In last week's Ladder Challenge it was Troy Brown earning 60% of the vote to defeat Tiny Thompson, improve to 3-0 in challenges, and move up to #81 on the RBSF Ladder. This week the recently retired Curt Schilling (#72) attempts to advance up the ladder by taking on local legend and multi-sport star Harry Agganis (#67). Despite Schilling's contributions toward two World Series titles in Boston, "The Golden Greek" is too good (and too tragic) for me to vote against, and thus Agganis earns my support this week. So who has your vote in the latest Ladder Challenge?
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HARRY AGGANIS
Currently Ranked: 67
Challenge Record: 1-0-0
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*Nicknamed "The Golden Greek".
*Native of Lynn (MA).
*Was a football, basketball and baseball star at Lynn Classical (1944-48).
*Was recruited by 75 colleges, including Notre Dame.
*Chose to stay close to home and attend Boston University (1948-52) to play football and baseball.
*Played offense, defense and special teams for football team at BU.
*Was the school’s first ever All-American (at QB).
*Finished as BU’s all-time leader in passing yards, passing touchdowns, punting average and interceptions.
*Drafted in 1st Round of the 1952 NFL Draft by Cleveland Browns.
*Opted to sign with Red Sox to play pro baseball instead, and was in the majors by 1954.
*Hit .251 with 11 HR, 57 RBI and 6 SB his rookie year.
*Began ‘55 by hitting .313 in his first 25 games.
*On June 27, 1955, died of a massive pulmonary embolism at the age of 26.
*Elected to College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
*Boston University named their new athletic complex in his honor in 2005.
CURT SCHILLING
Currently Ranked: 72
Challenge Record: 0-0-0
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*Played final 4 seasons (2004-07) with Red Sox.
*Helped Bruins win 2 World Series titles (2004, 2007).
*Named A.L. All Star in 2004 and finished 2nd in A.L. Cy Young voting.
*Regular season totals with Red Sox: 53-29 (.646 win %), 3.95 ERA, 574 K.
*Playoff totals with Red Sox: 6-1 (.857 win %), 3.28 ERA, 29 K.
*Got a win in every post-season series in 2004 & 2007.
*Pitched "Bloody Sock" Game in 2004 ALCS (Game 6) pitching 7 innings and allowing 1 run for the win.
*In 2004 led the A.L. in wins (21), win % (.778) and K/BB (5.80).
*In 2006 led the A.L. in BB/9 (1.24) and K/BB (6.54).
*Among Franchise all-time leaders in K/BB (2), BB/9 (2), K/9 (5) and Win % (5).
If Schiling played his entire career in Boston this would have been a no-brainer in his favor, but 4 years in Boston do not outweigh a local boy that shunned national colleges to stay close to home and shunned a 1st round NFL deal to sign with the Sox.
"Helped Bruins win 2 World Series titles (2004, 2007)."
a little tired there DK?
That's what happens when I post at 1:20 am......good catch (and glad to know someone reads these resumes!)
Remember, comments on here are the tie-breaker, so let your preference be known!
FYI: The "Magic #" for next week is 6...so whoever is voted as the Challenger will take on the person 6 notches ahead of them on the Ladder.
without schill we dont win in 2004 and that was the best sports moment of my life. for that he gets my vote
I just realized that Agganis never switched places with Tom Yawkey when he defeated him...so technically Agganis should be ranked #61 and this challenge should never have taken place. I may have to be a little creative (i.e. pretend this is actually Schilling/Yawkey) to set things the way they were meant to be.
Schilling wins 51-49!
This Challenge actually never should have taken place. Agganis had beaten Tom Yawkey and they were not changed on the Ladder.
As a result I have changed Schilling & Yawkey (make sense?) and left Agganis where he was....in the middle of them both. This makes sense (to me) since he beat Yawkey and lost to Schilling.
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