ESPN Films 30 For 30: You Don’t Know Bo Dec 9th

[MIAdragon]

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[stonedstooge]

God he was fun to watch

[Rausch]

First person to slam Bo get's fucking hate raped...

[BigMeatballDave]

First person to slam Bo get's fucking hate raped...

He bashed the Royals for releasing him.

They knew he was done.

[DJJasonp]

hands-down, my favorite athlete of all-time.

Prime-time wasnt even close.

bo was a super-hero!

[teedubya]

The only thing that sucked about Bo... is that he made me watch Raiders games.

I loved Bo Jackson. What a stud.

[MIAdragon]

The only thing that sucked about Bo... is that he made me watch Raiders games.

I loved Bo Jackson. What a stud.

AND pick them in Super Tecmo Bowl.

[Ace Gunner]

Most talented athlete I've ever seen in my lifetime.

[hometeam]

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[Deberg_1990]

Even Brian Bosworth approves this thread.

[Rausch]

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Your opinion is valid.

But...

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[Rausch]

If you're a real sports geek you'll read "Bo knows Bo" not because it's a book about patting himself on the back but it's the story of a truly rare athlete.

Not to ruin the end but there's one man he states he'd love to beat down to this day.

I would not want to be that man...

[CosmicPal]

Three things I'll never forget about him as a Royal:

1. The homer he hit in the All-Star game.
2. The throw against Seattle when he threw it from the warning track ALL THE WAY to home plate! (And I believe he got the runner out!)
3. When he broke the bat over his knee after striking out one time. He made that bat look like it was nothing more than a toothpick.

[Tombstone RJ]

The only thing that sucked about Bo... is that he made me watch Raiders games.

I loved Bo Jackson. What a stud.

that must have been tuff. crazy Al took a flyer on Bo and it paid off. Its too bad Bo didn't have a long playing career but I'm also ok that he had a short nfl career because he was a faider.

[Rausch]

Three things I'll never forget about him as a Royal:

1. The homer he hit in the All-Star game.
2. The throw against Seattle when he threw it from the warning track ALL THE WAY to home plate! (And I believe he got the runner out!)
3. When he broke the bat over his knee after striking out one time. He made that bat look like it was nothing more than a toothpick.

I remember when we had a choice where to go (KC OR STL) for our 8th grade trip I actually threatened people if they didn't vote KC.

I don't remember exactly what game it was but it was after his injury. He was doing PH duty by then. He struck out twice (and broke the bat over his neck twice) and then FUCKING BLASTED ONE...

We all ROARED.

[stonedstooge]

Three things I'll never forget about him as a Royal:

1. The homer he hit in the All-Star game.
2. The throw against Seattle when he threw it from the warning track ALL THE WAY to home plate! (And I believe he got the runner out!)
3. When he broke the bat over his knee after striking out one time. He made that bat look like it was nothing more than a toothpick.

Remember when he would run on the wall?

[hometeam]

I was pretty young during the Bo years, I remember my stepdad always raving about him. I just liked him becuase of this stuff.

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[Rausch]

Remember when he would run on the wall?

I remember the article afterwards where he had the shades on (big front page spot) and he was golden overnight...

[Rausch]

I was pretty young during the Bo years, I remember my stepdad always raving about him. I just liked him becuase of this stuff.

This is what I hate.

The NFL should allow this to be purchased and viewed.

They have such a huge library of games they're just sitting on...

[Sully]

Bo and DT were absolutely the pinnacle of idol worship in my young life. Posters, shoes, any media I could get my hands on, I HAD to have. The day after his injury I punched my best friend in the face at school for making fun of Bo.
A few months ago, ESPN did a small piece on him organizing a celebrity bike ride through Alabama for hurricane victims, and while watching it, all these years later, I still had that childhood twinge of idol worship...

[Rausch]

Bo and DT were absolutely the pinnacle of idol worship in my young life. Posters, shoes, any media I could get my hands on, I HAD to have. The day after his injury I punched my best friend in the face at school for making fun of Bo.
A few months ago, ESPN did a small piece on him organizing a celebrity bike ride through Alabama for hurricane victims, and while watching it, all these years later, I still had that childhood twinge of idol worship...

I keep saying it but read his book.

Hell, "steal" it, I'm not above promoting that.

If I had it available for d/l I'd share.

[Strongside]

Can't wait for this. There is still a Bo Jackson poster on the inside of the door of my childhood room at my moms house. He was epic.

[Quesadilla Joe]

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I was too young to watch him. Was it weird when he played the Chiefs?

[Rausch]

I was too young to watch him. Was it weird when he played the Chiefs?

It was the only time I ever cared about baseball.

Yes, I would say his talent was "weird."

[Rain Man]

Filthy stinking draft-dodging Raider. Shame on every one of you who say good things about a draft-dodging, filthy, stinking Raider.

He's no better than Elway in my book.

[Demonpenz]

I remember him striking out a dick ton and misplaying balls. Oh yeah and hitting a ball where the Miller Light party porch is now 476 feet away.

[KcMizzou]

http://www.homeruncards.com/images-cards/bo-jackson-bw.jpg

This was the coolest card to have, when I was a kid.

[T-post Tom]

His bat hitting the ball made a sound like no other. PURE power. Just amazing.

[Rausch]

http://www.homeruncards.com/images-cards/bo-jackson-bw.jpg

This was the coolest card to have, when I was a kid.

I had the poster.

[big nasty kcnut]

Bo was awesome he was a real life god mode.

[mikey23545]

Usually in any discussion of Bo, you run into someone who starts braying about his stats not seeming all that awesome.

If he had concentrated on one sport he would have been a super-superstar in that sport.

And besides that (and I don't know how to explain it exactly) his talent went far, far beyond mere statistics. He did things that were just superhuman. He was the Incredible Hulk, he was Superman, he was the Flash, all rolled into one...hell, he climbed outfield walls like Spiderman. To watch him was to learn how little statistics mean in sports. About the only valid description of Bo Jackson would be "What the hell did I just see?!?!?!"

Why in the name of all that is holy did fate in the form of injury take him away from us so quickly?

[The Rick]

Anyone remember him catching a fly ball in the outfield with his bare hand? That one's my favorite.

[Graystoke]

I remember him beating out Chuck Long for the Heisman.
Chuck Long was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy to Bo Jackson of Auburn in the second closest race in the award's history, losing by just 45 points.
It went to the right guy.

[Deberg_1990]

I was too young to watch him. Was it weird when he played the Chiefs?

I remember very little when he played against the Chiefs.....I suppose it was, but he might have only played 1 time a season against the Chiefs depending on the schedule. He wouldnt join the Raiders until about week 6 or so because of the baseball season.

The Chiefs were only really good one season he played against us: 1990


Looks like he only played 4 games against the Chiefs and never really had a big game:


http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JackBo00/gamelog//

[BlackHelicopters]

All star home run is my favorite Bo memory.

[Predarat]

Looking forward to this one, I still have my Hit/Run shirt.

[Molitoth]

http://www.homeruncards.com/images-cards/bo-jackson-bw.jpg

This was the coolest card to have, when I was a kid.

I LOVED going to the mall just to walk into Foot Locker and see this big poster on the wall.

Bo Jackson was my hero as a kid.

My first baseball card, which got me into "collecting" in which I sank a ton of money.

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[siberian khatru]

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I was too young to watch him. Was it weird when he played the Chiefs?

There was a great moment in 1990 when Deron Cherry -- I think it was his first game back from an injury -- laid a perfect hit on Bo to cause a fumble. Bo was about to break free for probably a touchdown, but Cherry put his shoulder down right on the ball and popped it out. That probably was the difference in the game, as the Chiefs won.

[Molitoth]

Documentary on Bo Jackson and Barry Sanders in the same week, both my all time sports heroes.

JIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[Old Dog]

He's probably the greatest athlete I've ever met and one of the biggest jerks as well.

[Imon Yourside]

I remember going to Royals games and flipping Bo shit for picking his nose in the outfield, he would flip us off, lolz. Barry Sanders was my alltime favorite, best of alltime.

[pkane]

Header says Dec. 9th but at the end of the video it says Dec. 8th.

This should be a good one. ESPN does a good job with the 30 for 30 shows.