Big Ticket vs. The Natural

Here we go, The Bobby Orr bracket starts off with two amazing athletes: Kevin Garnett and Manny Ramirez. Lets give some facts about these superstars.

Kevin Garnett:
Nickname: The Big Ticket or KG
Position: Power Forward of the Boston Celtics
Height: 6ft 11in
NBA Most Valuable Player: 2004
NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2003
10-time NBA All-Star: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
8-time All-NBA:
First Team: 2000, 2003, 2004
Second Team: 2001, 2002, 2005
Third Team: 1999, 2007
8-time All-Defensive:
First Team: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Second Team: 2006, 2007
NBA All-Rookie Second Team: 1996
4-time NBA regular-season leader, rebounds per game: 2004 (13.9), 2005 (13.5), 2006 (12.7), 2007 (12.8)
2-time NBA regular-season leader, rebounds: 2004 (1,139), 2005 (1,108)
5-time NBA regular-season leader, defensive rebounds: 2003 (858), 2004 (894), 2005 (861), 2006 (752), 2007 (792)
NBA regular-season leader, points: 2004 (1,987)
NBA regular-season leader, field goals made: 2004 (804)
J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award: 2006
Career triple-doubles (regular season): 16 (as of March 4, 2007)[14]
Career triple-doubles (post-season): 3 (as of 2006)
First player in NBA history to:
average at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists per game for 6 consecutive seasons. (1999-2005)
average at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists per game for 9 consecutive seasons. (1998-2007)
reach at least 18,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, 4,000 assists, 1,200 steals, and 1,500 blocks in his playing career.
Holds Minnesota Timberwolves franchise record for most points in one game with 47 vs. the Phoenix Suns on January 4, 2005.
Holds Minnesota Timberwolves franchise career records for points, 19,041; rebounds, 10,542; assists, 4,146; blocked shots, 1,576; steals, 1,282; and games played, 927.
Ranked #70 on SLAM Magazine's Top 75 NBA Players of All Time in 2003.
Achieved 10,000 total rebounds in his career on January 13, 2007.
Career stats (regular season): 927 games, 20.5 ppg, 11.4 rbg, 4.5 apg, 1.7 bpg, 1.4 spg, 0.491 FG%, 0.289 3FG%, .780 ft%
Career stats (post-season): 47 games, 22.3 ppg, 13.4 rpg, 5.0 apg, 1.9 bpg, 1.3 spg, 0.458 FG%, 0.333 3FG%, .761 ft%
Put the excitement back into Celtics Basketball
Is good friends with Paul Pierce and David Ortiz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Garnett
Manny Ramirez:
"Manny Being Manny"
One of the most natural hitters of all time
11-time All-Star (1995, 1998-2007)
World Series Champion (Boston, 2004)
World Series MVP Award (2004)
2-time Hank Aaron Award (1999, 2004)
8-time Silver Slugger Award (1995, 1999-2006)
American League batting crown (2002, .349)
Led AL in home runs (2004, 43)
Led AL in RBI (1999, 165)
3-time led AL in slugging percentage (1999-2000, 2004)
3-time led AL in OPS (1999-2000, 2004)
3-time led AL in on base percentage (2002-03, 2006)
Twice led AL in intentional walks (2001, 2003)
8-time Top 10 AL in total bases (1996-99, 2001,2003-05)
8-time Top 10 AL MVP (1998-2004)
9-time Top 10 AL in home runs (1998-2006)
8-time Top 10 AL in RBI (1995, 1998, 1999-2001, 2004, 2005)
5-time Top 10 AL hitters (1997, 1999-2000, 2003, 2006)
6-time Top 10 AL in times on base (1997, 1999, 2003-05)
Member of Major League Baseball's Latino Legends Team
28-game hitting streak in 2006
Loves the game of Baseball
Comes up with really cool handshakes
Favorite movie is The Matrix
Nickname for Manny and Ortiz: The Dynamic Duo
This pretty much sums up Manny: "I don't worry about my numbers. I'm just going out there having fun. You only live one time. You want to make sure you go out there and play hard and have fun. That's what it's all about."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Ramirez
My Vote:
My vote goes to Manny do to the fact that I have not seen KG during the regular season as a member of the Celtics and Manny is one of the greatest hitters of all time.

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