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Ari ShaffirAri Shaffir

Brett Gardner earned his pinstripes through hustle

Brett Gardner... everyone's like 'Brett Gardner pinstripes.' Like that's just because he hustles, he plays the right way. Yeah, definitely pinstripes. He earned them.

Subjective assessment of player value to a franchise culture.

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Mar 24, 2023
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MaxMax

Drew Timmy is the best player on the planet

Drew Timmy has become [the] best fucking player on the planet. Every single time he wants the score, he scores.

While Timmy was an elite college player, calling him the best on the planet is obviously hyperbolic as he went undrafted shortly after.
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Mar 24, 2023
#13518
Big CatBig Cat

Tom Izzo is not overrated

Is Tom Izzo overrated? [PFT: Yeah]. Here's not He's ready to, he's not. He's not. But he, but we did get a little salty Tom Izzo after he said that they had some lucky shots.

Subjective opinion on a Hall of Fame coach's legacy.
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Mar 24, 2023
#13516
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

UConn might be the best looking team in the tournament so far

UConn might be the best looking team in the tournament so far. Overall start, start to finish every game. They have in complete games, they have dominated their opponents.

UConn went on to win the national championship, winning every game by double digits.

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Ari ShaffirAri Shaffir

Lakers fans are just bandwagon fans

Fuck the Lakers dude. Every time they had fucking playoff games, no one will come out. Could be up three-nothing in the first round as a one seed. And people are like, 'wow, they're such fucking bandwagon fans.' Fuck all of them.

Subjective opinion about fanbases.
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Ari ShaffirAri Shaffir

The 1991 UNLV team threw their game against Duke to keep it close

I think they [UNLV] threw that game. I think they threw it to make it close and then Duke was like close enough to win.

There is no proof the 1991 UNLV team threw the game, though it remains a subject of legend and speculation.
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Ari ShaffirAri Shaffir

Alex Rodriguez never earned his pinstripes because he only padded stats in blowout games

Did A-Rod earn pinstripes? Oh no. Not even for 2009. No. He got all his numbers. All his stats came in like blowout games.

This is a subjective assessment of a player's legacy within a specific franchise's culture.

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