Nice job Red Sox...You could have had Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays and Ted

Williams on the same team. SI had an interesting article of how close legends were to be with other teams. Sox tried out Robinson and chekced out Mays too. They were the last team to integrate. These were all just a heartbeat from happening. Some fluke or person stopped these from being fact.

Others
Vince Lombardi...Eagles Head Coach
Joe Dimaggio and Ted Williams...Close to be traded for each other
Johhny U..Pittsburgh Steelers
Roger Clemens... NY Mets
Gordie Howe..NY Rangers
Rod Laver... Grand Slam singles king.
Jack Nicklaus...Registered Pharmasict
Howard Cosell...Career radio personality
Sam Huff...High school coach and teacher
Knute Rockne..Coach , Columbia
Marion Jones...WNBA Point guard.
Moses Malone... Maryland Terrapin
Jackie Robinson...Boston Red Sox
Joe Namath...Mich State QB
Red Auerbach...NY KNicks Pres
Bill Walsh...Coach Bengals
John Wooden..Coach Univ of Minn
ESPN...The Sports Illustrated Network

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