In last week's Ladder Challenge it was Rick Middleton edging Jason Varitek in the tie-breaker to maintain his spot at #64. This week there is another cross-sport challenge as 3-time Super Bowl winner Tedy Bruschi (#59) tries to win his way into the Top 50 by taking on Red Sox great Joe Cronin (#49). My vote this week goes to Bruschi, as I find his 5 trips to the Super Bowl, and 3 titles, too tough to ignore. Who has your support in this week's Ladder Challenge?
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JOE CRONIN
Currently Ranked: 49
Challenge Record: 0-0-0
Beat: Nobody
Lost: Nobody
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*Played final 11 seasons (1935-45) with Red Sox.
*Member of 5 A.L. All Star teams while with Boston.
*Red Sox statistics: .300 BA, .394 OBP, .484 SLG, .878 OPS, 1134 Games, 1168 Hits, 645 Runs, 270 Doubles, 44 Triples, 119 Home Runs, 737 RBI
*Among franchise all-time leaders in: On-Base % (10), OPS (10), Doubles (10) and RBI (10).
*Led league in Doubles in 1938 (51).
*Red Sox manager for 13 seasons (1935-47).
*Career record of 1071-916 as Sox manager.
*Manager of Red Sox 1946 A.L. Championship team.
*All-time Red Sox leader for managers in: Games (2007), Wins (1071), Losses (916) and Games over .500 (155).
*Member of Red Sox Hall of Fame.
*His #1 has been retired by the Red SOx.
TEDY BRUSCHI
Currently Ranked: 59
Challenge Record: 0-0-0
Beat: Nobody
Lost: Nobody
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*Has played entire 13-year career (1996-present) with Patriots.
*Member of 3 Super Bowl Champions (2001, 2003, 2004).
*Member of 5 AFC Champions (1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007).
*Member of 2004 AFC Pro Bowl team.
*2005 NFL COmeback Player of the Year.
*Started every game for first 16-0 team in NFL history (2007).
*Regular season totals: 189 Games, 680 Tackles, 387 Assists, 30.5 Sacks, 12 Interceptions, 17 Forced Fumbles, 7 Fumble Recoveries and 4 Interception TD.
*His 22 playoff games are the most in franchise history.
Cronin's resume as a player/coach are impressive and he holds every managing record for the franchise by a longshot...but Bruschi's long resume as a winner are too tough to ignore here.
Bruchi came back and played professional football after suffering a stroke. That is AMAZING!
Bruschi.
Bruschi defeated Cronin with 80% of the vote (20-5) and will move up to #49.
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