 209 Wins, 2.80 ERA, 3,031 K's, 3 CY Youngs

Greg Maddux - P - (ChC, Atl, SD, LAD) 350 Wins, 3.12 ERA, 3,299 K's, 17 Gold Gloves, 4 CY Youngs

Tom Glavine - P - (Atl, NYM) 304 Wins, 3.50 ERA, 2,588 K's, 2 Cy Youngs

John Smoltz - P - (Atl) 210 Wins, 154 Saves, 3.25 ERA, 3,011 K's, Cy Young

I am sure there will be some other guys on the ballot, but I thought it would be fun to toss around right now. Personally, In the class of '13 I think they should vote all of them in and save Mark McGwire for that class and let's just get the whole steroid era over with. Aside from Piazza, who I believe was clean, I would put Clemens, Bonds, Sosa, and McGwire on their own new wing titled "Post Strike Baseball ~ The "Revival" ".

How neat would it be to have Glavine, Smoltz, and Maddux go into the hall at the same time and I also think it is entirely possible all three of them re-unite this year for the latter half of the season. There is no question that all 4 of these guys belong in the Hall.

Thoughts? In or Out for the Hall for the above mentioned guys?

Do Comment Below

3 Weeks to Pitchers and Catchers!

Let's take a quick break from Super Bowl Mania and BOOTGATE to discuss a little baseball with only 3 weeks til pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training.

Top 5 Free Agent Signings so far this Winter:
1. Alex Rodriguez ~ NY Yankees 10yr/275 Mil
2.Andruw Jones ~ LA Dodgers 2yr/36.2 Mil
3. Mike Lowell ~ Boston 3yr/37.5 Mil
4. Torii Hunter ~ LA Angels 5yr/90 Mil
5. Geoff Jenkins ~ Philadelphia 2yr/13 Mil

Top 5 Worst Signings so far this Winter:
1. Francisco Cordero ~ Cincinnati 4yr/46 Mil
2. Aaron Rowand ~ San Francisco 5yr/ 60 Mil
3. Jose Guillen ~ Kansas City 3yr/ 36 Mil
4. Scott Linebrink ~ Chicago Sox 4yr/19 Mil
5. Carlos Silva ~ Seattle 4 yr/ 48 Mil

Top 5 Available Free Agents:
1. Kyle Lohse
2. Brad Wilkerson
3. Livan Hernandez
4. Bartolo Colon
5. Barry Bonds

Top 5 Trades this Winter:
1. Florida trades Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera to Detroit for Andrew Miller, Cameron Maybin, 4 other Prospects
2. Houston trades Brad Lidge, Eric Bruntlett to Philadelphia for Geoff Geary, Michael Bourn, and Mike Costanzo
3. A's trade Danny Haren and a prospect to Arizona for 7 prospects
4. Houston trades 4 prospects, Luke Scott to Baltimore for Miguel Tejada
5. Chicago Sox trade Jon Garland to LA Angels for Orlando Cabrera

It is definitely interesting to note the quantity of free agents still available who could serve as key role or utility players, but should be no surprise at the quality of the remaining free agents. Kyle Lohse must be getting anxious with only 3 weeks remaining and his status still way up in the air and his contract demands continuously lowering.

...til next time

-E