When WE comes to that conclusion, he's usually right, but not in this instance.
Yeah, when a guy like Howie long is in awe of a man's awesomeness, that man IS awesome.
About 15 or so years ago, my best friends Mother In Law had some surgery at Andrew's clinic, and was in the rehab pool. She said Bo walked in in nothing but a Speedo. I can't exactly recall how she described him, but the tone in her voice, and gleam in her eye said plenty. I think she said she wasn't sure he was human at first, until she realized who it was.
Couple of things from the book:
"Bo came up with the bases loaded, Snell pitching for Detroit, Nathaniel Snell, a right-hander who threw hard, had a good slider, a little sinker. I was on second base, and I could see the pitch Snell threw Bo. A slider three or four inches off the plate, down and away. Bo reached out and hit it off the end of his bat. He didn't get good wood on it. Broke his bat. And he hit it into the waterfall in right-center field in Royals Stadium, 420 feet away." -
George Brett
Bo ran track in high school, and ran the 100 meters in 10.39 seconds. That is unheard of. One of his coaches told him to try the decathlon, but had never pole vaulted or thrown the discus. he taught himself to do both events in one day. He went on to win the Alabama state high school decathlon with a record point total.
Following the 1987 baseball season, Jackson decided to play professional football just as a "hobby." In his first season he rushed for 554 yards on 81 carries (6.8 avg) in seven games.
"Bo ran a 4.12 40-yard dash at the 1986 NFL combine. He was 6'1", 222 lbs. 'Nuff said." - Howie Long
"When Bo scored his first touchdown for the LA Raiders, in 1987, a Denver defensive back named Mike Harden tried to stop him by himself. Mike Harden had a better chance of seeing God that day than stopping Bo Jackson."
- Howie Long
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