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i think i can recognize 97% of the NBA if they walked by me on the street. probably 12% of the NFL, and roughly 16% of baseball players. just a side note, if i walk around the World Series Main Event, i think i would recognize about 18% of the players (this is legitimately sad, the amount of useless knowledge in my head is unbelievable, i would pay to have the useless knowledge removed and replaced with simple stuff, like knowing all the US presidents, wait, the 4th president was who again? umm..who won the world series of poker in 2007? jerry yang, next question)

i've seen basketball players in public before. i get stupidly star struck. i remember i saw andris biedrins walking through the lobby of the Wynn in Vegas. i remember being in a deep state of star struckedness, i half yelled/mumbled ANDRIS, i can't quite remember but i think he at least looked my way. i followed him til he got into an elevator. 

=one time, i was in downtown santa barbara, and kyle korver walks past me. he was with some girl. i stopped walking and turned, and saw that he was pretty tall, and i was only 70% sure it was him, but then i thought why would an NBA player be in SB during the season. so i brushed it off, then i read online that he was rehabbing in santa barbara. cool story grant, iknowiknow

=and once at marine world, we saw mitch ritchmond. all i remember is steve asking him "are you mitch ritchmond?"

but anyway, i wonder how many professional football and baseball players i've seen in my life that i didn't recognize. there's gotta be a handful. i wish there was a way to look up stats on this. like if there was a site starreference.com, i can look up how many athletes that i passed by in 2006, 2007, and 2008. like, in 2005, i didn't recognize 3 football players and baseball player. BUT IN 06, for whatever reason, i didn't recognize 13! football players, 5 baseball players, and 2 basketball players! just crazyy.  and if i upgrade to the premium site, i can see specific examples. like, in 2009, i walked by two thirds of the royals starting lineup! wait...huh?