Re: Best Players

Eric wrote:

"He's what, one of the top
five alltime at trash? I think he may also be top 20
alltime in academic formats. Can anyone else rate so high
a combination?" (about Dwight
Kidder)

Although this may sound strange, I'd like to suggest that
both Andrew and Sheahan are _underrated_ at trash...
Neither has played much of it, so I'm not sure there's a
lot of data out there to support any conclusion that
either is particularly great at it, but Andrew has
singlehandedly won Chicago practices on trash packets, too. I'm
not claiming that either is in the top 5 alltime
(neither has significant "geek" knowledge, e.g. comic
books, computer games, D&D, etc. but both are very
strong, especially in TV, movies, and sports), but I
wonder what would have happened if either had had an
interest in playing lots of trash...

I was happy to
see shamsoftabriz (whoever that is; I don't read this
board much anymore & certainly never kept track of
nicknames) mention Josh Boorstein as his #6 alltime; I think
that Josh is currently one of the most underrated
former players (though he may not have been underrated
in 1993). He used to regularly outscore Sheahan at
ACF. 

Since Josh didn't have as, um, outgoing a
personality as most of the rest of the mid-90s Chicago team,
I don't think as many people remember him now, but
he was certainly a force to be reckoned with. I
still wish there had been some way to put the
Boorstein, Sheahan, Freeman, and Edwards/Revuluri Chicago
'94 team up against the Tech '96 team. Certainly my
top 2 "non-masters" _teams_ ever.

-MZ
(mystified and amused to find himself but not Sheahan on
Andy Goss' list...no need to reply saying you just
forgot him)

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