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Michael Jordan! By a vote of 19 to 10!

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1st: Michael Jordan
2nd. Mike Trout
3rd: Barry Bonds

How did your favorites do? Were there any surprises? Who went our too soon? Who stayed in too long? Would you like to see another Athletes edition in the future?

Thanks to everyone who participated!

The poll for my next save that will be up on Wednesday the 19th. And nominations for that topic will go up either the 26th or 27th of December.

Thanks again!
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Winner: Michael Jordan (Basketball)

Eliminated:
118. Jaylen Brown (Basketball)
117. Eli Manning (Football)
116. Jayson Tatum (Basketball)
115. Jerry Miculek (Competitive Shooting)
114. Al Horford (Basketball)
113. Cam Newton (Football)
112. Daniel Bryan (Pro Wrestling)
111. Tiger Woods (Golf)
110. Ngolo Kant (Soccer)
109. Cristiano Ronaldo (Soccer)
108. Don Frye (MMA)
107. Neymar (Soccer)
106. Carmelo Anthony (Basketball)
105. Fedor Emilianenko (MMA)
104. Ronaldinho (Soccer)
103. Tom Daley (Diving)
102. Kyrie Irving (Basketball)
101. Kenny Omega (Pro Wrestling)
100. Steph Curry (Basketball)
99. Sting (Pro Wrestling)
98. Mats Sundin (Hockey)
97. Mookie Betts (Baseball)
96. Carson Wentz (Football)
95. Dan Henderson (MMA)
94. Pete Rose (Baseball)
93. Kobe Bryant (Basketball)
92. Ron Hextall (Hockey)
91. Mirko Cro Cop (MMA)
90. Lionel Messi (Soccer)
89. Rodney Mullen (Skateboarding)
88. Hakeem Olajuwon (Basketball)
87. Alvin Kamara (Football)
86. John Cena (Pro Wrestling)
85. Mick Foley (Pro Wrestling)
84. Yao Ming (Basketball)
83. Anderson Silva (MMA)
82. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Boxing)
81. Kurt Angle (Pro Wrestling)
80. Clay Matthews (Football)
79. Sarah Hughes (Figure Skating)
78. Antonio Brown (Football)
77. Georges St-Pierre (MMA)
76. LaDainian Tomlinson (Football)
75. Kirby Puckett (Baseball)
74. Dennis Rodman (Basketball)
73. Jesse Owens (Track and Field)
72. Carey Price (Hockey)
71. Iron Sheik (Pro Wrestling)
70. Hulk (Soccer)
69. Aaron Judge (Baseball)
68. Michael Phelps (Swimming)
67. Andy Roddick (Tennis)
66. Vince Carter (Basketball)
65. Steve Austin (Pro Wrestling)
64. Paul Bissonnette (Hockey)
63. Larry Fitzgerald (Football)
62. Novak Djokovic (Tennis)
61. Calvin Johnson (Football)
60. Johnny Weir (Figure Skating)
59. Usain Bolt (Track and Field)
58. Chris Sale (Baseball)
57. Carey Hart (Motorcross)
56. Colin Kaepernick (Football)
55. Patrick Roy (Hockey)
54. Sidney Crosby (Hockey)
53. Serena Williams (Tennis)
52. Peyton Manning (Football)
51. Marshawn Lynch (Football)
50. JJ Watt (Football)
49. Wayne Gretzky (Hockey)
48. Bill Russell (Basketball)
47. Conor McGregor (MMA)
46. Muhammad Ali (Boxing)
45. Drew Brees (Football)
44. Eric Radford (Figure Skating)
43. Adam Rippon (Figure Skating)
42. Adam McQuaid (Hockey)
41. Derek Jeter (Baseball)
40. Ronda Rousey (MMA/Pro Wrestling)
39. Eric Hosmer (Baseball)
38. Sam Crawford (Baseball)
37. LeBron James (Basketball)
36. P.K. Subban (Hockey)
35. Shawn Michaels (Pro Wrestling)
34. Tetsuya Naito (Pro Wrestling)
33. Paul Goldschmidt (Baseball)
32. Mike Tyson (Boxing)
31. Brock Lesnar (MMA/Pro Wrestling)
30. Larry Bird (Basketball)
29. Ben Roethlisberger (Football)
28. Jerry Rice (Football)
27. Mario Lemieux (Hockey)
26. Babe Ruth (Baseball)
25. Tom Brady (Football)
24. Lawrence Taylor (Football)
23. Joe Montana (Football)
22. Dwyane Wade (Basketball)
21. AJ Styles (Pro Wrestling)
20. Shaquille ONeal (Basketball)
19. Charles Barkley (Basketball)
18. Dan Marino (Football)
17. Giancarlo Stanton (Baseball)
16. Albert Pujols (Baseball)
15. Edge (Pro Wrestling)
14. Steve Yzerman (Hockey)
13. Deion Sanders (Baseball/Football)
12. Ronnie Lott (Football)
11. Walter Payton (Football)
10. Rickey Henderson (Baseball)
9. Randy Johnson (Baseball)
8. Jackie Robinson (Baseball)
7. The Undertaker (Pro Wrestling)
6. Ken Griffey Jr. (Baseball)
5. Magic Johnson (Basketball)
4. Bo Jackson (Baseball/Football)
3. Barry Bonds (Baseball)
2. Mike Trout (Baseball)
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That was fun. I'm happy that a lot of my favorites made at least the top 25, I'm happy about how strongly baseball was represented (including my boy Ken Griffey Jr.) in the high finishers, and I'm happy that we saw at least a couple of pro wrestlers do well. Overall, it was a great contest with an absolutely deserving winner. He wasn't one of the guys that I was supporting with saves, but I have absolutely no complaints with Michael Jordan winning this. He's the GOAT for a reason.

One thing I was surprised about was that there was pretty much zero vote trading in this contest. I don't know if it's because this contest stayed at 2 saves to advance for a while (it felt like the bump up to 3 saves to advance came much later than in past contests) or because people simply weren't as passionate about seeing their specific pick winning it all, but the lack of vote trade offers flying around made this contest feel really different from some of the past ones. I don't know if it was better like this or not.

Anyways, I look forward to seeing what the theme of the next Save That contest will be.
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It stayed at 2 saves longer then I wanted as I noticed there were only a handful of posters voting for a while so I had to alter rule change rounds a bit.. RPG characters definitely got a lot more traffic than athletes did.

The only surprises for me were how early Tiger Woods went out. Guess there aren't a lot of golf fans here, and I thought for sure Jackie Robinson was going to win this, but Michael Jordan is a great winner, and once Jackie got out was my next pick.
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Kajagogo posted...

The only surprises for me were how early Tiger Woods went out. Guess there aren't a lot of golf fans here

The entire top 30 was only athletes from the four major North American pro sports, along with a couple of pro wrestlers. The other sports, whether it was golf, tennis, boxing, or whatever, really didn't stand a chance.

Kajagogo posted...

It stayed at 2 saves longer then I wanted as I noticed there were only a handful of posters voting for a while so I had to alter rule change rounds a bit.. RPG characters definitely got a lot more traffic than athletes did.

Fair enough. It did feel like there were less voters overall, and that the ends of rounds (after people had saved all of their favorites) were dragging on. I remember when I had to end a round by flipping a coin to pick who to save because no one had posted for like two hours.
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Calwings posted...

I remember when I had to end a round by flipping a coin to pick who to save because no one had posted for like two hours.

Yea I remember that round too. It's the round Randy Johnson got eliminated. >_<

The other guy...Mike Trout.
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Nice! Glad a basketball player one.

But I don't think wrestlers should be included if you do another one since they don't compete.
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Great contest. Not my pick, but the right man won.

Forlorn_Ass posted...

But I don't think wrestlers should be included if you do another one since they don't compete.

Bullshit. Scripted or not, it takes an incredible amount of athleticism to put on the matches and perform the moves that they do. Pro wrestlers are absolutely considered athletes, and if you're implying that they're not athletes, then any normal non-athletic human should be able to do these...




...right?
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I just thought of an idea to suggest for a future contest: Save That Robot.

Between real-life robots (like those Boston Dynamics robots or BattleBots competitors), TV/movie robots (like daleks or droids), anime robots (like gundams or other mecha) and various androids and cyborgs, we have tons of ideas to work with.
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GallisOTK posted...

Great contest. Not my pick, but the right man won.

Forlorn_Ass posted...

But I don't think wrestlers should be included if you do another one since they don't compete.

Bullshit. Scripted or not, it takes an incredible amount of athleticism to put on the matches and perform the moves that they do. Pro wrestlers are absolutely considered athletes, and if you're implying that they're not athletes, then any normal non-athletic human should be able to do these...




...right?

They are incredible athletes but they don't compete.
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Forlorn_Ass posted...

They are incredible athletes but they don't compete.

That word in bold is the only one that matters. Being real or scripted doesn't matter. Doing it for competition or entertainment doesn't matter. They are athletes doing athletic feats for a living, therefore they belong in a save that athlete contest.
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Not really a fan of the save contests, but I am happy to see baseball dominate the top 10. Only reason I voted was because I saw Trout in the final. Glad he is well respected because he deserves it.
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My picks went out fairly quickly if I missed a round or when it got to multiple votes. Not too surprising. Ah well. Still knew some of the people as we whittled them down and Jordan as winner is nice.
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