[dragonwriter]

> Only if you think of programming languages as an individual golf-club.

Which is a more accurate analogy than a whole sport.

> Put it this way: Is there a conference for professional basketball, baseball AND ice hockey players? I'm not even aware of anyone who managed to go pro in two of those, not to mention all three.

Among athletes that have gone pro in more than one sport, baseball/basketball seems to be a not-unusual combination:

Michael Jordan is probably the best known example, but also Danny Ainge, Scott Burrell, Nathaniel Clifton, Dave Dubusschere, Cotton Nash, and Bill Sharman.

Hockey is a pretty rare combination with either baseball or basketball.