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August 7, 2012

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Billy Hamilton is Not Impressed by Usain Bolt

by Hudson Belinsky

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Billy Hamilton is aware of Usain Bolt’s existence, and apparently he's unimpressed.

Usain bolt is a fool lol
— billy hamilton(@b_ham_3) August 7, 2012

Can we please build up a rivalry between these two gentlemen that leads to a foot race? Seeing Hamilton humbled might be the best way to make baseball fans appreciate Bolt.

Related Content: Billy Hamilton, Speed, Usain Bolt, Olympics

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oakiegu007

(33988)

I'm more impressed by the fact that his profile says this:

"pro baseball player in da Cincinnati reds organization"

Twitter really is tremendous.

Aug 07, 2012 11:21 AM

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Richard Bergstrom

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Usian Bolt has won Olympic gold medals. So far, Hamilton hasn't even broke into the major leagues yet.

Aug 07, 2012 11:27 AM

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sacko83

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if the deep regret i hold for trading hamilton for rick porcello a year ago hasn't built enough resentment to root against him, then this lack of respect will help solidify my stance. you'd think a speedster would be able to able to admire oh, only the fastest man to ever live.

Aug 07, 2012 11:47 AM

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tfierst

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FYI, "Usain Bolt is a fool" is a compliment to Bolt.

Aug 07, 2012 12:10 PM

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Shankweather

(1804)

Duh right? Did anyone really think Hamilton was trying to insult Bolt? Little too square in here.

Aug 07, 2012 12:22 PM

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sacko83

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the guy who just said 'Duh' is calling people square.

Aug 07, 2012 13:41 PM

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Richard Bergstrom

(36532)

Like, totally not cool!

Aug 07, 2012 14:00 PM

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eighteen

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Bolt is a great 100m runner and (from what I've seen and heard) a tremendous human being.

That said, the 100m is all he does. Carl Lewis was a MUCH better athlete.

Aug 07, 2012 13:01 PM

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Llarry

(1146)

Well, there's this little thing called the 200, too...

As things have gotten progressively more specialized, I wonder if we'll ever see another all-arounder like Lewis. Lewis apparently doesn't like to make comparisons across eras. It's come up in a couple of Joe Posnanski's recent columns, including (which I can't find right now) the position that you can't really compare times because the best would find a way to win, whatever the competition, so you really just need to judge sprinters by their own era.

Aug 07, 2012 16:22 PM

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saigonsam

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The man who will break Bolt's records has not been born yet. Could you have said the same about Lewis?

Aug 07, 2012 20:17 PM

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Turn2Tribune

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Pretty sure B-Ham is referencing Bolt's demand to try out for Man U and not disrespecting Bolt's speed. Context my friends.

Aug 07, 2012 13:32 PM

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gdragon1977

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I was wondering the same thing actually.

Aug 07, 2012 15:19 PM

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Hudson Belinsky

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Didn't mean any of this literally. I'm sure Billy Hamilton respects Usain Bolt's awesomeness. But I'd still like the two of them to silence the "Billy Hamilton is faster than Usain Bolt" crowd, if such a crowd exists.

Aug 07, 2012 16:29 PM

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Richard Bergstrom

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Well, if we actually want to talk about the subject at hand...

It'd be extremely hard to compare them. I would think that starting from a slide step, turning, running about 70 feet through dirt/mud then sliding takes different skills and is at a different speed than running an Olympic race on a "rubber?" track. Even the running shoes/cleats are different.

It might be interesting to see them race if they did it twice, once as a simulation of the basepaths with dirt and all, and the other on a race track.

Aug 07, 2012 18:47 PM

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Hudson Belinsky

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You're absolutely correct. We're dealing with different kinds of speeds. Not definitive either way.

Aug 08, 2012 23:10 PM

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Richard Bergstrom

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It might be funny to watch Bolt tumble through a pop-up slide.

Aug 09, 2012 08:45 AM

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BurrRutledge

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I'd like to see Bolt go first to third more than I would see him trying out for ManU.

Aug 07, 2012 19:37 PM

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saigonsam

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I'd like to see a cornerback cover him on a fly route. I wonder if he has any kind of "hands" at all?

Aug 07, 2012 20:20 PM

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Ben Solow

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Who knows if he could even get off a jam at the line of scrimmage...no one's trying to stop him from starting the 100m now. Worked out fine for Bob Hayes, though, so maybe he'd be dominant.

Aug 08, 2012 07:27 AM

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