knightni Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 23. Bo Jackson (8 of 27 lists - 91 points - highest ranking #9 OilCan) bio by Texsox - Fans Know Bo! The first man to be an All-Star in two sports, Vincent Edward “Bo” Jackson was bigger than life. While his athletic accomplishments were legendary on the field, he was equally big off the field. “While with the Sox, Jackson promised his mom that once he returned from his hip replacement surgery that he would hit a home run for her. Before he could return, his mother died. In his first at bat after surgery he hit a home run to right field. The ball was caught by a 16 year old boy, Greg Ourednik, from Crown Point, IN. Ourednik returned the ball to Jackson during the game. Jackson had the ball engraved in his mother's tombstone.” Bo Knows Family "I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line."--Bo Knows Education How could anyone not like and respect someone who worked so hard on the field(s). Just a few career baseball highlights * AL All-Star (1989) * 1989 All-Star Game MVP * 1993 AL Comeback Player of the Year Award * 20-Home Run Seasons: 4 (1987-1990) * 30-Home Run Seasons: 1 (1989) * 100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1989) One of the things that always impressed me about Bo was when he was drafted to play football by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers gave him an ultimatum to either give up baseball or give up the Buccaneers. He signed with the Royals. Bo Know Blackmail. Bo became an Oakland Raider the following season with Raider Owner Al Davis paying him full time for part time work. Playing behind Marcus Allen, Bo still racked up yardage and touchdowns. Perhaps his finest moment was shutting up a player I really disliked, Brian Bosworth. Bosworth had guaranteed to stop Bo on a Monday Night Game. Bo basically ran circles around and over Bosworth in scoring three touchdowns. He ran for 221 yards which remains the Monday Night Football record and his 90+ yard untouched touchdown is replayed on most MNF highlights reels. It is the one where he continues running through the endzone and down the tunnel with his teammates following. Bo knows in your face Bosworth. What about all this Bo knows? It is only the coolest marketing campaign ever. Bo knows became one of Nike’s most successful campaigns. My favorite featured Bo Diddley, but he did a lot of athletes and entertainers from all areas. Bo only played a couple seasons with the Sox and was rehabbing during that time as well. It was during his time on the Sox roster that he made an amazing comeback. His hip injury was so severe that most Doctors felt he would never play baseball again. He proved them wrong and hit a home run in his first at bat. The next day Nike ran an ad that simply said Bo Knew! Bo was more than just a Sox player. He was someone you would cheer for no matter what uniform he had on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claydude14 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Can't say I got to watch much of Bo in a White Sox uniform, but he was one of my favorite athletes as a young kid. How couldn't he be, he had his own freakin' cartoon show with Jordan and Gretzky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oralsoxpodcast Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Mixed feelings about Bo. I remember not liking the White Sox signing an injured has been, and he was taking all the focus from the team I already liked. Then I went to that game on opening day. I was in right field and couldn't help but cheer along with everyone when he came to bat..but still felt a little bitterness. Then he hit a home run and it came right towards us. And I was that little boy that caught the ball. I was amazed he could perform like that. I was hopeful he was going to have a great season. I was cheering, I was smiling, I was there with my Dad. Doesn't get much better than that. ***okay so I wasn't that little boy that caught the ball, but I was there that game and I was in right field. That kid was like 3 rows in front of me. Prick*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 love him, but his short prime was with the royals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 the reason why I'm a Sox fan now. I should've done a top 50 list, he'd be in my top 5 easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I am so embarrassed I left him off my list. As I was writing the bio I was kicking my butt, which hurts my already poor typing skills. Bo was class and always seemed to genuinely have fun playing. I also read something I wasn't aware of, basically the Bucs took him on a private airplane ride which made him ineligible for his Senior year of baseball at Auburn. The bastards did it on purpose because they were worried he would get injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claydude14 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Pile it on the reasons to hate the Bucs and by association Tampa... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I remember when Bo played for KC he threw the ball from the warning track in lf all the way to the plate on a fly gunning out a runner from third on a sac fly. Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighurt4life Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 (edited) He's my all time favorite athlete and when he signed with the sox I nearly cried with pure joy. If he'd played for the sox pre-injury he'd be my fav sox player but alas he's #2 on my list only behind his college teammate Edited August 21, 2008 by bighurt4life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I think i had him on my list, but if i didnt that was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipps Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I was supposed to write the bio so I did some research on him and if I had done the research before I made my list he would have even been higher than 10.Never such an athlete other than Neon Deon but Bo could have kicked Deons ass so I hold him in higher regards than Deon.And than remembering the homerun he hit for his mother gave me goosebumps.I just respect the guy so much, I almost love as much as I love CQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood_AU Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Favorite player of all time. Bo, Big Hurt, and the Barons are the 3 reasons I'm a huge Sox fan. WAR EAGLE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 (edited) I remember Bo catching a fly ball on the dead run in deep left field and running up to near the top of the padded wall like it was nothing . Edited August 23, 2008 by CaliSoxFanViaSWside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpay10 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 one of the greatest if not "THE" greatest athletes ever....period! Climbing the wall in the all star game....WOW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 It wasn't fair that he got hurt. He was the best athlete I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighurt4life Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 23, 2008 -> 09:22 AM) It wasn't fair that he got hurt. He was the best athlete I have ever seen. no it wasn't at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm676 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I remember that 1993 West Division clinching game. He hit a HR in the game. At first, it barely looked like it made it out. One of the best atheletes, and was cool to see him in a Sox uni with his college teammate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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