I asked this on Twitter a few minutes ago and was sort of fascinated by the strong yet far from unanimous opinions, so I’m curious to hear what HBT nation thinks:
Would you rather be the gold medal winner in a relatively obscure Olympic sport or the 200th-best baseball player in MLB?
For me the answer is definitely the 200th-best baseball player--which is basically the seventh-best player on an average team--because that guy is most likely making millions of dollars per year for multiple years and ... well, baseball is pretty great as far as sports go.
I asked Calcaterra and he agreed: “200th-best baseball player. No question.” And yet plenty of replies on Twitter felt strongly about preferring the gold medal.
What say you?