Which is the better sports birthday?
December 30th - LeBron James and Tiger Woods (also Sandy Koufax)
February 17th - Michael Jordan and Jim Brown
Also on the 30th: England Cricket Test Captain Joe Root.Kofax probably swings it to 30th, greatest left hander of all time...and a Jew, lol
For December 30 there's also:
-Jim Marshall
-Ben Johnson
-A.J. Pierzynski
-Laila Ali
-Kenyon Martin
-Carson Wentz
For February 17 there's also:
-Buddy Ryan
-Rick Majerus
-Dennis Green
-Rowdy Gaines
-Luc Robitaille
-Al Harrington
-Marcin Gortat
Better lefties than Sandy Koufax:Kofax probably swings it to 30th, greatest left hander of all time...and a Jew, lol
Also on the 30th: England Cricket Test Captain Joe Root.
Better lefties than Sandy Koufax:
-Wayne Gretzky
-Babe Ruth
-Lionel Messi
-Bill Russell
-Larry Bird
-Ted Williams
-Ty Cobb
-Lou Gehrig
-Bobby Orr
-Deion Sanders
-Rafael Nadal
-Stan Musial
And yes, I know you meant greatest left handed pitcher of all time. I'm just busting your balls, Lee. But even so, there's....
-Steve Carlton
-Lefty Grove
-Warren Spahn
-Randy Johnson
But yeah, I'd give an edge to Koufax over Carlton.
I saw him and the Oilers play the Penguins when I was going to grad school in Pittsburgh. His Hockey IQ was off the charts. What he accomplished with unremarkable athleticism was amazing. It’s a crying shame that the NHL was never successful in Cleveland, but the market is no longer big enough to support two winter sports anyway.I love the list, people for some reason forget about Gretzky as an all time great, possibly the greatest team sport athlete of all time.