Sports Fanatic: Who Would You Want to Hang With?

Allow me to introduce a new feature piece here at the Ghosts. And pardon me if this borders on the cliché or the “been there done that” fine line of blogging. Yet, we’ve decided to take an approach loosely based on a “Sports Fanatic” theme. That’s right it’s all about you the fan.

The topic goes like this…if you could hang out with three athletes who would they be and why? The rules are pretty basic, the assumption is that you’d get the chance to hang with each one for just one day at various times. The athlete can be alive or dead, doesn’t matter. You don’t have to go in depth, as to why you want to hang with them, just give us a general idea…please don’t get all gay and emotional on us.

These don’t have to be your favorite athletes necessarily, just a select crew that you’d love to meet. Well, you can guess where this is going right? Yup, we’d like to be able to run this bit in the regular rotation, but that’s going to require some help. We’ll probably enlist a few bloggers from around this here internet to get involved. And of course, we’re also entertaining anyone who has an interest to do a guest submission (send an email here).

So, along the same lines of a “if you were stranded on a remote island what is one thing you couldn’t live without?” Actually, a better version of that would be Brahsome’s “Sitting in Limbo” series. Anyhow, here is our first stab at “Who would you hang with?” - Our potentially new running bit and first up is going to be yours truly, Stan G. Marcohz, your co-editor.

Let me think this over for a second. Three athletes that I’d like to hang with? Hmm, this is going to be tougher than I thought.

Rasheed Wallace – If anything just to feel like I’m one cool mother fucker. Sheed just seems like that down to earth kind of a guy. Please turn off the gay music. Anyway, it’d be cool to smoke some fine nuggets and play video games with Sheed all day. Isn’t Madden coming out soon? Actually, Sheed is a long standing favorite of mine and by no means could I have this list without his name plastered all over it.

John Daly – This is an easy choice; the booze, the women, the gambling, even the occasional stabbing and/or domestic abuse. “Keep it Straight” John lives a lifestyle littered with vices, that I see more as a hobby than anything. Sprinkle in a round of Golf at a spectacular PGA course and we are talking gold. How about a round of 18 where I try and keep pace beer for beer with Big John? Or we could head over to the track and wager on the Ponies? I’d get his read on every NFL and College Football game on the board…and bet the exact opposite.

Stephen Jackson – The Basketball Player and Gangster. This was a most difficult decision. Actually, it came down to a three way coin toss between Chad Johnson (who helped win me a Fantasy Football title in ’05), Steven Jackson of the Rams and of course our boy, “S-Jack.” Well, after much debate I had to go with “S-Jack.” If anything he provides that element of danger, which anything involving gunfights and strip clubs just seems like a curiosity and adrenaline peak.

S-Jack would hardly rank as a favorite player of mine, by any means. However, his volatile and protective attitude no doubt would make me feel safe that I could walk away just fine without any scars if we were to say…get into a street brawl. Or even better if we were to get involved in a fight at an NBA arena…right?

And so…those are my picks. Yes, I am well aware that I would end up dead or waking up in a sewer with my pants missing on Monday Morning if I hung with that crew for three straight days. I’m not quite sure how it happened that way, but I guess that’s just how the apple fell from the tree. Apologies to leaving out the following: LT, Matt Leinhart, Reggie Bush, Chris Chelios, Manny Ramirez, Maria Sharapova, etc.

As always, your comments and ridicule are welcomed below. And don’t forget to send us an email if you want to be a guest in this bit.