PMTPMT DB

Takes

Win
#PMT-2019-0204-2431
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Winning Super Bowl 53 means Rob Gronkowski has three rings because of rounding rules

If Gronk had lost that Super Bowl, he'd still have one Super Bowl ring, but winning that Super Bowl means he has three... if you weigh 250 pounds, you can say, I'm pretty much 300 pounds... everybody would be like, yeah, you definitely look like you weigh 300 pounds.

OpinionFootballHotSarcastic
Gronkowski literally had 3 Super Bowl rings after this game (SB 49, 51, 53), though the math used to get there is fictional.
Void
#PMT-2018-1102-19357
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryson DeChambeau is an asshole for deciding to leave the flag pin in while putting

He has decided that this year he will be leaving the pin in when he putts... depending on the coefficient of the restitution of the pin. What an asshole.

The take is a subjective opinion on DeChambeau's personality/approach.
Open
#PMT-2018-0810-2186
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sex bots will be perfected before robot umpires or doctors

I think we're going – if history has taught us anything, it's that sex is always on the bleeding edge of technology. So after we perfect sex bots – Then we'll get around to making things like doctors, surgeons. Robot umps and robot baseball players.

Robot umpires are being tested in the minor leagues as of 2024, while high-end AI and robotics in other sectors are progressing at different rates. The 'perfection' of any of these is subjective.
Loss
#PMT-2017-0515-13629
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Triple-doubles are actually a sign of a bad team and poor role players

20 of the 23 NBA players who recorded a triple-double have been eliminated from the playoffs. [PFT]: So, turns out triple doubles are actually bad. Really bad... These guys are jacks of all trade, masters of none. You need role players on your team.

Hot TakeBasketballHotSarcastic
The stat was true at the time, but the conclusion that triple-doubles are 'bad' is satirical and logically flawed.
Void
#PMT-2016-1216-8439
Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods switched to Bridgestone golf balls so he can blame the equipment for his poor play

I like the choice by Tiger because you go off brand, you can always blame the balls... I thought these balls had the spin and distance and torque that I needed for my game. I was wrong. That's why I broke my back again and it had nothing to do with the steroids.

Satirical analysis of a brand deal, impossible to prove intent.
Win
#PMT-2016-1031-12624
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LSU will lose this week because Coach O cannot handle the extra time of a bye week

I think LSU's fucked this week. My sabermetrics is you can't give Coach O two weeks to do anything. Coach O has to have a game a week... You don't spend 14 days studying 2 plus 2 equals 4. That's too long to study that.

LSU lost to Alabama 10-0 on November 5, 2016, following their bye week.
Loss
#PMT-2016-1010-11122
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cubs will not win the World Series this year

Spoiler, the Cubs aren't going to win the World Series this year.

The Cubs won the 2016 World Series.
Loss
#PMT-2016-1007-16083
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The more high fives a basketball team gives, the better they are

Earl the Pearl says that they're going to start tracking players' high fives... Naturally, the more high fives you give, the better you are.

OpinionBasketballHotSarcastic
The Suns finished that season 24-58, third-worst in the NBA, proving that high fives do not correlate to winning.
Open
#PMT-2016-1005-4873
Big CatBig Cat

Urban Meyer buys fake Twitter followers

Jim Harbaugh and Urban Meyer, I guess, are buying fake followers. I would definitely think Urban Meyer is buying fake followers. Jim Harbaugh, someone in the Michigan office is doing that. Urban Meyer definitely – I mean like I said, he fakes other things.

The Reddit report did exist, but whether Meyer personally 'bought' them or they were just bot follows is unverified.
Win
#PMT-2016-0831-16201
HankHank

The Royals' praying mantis should be burned to kill their team's mojo

I'm just saying it'd be a real shame if someone snuck into their dugout and dropped a match in there and watched the, what's it, a terrarium? ... If you're trying to get rid of their mojo... That's a direct correlation.

The mantis died later in 2016, and the Royals failed to make the playoffs that year after winning the World Series in 2015.
Void
#PMT-2016-0615-16381
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ichiro's hits in Japan should not count toward his career total vs. Pete Rose

Sabermetrically speaking, do hits in Japan count the same as Major League Baseball hits? I would say no... Those hits don't count in the United States. Neither should Ichiro's.

Major League Baseball does not officially combine NPB and MLB stats for records, though Ichiro is widely celebrated for his 'professional' total.