PMTPMT DB

Takes

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Take Slip·Apr 27, 2016
#PMT-2016-0427-14786
HankHank

A skinny stick is the perfect tool for retrieving dropped items in a car

Simple, simple invention. Everyone needs it. Just a little skinny stick that you can, like, it, like, would go stick up from the side of your car. And when shit gets stuck in between your seats, just grab the stick and it fishes it right out of there. ... One of those things you don't think you need until you use it once. Car stick.

The utility of a stick is subjective, but many products (like Drop Stop) exist to solve this exact problem without using a literal stick.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2016
#PMT-2016-0425-4019
Big CatBig Cat

San Diego is 'fake life' and not real life

San Diego is fake life. It's not real life. There's nothing real about San Diego. There are no fat people. I'm pretty sure no one has a job except if you're in the Navy. It's beautiful every single day. Everyone's just relaxed and like cool. There's no edge.

The city of San Diego exists and is part of real life. This is a subjective observational take.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2016
#PMT-2016-0425-4020
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The best way to get over a hangover is to drink more

My advice, as always, is Pedialyte. Pedialyte tends to work. But most importantly, my advice is to drink a Bloody Mary and then, like, seven beers afterwards. That's what I did this morning. It worked well.

This is a subjective lifestyle choice/advice, though medically it only delays the hangover.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2016
#PMT-2016-0425-4021
Big CatBig Cat

Never plan dinners for a bachelor party

If you're planning a bachelor party, don't plan any dinners. I've never seen a party go from this was fun to just death. You sit down, you eat, and it's just like, okay, now I just want to go to bed.

This is a matter of personal preference for event planning.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2016
#PMT-2016-0425-4023
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NBA should fast forward to the conference finals

Let's just fast forward. They should eliminate half the teams in the NBA.

This is a subjective opinion about league structure.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2016
#PMT-2016-0425-4024
Big CatBig Cat

The NBA first round should return to five-game series

I honestly think they should go back to the five games in the first round. The five-game series just felt more like every game means so much. And if you can win one game, it's like, ooh, maybe they can actually pull this off.

This is a subjective debate about playoff format.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2016
#PMT-2016-0425-4026
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Officiating in all sports is better than it's ever been

I would, in fact, say that officiating is better than it's ever been. In every sport across the board. Ever. Of all time. The refs are great. Shut the fuck up if you think that they're not.

This is a subjective claim about the quality of officiating over time, though data generally supports increased accuracy with replay assistance.
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#PMT-2016-0425-4033
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Album releases should go back to Tuesdays

Whatever happened in the good old days where you could, like, everybody released their albums on Tuesday. You could prepare yourself mentally, financially, save up enough money where you could go to Best Buy and buy the album on Tuesday. It was a handshake agreement, and it was much better.

This is a subjective preference for music industry logistics.
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Take Slip·Apr 22, 2016
#PMT-2016-0422-3989
Big CatBig Cat

The only people to ever make Minnesota cool are Kirby Puckett, Kevin Garnett, and Prince

It's basically the list of people who have made the state of Minnesota cool are like Kirby Puckett, Kevin Garnett, and Prince. That's it.

This is a subjective opinion about the coolness of a state and its celebrities.
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Take Slip·Apr 22, 2016
#PMT-2016-0422-3990
Big CatBig Cat

The pinnacle of celebrity status is when nobody makes jokes about your death on Twitter

That's when you know you've made it. Like, Prince died. Everyone is really sad... Prince is no jokes. There are no jokes. David Bowie was the same way. You don't do jokes when Prince dies. So that's really, like, the pinnacle of celebrity is people don't joke about your death.

The immediate reaction to Prince's death was indeed widely somber, though social media humor eventually touches everything.
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Take Slip·Apr 22, 2016
#PMT-2016-0422-3991
Big CatBig Cat

The first round of the NBA playoffs is terrible

I hate the NBA playoffs first round. So we'll talk about that.

This is a recurring subjective opinion of the host.
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Take Slip·Apr 22, 2016
#PMT-2016-0422-3993
Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods loses his 'man card' for needing his dad to teach him how to drink water between beers

Tiger Woods, I'm taking your man card, first of all... Asking your dad to teach you how to drink a beer because you puked at a fricking frat party once? Man card again. How many times can I take this man card?

The 'man card' is a fictional concept used for comedic criticism.
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Take Slip·Apr 20, 2016
#PMT-2016-0420-12289
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jon Jones' addiction to marijuana isn't a real addiction

Jon Bones Jones today came out and said like, yeah, I used to smoke a lot of weed and now I don't anymore. And so now I'm back on the straight and narrow. And he said he was addicted to pot. We said you're addicted to pot because nobody – everyone is just going to laugh at you if you're addicted to pot. They're not going to be mad at you. Like that's such – that's – just not really an addiction.

This is a subjective opinion on the nature of addiction and the public's perception of marijuana.
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Take Slip·Apr 20, 2016
#PMT-2016-0420-12293
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Rob Ryan sleeping at the Bills facility is a bigger 'Football Guy' move than Dan Mullen's marathon

Without a doubt, Rob Ryan's sleeping at the facility. And here's why. Rex Ryan, now that he's got his brother in town, they're doing nothing but hanging out at the Bills facility, drinking Fireball and just like sleeping on cots. And to them, that's like summer camp. So that is a football guy move. Dan Mullen running a long distance and like showing off about it. That's more of a basketball lifer move.

This is a subjective judgment based on the show's internal 'Football Guy' logic.
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Take Slip·Apr 20, 2016
#PMT-2016-0420-12294
Big CatBig Cat

Bill Belichick would be the best NFL coach to serve as a Vice President

Bill Belichick would be a damn good one, too. Because he actually – Bill Belichick would actually instill confidence in a candidate like Donald Trump, right? You'd be like, well, Donald Trump doesn't know what he's doing, but Bill Belichick does. I mean he knows what he's doing basically anything.

This is a hypothetical political scenario.
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Take Slip·Apr 20, 2016
#PMT-2016-0420-12295
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jeff Fisher is the perfect Vice Presidential candidate because he is consistently mediocre

I think I'm going to have to go with your boy, Jeff Fisher, just because, like, he proves that he is a guy that will stick around. In fact, at the very, very least, if you take Fisher, you're getting an average candidate, right? He's consistent. He's not going to commit any huge gaffes, but he's also not going to win over any votes. So he's basically going to keep your approval numbers exactly what they are. Jeff Fisher's only hole is the glaring hole that he's entirely mediocre.

This is a satirical take on Fisher's coaching record applied to politics.
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Take Slip·Apr 20, 2016
#PMT-2016-0420-12296
Frank KaminskyFrank Kaminsky

The Warriors' 73-win record means nothing if they don't win the championship

My thing is, the record, in my opinion, doesn't mean much if they don't win the championship. I think it's one of those things where they have to do both to be recognized as one of the best teams ever because they're both 72 and 10 team won the championship. And if they don't, then I just don't think they're on the same level.

This became a widely held opinion after the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead to the Cavs later that season.
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Take Slip·Apr 20, 2016
#PMT-2016-0420-12298
Big CatBig Cat

Curt Schilling should be known for his failed business ventures rather than his social media posts

Curt Schilling needs to start bringing up that he bankrupted a video game thing and bankrupted the whole entire state of Rhode Island. I feel like people forget that, and he should be saying that more often. It's like, don't know me as Curt Schilling the racist. Know me as Curt Schilling the really bad businessman.

This is a subjective opinion on how Schilling should manage his reputation.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0418-11412
Big CatBig Cat

Big Cat winning the 50-50 raffle would be one of the last great sports stories out there

Big Cat winning the 50-50 raffle is one of the last great sports stories out there. I'm the guy always paying for the 50-50 raffle because I keep telling myself, Oh man, this will be the time I win.

Big Cat has never won the 50-50 raffle as of this episode, and it's inherently subjective whether it counts as a 'great sports story.'
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0418-11413
Big CatBig Cat

The NHL first round is much better than the NBA first round

The major stories all come from the playoffs starting and the stark difference between how much fun the NHL first round is and how awful the NBA first round is. It's incredible to watch. If you are the eighth seed, if you're the seventh seed, what's even the point of being in the playoffs? Whereas the NHL seeds all across the board win playoff series.

Subjective comparison of entertainment value between two leagues.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0418-11416
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I would rather get punched in the face than get face-washed by a guy with a sweaty hockey glove

The face wash is probably, I would rather get punched in the face than get face-washed by a guy with a sweaty glove.

This is a subjective preference of the speaker.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0418-11418
Big CatBig Cat

Setting the tone is the most important part of being successful in the hockey playoffs

Setting the tone is so important in hockey playoffs. That's what everyone said. You have to set the tone. It's a very big part of being successful in hockey is setting the tone.

Subjective sports psychology concept.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0418-11423
Big CatBig Cat

The NBA will lose its man card if they go to more than one ad on their jerseys

I'm going to take the NBA's man card once they start throwing these. If they go to more than one ad on their jerseys, man card time.

Subjective use of a comedy trope. The NBA eventually added jersey ads, and the 'man card' is not a real metric.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0418-11424
Big CatBig Cat

Every person nicknamed Beef in the world is a good time to hang out with

I think every person nicknamed Beef in the world is a good time to hang out with. Now I'm not saying you want them—when Beef comes to visit you, your wife or girlfriend probably rolls her eyes... but Beef is a great time to party with.

Inherently subjective assessment of people based on a nickname.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0418-11438
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Johnny Manziel should buy a house instead of renting to avoid party damage headlines

My PR 101 advice to Johnny would be—this is basic stuff—buy a house, don't rent. Interest rates being what they are these days, you're getting some bad financial advice so just look to buy, don't look to rent.

Subjective PR advice.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0418-11440
Big CatBig Cat

Johnny Manziel is actively trying to be a dickhead to stay in the news

He's actively trying to be a dickhead now. That's the thing that's shocking with Johnny Manziel... Now I think he's going out of his way to be like, I'm going to stay in the news. I'm moving in with Josh Gordon. I'm getting in a weird car accident. He's trying to do this.

Subjective interpretation of a person's motives.
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Take Slip·Apr 18, 2016
#PMT-2016-0418-11442
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The drug option is the best way to survive Coachella as a 30-year-old

If you go to Coachella for the first time as a 31 year old... you either go all the way [becoming a Coachella guy] or you just like totally tune out via the drug option. I think I would go drug option right now.

Subjective comedic opinion.
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#PMT-2016-0418-11445
Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James' Zero Dark 30-23 playoff social media blackout is really stupid

LeBron is so dumb. It's Zero Dark 30-23... Not Zero Dark 23. It's Zero Dark Thirty. So it's the full movie name. Twenty three. And it really goes back to the biggest weakness LeBron has is no one in his circle has like any brain to say, hey, LeBron, this is really fucking stupid.

Subjective assessment of LeBron's marketing choices and intelligence.
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Take Slip·Apr 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0415-10445
Big CatBig Cat

Rams GM Les Snead keeps his job because he has great hair and a Hollywood look

Les Snead, the GM for the Rams. I have a theory that he just gets by on his hair. If you've seen his hair, he's got very nice hair... He's got like kind of a Hollywood look. He's got the name... I don't know if he's a good GM anymore. I think he's just getting by with the Les Snead kind of aura that's around him.

Snead actually remained GM for years, winning a Super Bowl in 2021, though the take is subjective and comedic.
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Take Slip·Apr 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0415-10447
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

John Gruden would be a serial killer if football didn't exist

If football did not exist, I think that John Gruden would be a serial killer. I don't see any other outlet that he could possibly have besides football where he can be like this meticulous and this passionate and not end up killing at least like a half dozen people.

This is a hyperbolic character assessment and cannot be verified.
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Take Slip·Apr 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0415-10449
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kobe Bryant has given people more false confidence than Adolf Hitler

He's trapped a lot of really weak-minded people into believing that if you go around all the time and act like you're the shit... then you're going to be the best person in whatever field that you've chosen. So he's given a lot of false confidence to people, probably more false confidence to people than Adolf Hitler, I would say.

This is an absurd, non-verifiable satirical comparison.
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Take Slip·Apr 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0415-10450
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Friends is the most overrated television show in history

I'll even go out on a limb here and say that friends is the most overrated television show in the history of television.

The quality of 'Friends' is a matter of personal opinion.
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Take Slip·Apr 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0415-10451
Big CatBig Cat

Scottish Twitter is the funniest part of social media

Scottish Twitter is pretty good because it takes you like three or four reads to figure out what they're saying but it's laugh out loud funny every time.

This is a subjective preference for a type of social media content.
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Take Slip·Apr 15, 2016
#PMT-2016-0415-10453
Dr. James AndrewsDr. James Andrews

The hip is the dividing line between an upper and lower body injury in hockey

I would think it would be hip, wouldn't you all? I mean somewhere below the hip since all the hip checking and the broken legs... That [the hip] would be lower.

This is a semi-fictional debate over hockey terminology.
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#PMT-2016-0415-10455
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Hockey would be much more popular if goals were worth eight points like football

The greatest trick that football ever played is making their scores worth six points... If hockey changed to eight-point goals, this guy would be in. Okay, so if we ever develop a sport – Trick number one is make the single goals or points worth like eight times. Make everything worth like eight points. And then you've got yourself a sport.

This is a satirical proposal about sports marketing.
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#PMT-2016-0413-12471
HankHank

Coachella is just Burning Man for millennial social media kids

Coachella... It's gotten overrun, like completely blown out by mainstream people. It's burning man for millennial social media kids... where all the teens wear stupid sunglasses and feathers in their hair.

This has become the consensus view of Coachella in the years following.
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Take Slip·Apr 13, 2016·Jimbos
#PMT-2016-0413-12475
Pat McAfeePat McAfee

Buffalo Wild Wings' wings are finally getting good again

Their wings got bad there for a little while. They're coming back, though. The wings are good. They got bigger wings.

Food quality is subjective.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-0411-1350
Big CatBig Cat

I would much rather see an all-time meltdown than an all-time comeback

I don't know if you agree with me on this one, I would so much rather see an all-time meltdown than an all-time comeback. An all-time meltdown, especially in golf, when it's just you out there... you're just stuck there sucking worse than anyone has ever sucked.

This is a purely subjective aesthetic preference for sports viewership.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-0411-1351
Big CatBig Cat

Jordan Spieth is a classier person than Cam Newton because he handled his loss like a professional

Something about Jordan Spieth makes him more likable to me and classier of a person than Cam Newton. ... To be a true professional, you have to be able to face the music. How long do you think postgame press conferences after a loss get compared to Cam Newton?

Whether one athlete is 'classier' than another is entirely a matter of opinion, though the hosts are using it here for comedic effect.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-0411-1353
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jordan Spieth threw his caddy under the bus by referring to his mistakes as 'we'

Spieth did kind of throw his caddy under the bus in his post-game press conference. ... So he kept saying we, which is kind of weird, right? Because you're a golfer, and you're the guy out there hitting the shots. He's like, we had a tough time on 12. We made some bad shots.

The interpretation of intent behind the pronoun 'we' is subjective.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-0411-1355
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 1996 Bulls would beat the 2016 Warriors because modern NBA rules don't allow defense

I got to take the bulls because when the bulls played, I don't know if you know this or not, but nowadays you're not allowed to play defense in the NBA. I've heard a lot of people say that recently and they've said it so much that I'm starting to agree with it.

Fantasy matchups between eras are inherently subjective and impossible to resolve.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-0411-1356
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 2016 Warriors would lose a land war in Russia

I got to take Russia, man. ... That's where empires go to die, baby. You cannot take West Russia in the winter. Napoleon knows it. Hitler knows it. ... So Russia's undefeated. I'm taking them.

As a satirical hypothetical, it cannot be factually proven, though historically Russia's defense against winter invasions is well-documented.
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Take Slip·Apr 11, 2016
#PMT-2016-0411-1359
Big CatBig Cat

Rick Reilly does not understand how the internet works

I don't think anyone has understood the internet less than Rick Reilly. He said, Willett's hug of his caddy on the couch in the butler cabin has got to be a vine, doesn't it? So I don't even know if Rick really understands what a vine is. I think he thinks a vine is a meme.

While subjective, Reilly's public social media record often supported the hosts' claims of him being out of touch with internet culture.
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#PMT-2016-0408-1380
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pimento cheese sandwiches taste like microwaved Dunkaroos

You could get the same effect from microwaved Dunkaroos for 30 minutes in your microwave and then making a ball out of it. That's what the pimento cheese sandwich tastes like.

This is a highly subjective and absurd culinary comparison.
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#PMT-2016-0408-1379
Big CatBig Cat

Golf is not a major sport

I don't care if someone shoots the wrong club or if I said the wrong terminology with golf. Golf is not a major sport. It's not one of the four major sports for a reason. If it were a major sport, everyone would watch it.

While golf is a major global sport, it is traditionally excluded from the 'Big Four' North American professional leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL).
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Take Slip·Apr 8, 2016
#PMT-2016-0408-1381
Eric KellyEric Kelly

Beating death in the ring is the same as beating Jesus

You mean to tell me the nigga lost the Kimbo Slice but beat Jesus? ... If you beat death, that's beating Jesus. Like, Jesus died for our sins, right? So, technically, anybody else that dies, it's because Jesus died, too. So, like, I say that puts you right above Jesus.

Theologically and factually absurd, but delivered as a bold sports take.
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Take Slip·Apr 8, 2016
#PMT-2016-0408-1383
Mr. PortnoyMr. Portnoy

Trump would be a great shot in a duel because he is good at everything

Don't say that about Trump. Trump is good at everything. And he has experience. He went to military school. ... Trump would be a good shot because he's good at everything.

This is a hypothetical claim about a person's general competence applied to a duel.
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#PMT-2016-0408-1384
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Liking bikini photos on Instagram proves Jim Harbaugh isn't a sociopath

The fact that he's going on Instagram and liking pictures of chicks in bikinis, that means maybe there's some hope for Harbaugh after all. ... Maybe he is human.

This is a psychological evaluation based on Instagram 'likes'.
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Take Slip·Apr 6, 2016
#PMT-2016-0406-18244
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Power ranking of sports figures: 1. Football Guy, 2. Hockey Lifer, 3. Baseball Man, 4. Basketball Mind

Football guy number one. We got to go hockey lifer number two because that guy's seen some shit. You have to cross the border 20 times a year. He knows all the smuggling tricks. Hockey lifer's number two. Baseball man, number three. And then basketball mind, number four in my book.

Inherently subjective ranking of show-defined archetypes.
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Take Slip·Apr 6, 2016
#PMT-2016-0406-18246
Adam MorrisonAdam Morrison

Rage Against the Machine's debut self-titled album is their best

I would go, to be honest, their first album might be the best, to be honest. You don't skip a song on that album. You don't. Yeah, absolutely true. You can just throw it on. It's a perfect workout music.

Subjective opinion on music quality.
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