If you could win one sports trophy......

[schiezainc]

Ok, so I'm listening to Mad Dog Radio on Sirius on the ride home today. Andy Gresh is having an interesting discussion. His topic? If you could hoist one sports trophy, what would it be and why?

He argued the Stanley Cup was the most prestigious of the major league championship trophies. I agree.

That being said, I think I'd rather hoist the Lombardi trophy. Feels like it would be a cooler experience.

So what say you? Stanley Cup? Lombardi? World Series? That big ugly basketball? Or, would you go one better and want the Green Jacket of the Masters or an Olympic gold medal? Sounds like it could make for an interesting discussion.

 

[sportschick]

Stanley Cup. There is no other.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

Stanley Cup. Next.

 

[schiezainc]

Even more so than winning an Olympic gold medal? I mean, think about it. You're on the podium, representing your country, your national anthem playing. Gotta be special, right?

 

[CHETtheJET]

Interesting bit I learned from a Bill Simmons cast...Jackie O went to the new stadium yank museum and there were only 5-6 WS trophies...why...it wasn't created until 1967 or around that year...

 

[buckweaver]

Easy. Stanley Cup.

 

[Oz]

Even more so than winning an Olympic gold medal? I mean, think about it. You're on the podium, representing your country, your national anthem playing. Gotta be special, right?

But you asked, "If you could hoist one sports trophy, what would it be and why?" A medal's not a trophy.

If we stick with trophies, I'm going with the Stanley Cup. Not only does everyone get a chance to skate around the ice with it, but you get 48 hours to so to take it wherever you want. It's cool seeing players take it to their hometowns or around the town for everyone to see.

 

[GB-Hack]

Stanley Cup. There is no other.

Yeah, no question.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

Even more so than winning an Olympic gold medal? I mean, think about it. You're on the podium, representing your country, your national anthem playing. Gotta be special, right?

But you asked, "If you could hoist one sports trophy, what would it be and why?" A medal's not a trophy.

If we stick with trophies, I'm going with the Stanley Cup. Not only does everyone get a chance to skate around the ice with it, but you get 48 hours to so to take it wherever you want. It's cool seeing players take it to their hometowns or around the town for everyone to see.

Yep exactly. But I will say this, standing up on the podium with a gold medal around your neck while your nation's national anthem is playing would be pretty ****ing cool.

 

[DanOregon]

The Stanley Cup - the World Series trophy is just ugly, the Super Bowl and NBA trophies are too new.

After the Cup I'd go with swinging Paul Bunyan's Axe or hoisting Floyd of Rosedale.

 

[schiezainc]

Even more so than winning an Olympic gold medal? I mean, think about it. You're on the podium, representing your country, your national anthem playing. Gotta be special, right?

But you asked, "If you could hoist one sports trophy, what would it be and why?" A medal's not a trophy.

If we stick with trophies, I'm going with the Stanley Cup. Not only does everyone get a chance to skate around the ice with it, but you get 48 hours to so to take it wherever you want. It's cool seeing players take it to their hometowns or around the town for everyone to see.

Yes, but in this instance, an Olympic medal qualifies as a trophy, as does a Green Jacket at the masters and/or a $25 gift card for Target from winning your local pub's darts competition.

Basically, if you could have any one symbol of winning from a sporting event, what would it be?

****, I'd go with hoisting the WWE Championship at WrestleMania in front of 74,000 fans but that's because I am a fanboi looser. :0)

 

[Del_B_Vista]

Lord Stanley.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

The Stanley Cup. And then I would take to a party where the exploits would be talked about for years.

 

[Strong Bad]

 

[Mark2010]

Olympic Gold Medal. You get to keep it, and not just for 48 hours.

Signifies that --- at least on the given day of competition --- you were the best in the world at your event.

I'd take an individual trophy over a team trophy any day. With a team trophy, a lot of it has to do with being at the right place at the right time. Dan Marino never won a Super Bowl. It took Ray Bourque 20-something years to finally win a Stanley Cup. Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby, for all their exploits, might never win one. There are many more variables.

 

[SoCalDude]

I don't play or even like the sport, but Wimbledon has to be in the discussion.
Pin me down, I'll go for Stanley (no, I don't play, but I do like).

 

[sportschick]

I don't play or even like the sport, but Wimbledon has to be in the discussion.
Pin me down, I'll go for Stanley (no, I don't play, but I do like).

Wimbldon woulda been my second choice.

 

[Mark2010]

Wimbledon's pretty cool, but I'd take The (British) Open Championship first because of all the history and how hard it is to win.

Michael Wilbon made an interesting point recently comparing Roger Federer's 14 major titles to Tiger Woods' 14 major titles. Said golf was harder because you have to beat 155 other guys. In tennis, you have to beat 7, maybe only 3-4 of which are capable of beating you on a given day. In a golf major, there are probably 30-40 guys capable of winning the title. Interesting point.

But, hey, both trophies are cool.

 

[Beef03]

For me hands down it's the Stanley Cup, but if I had to pick something else, I would say the Indy 500 trophy. The thing is like 6 feet tall and you don't just get your name engraved on it, you get your face engraved.

 

[spnited]

Olympic gold. It belongs to me, not the team, and I get to keep it for life.

But I am opposed to the National anthem ceremony. The Olympic Games are supposed to be about sports and sportsmanship, not politics.
Give me my medal on the podium as they do now, but cut out the nationalistic jingoistic ****.