The Mount Rushmore of Boston sports: overall

Over the past few weeks, the NFL network has been compiling the "Mount Rushmores" of different teams, in reaction to that, I thought it would be fun to do a similar collection for different members of Boston's sports lore.

Overall:

1) Bobby Orr: Number 4 Bobby Orr, has long been in the running for the title of greatest NHL'er in the history of the game. He scored the greatest goal in league history and actually led the league in scoring back in both 1969 and 1974.

2) Tom Brady: In the minds of many across the NFL world he is THE greatest quarterback in the history of football and when he retires in 4 or 5 seasons, as much as Pats fans deny it, they will be hard pressed to see the kind of results he had given them with any other guy.

3) Ted Williams: Teddy Ballgame, Baseball’s greatest hitter, regardless of what you call him, Ted Samual Williams was without a doubt the best man to ever put on a Red Sox uniform.

4) Carl Yastemski: 23 years in the league, 1 team, 3,308 games and 3,419 hits in the majors all before he was forced to retire in 1983. Yas now has his name in the hall of fame and you know what very few Red Sox deserve that recognition as much as he does. 

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The Mount Rushmore of Boston sports: Patriots

Over the past few weeks, the NFL network has been compiling the "Mount Rushmores" of different teams, in reaction to that, I thought it would be fun to do a similar collection for different members of Boston's sports lore.

Patriots:

1) Tom Brady: In the minds of many across the NFL world he is THE greatest quarterback in the history of football and when he retires in 4 or 5 seasons, as much as Pats fans deny it, they will be hard pressed to see the kind of results he had given them with any other guy.

2) Bob Kraft: It seems crazy that an owner should be on this list livid with so many super star players but nevertheless, Bob Kraft deserves every bit of recognition he is given. He brought a kind of winning to New England that this team had never known and no part of that can be understated.

3) Bill Belicheck: Well it seems like the only thing keeping Belicheck from standing alone as the greatest coach of all time remains as 1 scandal named Spygate and a terrible signing named Aaron Hernandez. Belicheck won 3 super bowls in 4 seasons and that reigns supreme.

4) Teddy Bruschi: Well, fact is, Bruschi's career was cut short in 2009 by a heart wrenching stoke that ended one of the most offensively minded defensive career's in the history of the NFL.  

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The Mount Rushmore of Boston sports: Front office members

Over the past few weeks, the NFL network has been compiling the "Mount Rushmores" of different teams, in reaction to that, I thought it would be fun to do a similar collection for different members of Boston's sports lore.

Front office members:

1) Bob Kraft: It seems crazy that an owner should be on this list livid with so many super star players but nevertheless, Bob Kraft deserves every bit of recognition he his given. He brought a kind of winning to New England that this team had never knew and no part of that can be understated.

2) Terry Francona: Much like the tainted legacy of Bill Belicheck, the remembrance of Terry Francona was tarnished 2 seasons ago by that heart wrenching September collapse that took what many belelived to be the greatest Red Sox team in franchise history out of contention.

3) Claude Jullian: He saved the Bruins. Fresh off one of the worst stretches of pathetic hockey in team history, Jullian came to Boston, picked up the pieces of a shattered team and in the words of NBC announcer Doc Emeric: "The coach lead them to the high road was the road to the cup!"

4) Bill Belichck: Well it seems like the only thing keeping Belicheck from standing alone as the greatest coach of all time remains as 1 scandal named Spygate and a terrible signing named Aaron Hernandez. Belicheck won 3 super bowls in 4 seasons and that reigns supreme.

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The Mount Rushmore of Boston Sports: Red Sox

Over the past few weeks, the NFL network has been compiling the "Mount Rushmores" of different teams, in reaction to that, I thought it would be fun to do a similar collection for different members of Boston's sports lore.

Red Sox:

1) Pedro Martinez: 5 foot 11, 195 pounds, Martinez has long been regarded as one of the most dominant pitchers in Red Sox history. He won 3 Cy Young awards in 4 seasons was an 8 time all-star and in the end would be the driving force behind that historic 2004 Red Sox championship team.

2) Ted Wlliams: Teddy Ballgame, Baseball’s greatest hitter, regardless of what you call him, Ted Samual Williams was without a doubt the best man to ever put on a Red Sox uniform.

3) Carl Yastremski: 23 years in the league, 1 team, 3,308 games and 3,419 hits in the majors all before he was forced to retire in 1983. Yas now has his name in the hall of fame and you know what very few Red Sox deserve those recognitions as much as he does.

4) David Ortiz: Perhaps the greatest hitter in Red Sox post season history, Ortiz has now racked up more hits than any other DH in the history of baseball and that is quite a title.

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