Oh, pitchers throw the odd perfect game, but they are one-day wonders. Diego Armando Maradona could dish out one spectacular pass that beat Brazil in a World Cup game, but only after this addled genius had lain in the weeds for the other 89 minutes. Reggie Jackson hit three homers in a World Series game, but he struck out a lot. There was a lot of Tiger Woods in him. But he had his Messiers and his Fuhrs and his Coffeys and his Semenkos on his side.
Tiger has no opposition, only a field.
Ali had Frazier. Navratilova had Evert. DiMaggio had Williams and Musial. McGwire has Sosa. Tiger has only himself and his caddie and his touch and his inner light, but that is quite enough.