Comments on: The Banter Gold Standard: L.T. and the Home Team http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/30/the-banter-gold-standard-l-t-and-the-home-team/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sat, 25 May 2013 05:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/30/the-banter-gold-standard-l-t-and-the-home-team/#comment-300431 Alex Belth Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:00:50 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=95535#comment-300431 8) Yeah, you are right. He was a force of nature. Thanks re: the presentation. Love me some John Ed. He's the shit. 8) Yeah, you are right. He was a force of nature.

Thanks re: the presentation. Love me some John Ed. He’s the shit.

]]> By: Sliced Bread http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/30/the-banter-gold-standard-l-t-and-the-home-team/#comment-300430 Sliced Bread Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:59:57 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=95535#comment-300430 7) yeah, the man has his flaws, but he's the most exciting, and fearsome athlete I've ever rooted for. This piece was fantastic, by the way, and your presentation of it was top notch. Thanks for this, and all the great LT pix. 7) yeah, the man has his flaws, but he’s the most exciting, and fearsome athlete I’ve ever rooted for.

This piece was fantastic, by the way, and your presentation of it was top notch. Thanks for this, and all the great LT pix.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/30/the-banter-gold-standard-l-t-and-the-home-team/#comment-300429 Alex Belth Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:16:38 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=95535#comment-300429 5) True, but the cokehead part does put a damper on some of it. 5) True, but the cokehead part does put a damper on some of it.

]]> By: Sliced Bread http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/30/the-banter-gold-standard-l-t-and-the-home-team/#comment-300428 Sliced Bread Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:27:19 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=95535#comment-300428 along with Ali, of course along with Ali, of course

]]> By: Sliced Bread http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/30/the-banter-gold-standard-l-t-and-the-home-team/#comment-300427 Sliced Bread Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:24:40 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=95535#comment-300427 4) Outstanding athletes, but in the eyes and memory of this Giants fan, LT stands just above them on a mantle with Michael Jordan as the greatest players of our lifetime. LT and Jordan were peerless in their impact on their respective sports. 4) Outstanding athletes, but in the eyes and memory of this Giants fan, LT stands just above them on a mantle with Michael Jordan as the greatest players of our lifetime.
LT and Jordan were peerless in their impact on their respective sports.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/30/the-banter-gold-standard-l-t-and-the-home-team/#comment-300426 Alex Belth Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:52:09 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=95535#comment-300426 Next to Walter Payton, Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott he was the best football player I remember watching growing up. Next to Walter Payton, Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott he was the best football player I remember watching growing up.

]]> By: Bluenatic http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/30/the-banter-gold-standard-l-t-and-the-home-team/#comment-300424 Bluenatic Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:15:47 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=95535#comment-300424 Evocative for sure. I loved that part about LT playing chicken with oncoming trains. One might go so far as to cite that as an apt metaphor for his life after football. Evocative for sure. I loved that part about LT playing chicken with oncoming trains. One might go so far as to cite that as an apt metaphor for his life after football.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/30/the-banter-gold-standard-l-t-and-the-home-team/#comment-300422 Alex Belth Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:31:24 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=95535#comment-300422 2) You know I was thinking the same thing, too. I wonder if their kids knew each other at all. But mostly, after all that's happened to L.T., what's become of them, how many are alive, etc. Evocative piece, though, wasn't it? 2) You know I was thinking the same thing, too. I wonder if their kids knew each other at all. But mostly, after all that’s happened to L.T., what’s become of them, how many are alive, etc.

Evocative piece, though, wasn’t it?

]]> By: Bluenatic http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/11/30/the-banter-gold-standard-l-t-and-the-home-team/#comment-300421 Bluenatic Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:11:28 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=95535#comment-300421 Terrific stuff. It would be really interesting, I think, to see what all D'Fellas are doing now, closing in on 30 years later. Terrific stuff. It would be really interesting, I think, to see what all D’Fellas are doing now, closing in on 30 years later.

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