1000th Post Countdown: Personal Number ONE!

It's a pinata, because it's a celebration of hotness. Go ahead, take a whack (or something less suggestive!)

Here they are. Each Ladies… number 1 personal pick. Tomorrow will be our group overall, but these gentlemen are tops in each of our individual books. They are beautiful. They are sentimental. They are MEN. And we love them. We hope you do too!

Cinnamon Girl

Joe Mauer

He’s a hometown hero. He’s amazing looking. He’s a two-time batting champ. ‘Nuff said. Gear up, Joe.

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Lady Andrea

Scott Rolen

Bonus catcher hottie Mike Matheny!

Mmmmm, baby blues.

Was there ever any doubt who my #1 would be?  He’s not a Blue Jay, lalalalalaican’thearyou!  He became a Cardinal right around the time I really got serious about my fandome.  I’d always been a fan and certainly paid more attention than most people, but the summer of 2002 was the first time I really started fanatically following day-to-day games.  I was beyond ecstatic when we traded for Rolen and then I discovered how H-O-T he was.  I love his stance, I love his grim, downturned mouth, I love his defensive plays at 3rd base.  I want to marry him.

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Chitown Chick

Roger Huerta

UFC fighter. HOT DAMN. Few fighters can make me speechless. If he appears on the screen for a second, I start babbling. I don’t know what else to say but, HOT DAMN.

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Miss Minda

David DeJesus

David DeJesus is my number one. For years, my family has been plotting a way for me to marry him. He’s an above-average outfielder who is locked in with the Royals for another couple seasons, and has been a total sweetie to me the few times I’ve talked to him in person. Oh, and uh…. Look at him!!!

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Metschick

Carlos Beltran

OKay, so it's just his butt, but whatever...

Those dimples.  Those chocolate brown eyes.  That defense!  Carlos Beltran is my #1.

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La M. Alana

Steve Nash

My number one is Steve Nash. I tried to think of reasons to not put him in my first spot, and I just couldn’t do it and stay honest. I don’t care that he’s Canadian, that he looks like he needs to eat a cheeseburger, that you can see every painful season in his face, that he’s yet to find a flattering haircut. I don’t care. I love him. I love his play – I love his needle-threading passes and his leaning jumpers and the way his eyes dart back and forth across the court. I love that he co-owns his own independent film studio, and co-owns the Women’s Professional Soccer league. I love Nash Face. I love his scratchy voice and sense of humor and that I’ve yet to see him give up, ever, at anything. I kind of want him to adopt me and teach me to be awesome, too. Or maybe I’m just looking for an excuse to move in with him. Perhaps I’ve said too much.

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SA

Curtis Granderson

I’m convinced that Curtis Granderson is the perfect man-smart, genuinely nice, non-egocentric athlete that truly loves the game. So much so that he travels overseas during the off season promoting it. He started his own foundation to help kids in the Detroit area and consistently donates his time and money to charities. And he does TV work when the Tigers aren’t in the playoffs (did you see him during the first round on TBS? He was teh awesomes.) And did I mention that he’s hot? His like the man you (and your mom) (and your dad) always wanted to marry wrapped up in this absolutely perfect package.

How much do I love him? I would have his kids. And I don’t want kids.

Games Mistress

Chris Paul

Chris Paul made me pay attention to the NBA again. He’s got a gorgeous smile.  And the fact that he’s so involved in the community makes him exponentially hotter.

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Mistress Christina

Tyler Hansbrough

My number 1: Tyler Hansbrough. I think he is so freaking cute, even if not everyone agrees with me. Yes, he may make faces when playing that one might make whilest sitting on the toilet, but doesn’t that just add to his charm?? He is also associated with some of my favorite memories of the last 3 years, which is why he took my number 1 spot. My first Carolina-Duke game at the Dean Dome and that whole “forearm incident” cemented my status as a Tar Heel basketball fan for life. The ACC Tournament. The Sweet 16. The devastation after the Final Four loss to Kansas. Throughout it all, his big blue eyes gaping back at me out of the tv screen made it all worth it. I squealed with glee when he decided to return to school for his senior season and it is still, to this day, a thrill to see him walking around campus in all his gorgeous giantness. One time, he almost hit me with a door at Chipotle. It was magical :)

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And, as an added bonus, one of our esteemed Ladies… has returned from sabbatical just for this post to share with you all her favorite athlete hottie. So without further ado, here is the Dame of Extra Time’s personal Number 1:

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Dame of Extra Time

Thierry Henry

Firstly: 1000 posts! WHOOOOO!!! You know your girl had to come out of hiatus for such a momentous occasion in Ladies… history, right?
Four reasons why Thierry is and will always be my number one:
1) He’s still one of the best Gunners of all time. I’m an Arsenal girl so do forgive me if I find it impossible to count that part out of the equation. He could get that stupid Barca badge tattooed on his chest for all I care. And I did try the hating him thing for a while after he left but I just kept coming back to the same thing: hubada-hubada-drool. He is actually perfect… if you ignore some stuff.
2) He dresses beautifully. It’s nice when a man knows how to put together a classy outfit.
3) The man has some of the prettiest goals of all time to his credit. (And since we’re doing #1’s — my all time personal Titi fave: here.
4) The accent. Does a man get points for talking pretty?