--- Quote from: Sean on August 16, 2012, 08:58:07 AM ---What do they do, inject you with cheetah DNA? :o
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Hmm, interesting future plot. Retired hall of famers sell DNA to young athletes. Grow your son like a Michael. For only $50,000 and a percentage of future revenue.
Looking forward to the coming season. We're predicted for the bottom of the NW division but I like the new GM and coach (for now). They seem to have gotten a few rookies worth injecting into the Trailblazers DNA. Still, I'm expecting the cellar for this year while we go through the growing pains.
Sean:
--- Quote from: Zombiology on September 05, 2012, 06:22:41 AM ---Hmm, interesting future plot. Retired hall of famers sell DNA to young athletes. Grow your son like a Michael. For only $50,000 and a percentage of future revenue.
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;D
I guess the cautionary tale out there about DNA is the case of John Henry Williams:
Ted Williams' son dead of leukemia at age 35 Posted: Sunday March 7, 2004 2:48PM; Updated: Sunday March 7, 2004 8:11PM
BOSTON (Ticker) -- John Henry Williams, the son of late Hall of Famer Ted Williams who was at the center of a controversy over his father's remains, died Sunday morning.
WBZ Radio in Boston reported that the 35-year-old Williams died in California. The Boston Red Sox confirmed his passing with a statement.
"On behalf of all of us with the Boston Red Sox, we extend our condolences to the John Henry Williams family," Red Sox principal owner John W. Henry said. "Perhaps no person meant more to the history of the Boston Red Sox than did his father."
Williams, who had a very brief professional baseball career, was diagnosed with a form of leukemia last fall and had been undergoing chemotherapy.
"It is particularly sad that leukemia claimed his life, for his father was a pioneer in the development of the Jimmy Fund, which has made such remarkable progress in the fight against cancer," Henry said.
After Ted Williams died in July 2002, his body was taken to an Arizona lab specializing in cryonics at the insistence of his son. That set off a long legal battle from other family members who wanted the legendary baseball player cremated. The family settled the matter late last year.
"It was clear that his father's life and legacy were the focal point of John Henry Williams' life," Henry said.
John Henry Williams played in two games for a low minor league affiliate of the Red Sox in 2002. He later was cut by the Schaumberg Flyers of the independent Northern League.
John Henry Williams had all the Ted Williams DNA you could ever want. Couldn't hit a lick. Died at age 35 of natural causes.
Zombiology:
You're so right about having the DNA but maybe not the talent. I'm curiously watching what happens with Michael's two sons.
Sean:
--- Quote from: Zombiology on September 08, 2012, 01:44:28 PM ---You're so right about having the DNA but maybe not the talent. I'm curiously watching what happens with Michael's two sons.
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I wonder what area of athletics has produced offspring who perform in that same area at the same level of the great parent....
Patrick Ewing's son by the same name didn't cut it in the NBA-----Ralph Sampson III is/ was? kind of a soft, underachiever at Minnesota (maybe he'll be a Senior this year/)...
Who's the greatest athlete begotten from a great athlete? That could be a whole new thread.
I think it WILL be. ;)
Zombiology:
You can go the opposite and see the difference as well. Jelly Bean Bryant to Kobe....