The Pecan Park Eagle

My Top Ten for the Astros, Oilers/Texans, & Rockets

Wondering what I could do to get in trouble on a Saturday morning, I came up with a sure-fire plan. Here are my Top Ten athletes in Houston’s professional history with professional baseball, foot ball, and basketball – and all selected right off the top of my head with no further research that might turn this exercise into a more objective work project.

I will leave the objections and exceptions up to each of you. In fact, I’d love to see all of you who are willing to spare the time to present your own lists for all three professional sports in Houston as comments on this column. Mine are listed from most significant to least significant:

Let the weekend debates begin.

BASEBALL

1. Craig Biggio

2. Jeff Bagwell

3. Nolan Ryan

4, Jimmy Wynn

5. Joe Niekro

6. Jose Cruz

7. Larry Dierker

8. Roy Oswalt

9. Cesar Cedeno

10. Bob Watson

FOOTBALL

1. Earl Campbell

3. Warren Moon

3. Dan Pastorini

4. Andre Johnson

5. Elvin Bethea

6. Bruce Matthews

7. George Blanda

8. Billy Cannon

9. Charley Hennigan

10. Matt Schaub

BASKETBALL

1. Hakeem Olajuwon

2. Moses Malone

3. Clyde Drexler

4. Yao Ming

5. Mario Elle

6. Robert Horry

7. Sam Cassell

8. Ralph Sampson

9. Rudy Tomjanovich

10. John Lucas