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#PMT-2025-0721-4389
ShaneShane

The Chargers need a playoff win for this season to be a success

We need a playoff win. You need a playoff win. We need one bad but last year we had like the easiest schedule in the league and this year it's pretty difficult.

The Chargers' postseason performance is pending.
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#PMT-2020-0320-8096
Big CatBig Cat

Chris Sale's Tommy John surgery timing is actually good for the Red Sox

I feel like it's a good thing because the MLB season probably never going to happen. So he's going to be able to basically get a free year. He's going to get all the rest and recovery he needs.

Sale missed the entire 2020 season, but he only returned for 9 games in 2021. The 'recovery' time didn't lead to a healthy return as implied.
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#PMT-2019-0812-11724
Big CatBig Cat

Tim Tebow should retire from all sports

Tim Tebow is out for the year and he should probably just retire from all sports... It's over. PFT, it's over. I've firmly been in the Tim Tebow is not a baseball player. This is all a gimmick in a carnival act. And he should probably just stick to doing TV.

Tebow retired from professional baseball in February 2021 after another injury-stunted attempt.
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#PMT-2019-0522-8656
Big CatBig Cat

Bartolo Colon is not a Hall of Famer despite his longevity and wins

Bartolo Colon is one of those guys that we should make a special rule where he should get to start one game for every single team for an entire season. ... Not a Hall of Famer, but a very good, memorable pitcher. He has more families than home runs. Four-time All-Star and a Cy Young in 2005. That's pretty damn good. Good job for you, Bartolo.

Colon's PED suspension and overall ERA (4.12) make him an unlikely Hall of Famer despite his 247 wins.
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#PMT-2018-1031-8708
Big CatBig Cat

You have to bet on the Steelers when Ben Roethlisberger thinks he is injured

This actually, if you are a betting man, and we are, you have to take the Steelers this weekend. Because an injured Big Ben, or even a Big Ben who thinks he's injured... always is dangerous.

The Steelers beat the Ravens 23-16 on November 4, 2018. Roethlisberger threw for 270 yards and 2 TDs while playing with a broken finger on his non-throwing hand.
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#PMT-2018-0314-17672
Big CatBig Cat

The Warriors' greatness allows them to openly disrespect the rest of the league

I love any team that reaches that level of greatness where they can blatantly just spit in your face and say, you're not going to beat us... We get drunk. We can skip games. We skip practices. This is all just a formality for us because when it comes to the playoffs, we're going to kick your ass.

The Warriors won the 2018 NBA Championship, confirming it was indeed just a 'formality' for them.
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#PMT-2017-1011-3724
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sam Bradford is officially 'injured' because wear and tear on a knee is a significant injury

I'm going to say this is actually injured. Like, wear and tear is, that's significant. That's a full injury.

Bradford only played two games in 2017 and his knee issues effectively ended his tenure as a reliable starter.
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#PMT-2017-0918-18070
Big CatBig Cat

Sam Bradford is the first player who isn't 'injured', he is just always hurt

He's [Bradford] not injured. He he's just, injured all the time. He's just always hurt. Yeah, so then you come home after a day of darting and you're like, I'm not drunk. I'm fine... That's what Sam Bradford's knee is. It's the new normal.

Bradford's career was essentially ended by chronic knee issues shortly after this, reinforcing the 'always hurt' label.
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#PMT-2017-0512-7486
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If you get injured outside of your sport, you should have to play that other sport until you get a sports-related injury

I've always said that if you get injured in a manner outside of the sport that you play, you should be forced to continue playing the sport until you develop a sports-related injury. So this guy, [Tyson Barrie], he got hurt wrestling... keep skating out there until it devolves into a massive hockey injury.

This is a satirical proposal for a rule change.
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#PMT-2017-0227-12954
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Being tired is a more hardcore injury than a broken bone for a 32-year-old

As someone who's 32 years old, being tired, I would rather have a broken bone than be tired. Being tired is the most hardcore injury that I have these days.

Subjective personal preference regarding health and aging.
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#PMT-2016-1209-1344
Big CatBig Cat

Winning a game with the Browns would be the biggest moment of RG3's career

If he won the last game of the season and the Browns were winless going into it, that is the biggest moment in RG3's career.

The Browns did win a game (Week 16 vs Chargers), though RG3 left that game with a concussion and didn't finish. Most would still rank his Rookie of the Year season or Heisman as bigger moments.
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#PMT-2016-1202-1269
Big CatBig Cat

Rob Gronkowski is the best player in the NFL

I honestly think he's the best player in the NFL.

Gronk's peak dominance makes this a valid but highly debated opinion in the 2016 landscape.
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#PMT-2016-0615-16380
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pregnancy is not an injury for a man; it is just being 'hurt'

I'm going to say that pregnancy is not an injury. A man's wife being pregnant is not an injury to the guy. It's a hurt to the guy... Pregnancy is technically a sexually transmitted disease. I think we all remember that from middle school health class.

This is a satirical bit; medically, pregnancy is not a disease or an injury for the husband.
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#PMT-2016-0523-7033
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dying as a champion racehorse is better than living as an old-timer in a pasture

I would say that that's more of a hurt [than an injury] because if you die a legend like that after winning a race, your legacy lives on longer than anybody else... You don't remember him as some old-timer getting jerked off in a pasture somewhere.

This is a philosophical, satirical opinion about horse legacy.
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#PMT-2016-0504-9645
Big CatBig Cat

Pablo Sandoval is 'hurt' because he's fat, not 'injured'

I'd say he's hurt. I wouldn't say he's injured. I think his whole body is... he's just so out of shape. He's like, 'ow, I slept on it funny, I'm out for the rest of the season.' That's a fat guy thing. You start making up injuries in your brain.

Sandoval actually required surgery for a labrum tear, which usually qualifies as an 'injury' rather than just being 'hurt'.
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#PMT-2016-0427-14780
Big CatBig Cat

Russell Westbrook is an All-Star, not a NBA Superstar

Westbrook? All-star. I agree with [Mark] Cuban. Not a superstar. My criteria for superstar is a superstar has at least like 10 million Chinese people wearing their shoes.

While subjective, Westbrook went on to win the NBA MVP the very next season (2016-17) and averaged a triple-double for several seasons, making the 'not a superstar' claim look very wrong in retrospect.
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#PMT-2016-0427-14782
Big CatBig Cat

Carmelo Anthony is a bum

Carmelo? He's a bum. ... He's a bum on the Knicks. And he wears bum hats.

This is a subjective and hyperbolic sports take.
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#PMT-2016-0427-14785
Big CatBig Cat

Jimmy Butler is a bad leader and a bum

Jimmy Butler is an all-star, but he's also – he's got a couple bum qualities in him that have pissed me off. ... He's an all-star who thinks he's a superstar, which then makes that part of his brain bum-like. ... He is the leader of the Bulls now, yes, but he's a bad leader. ... All right, fine. He's a bum star.

Butler eventually led the Heat to two Finals appearances, widely disproving the 'bad leader' and 'bum' labels, though his exit from Chicago was messy.
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#PMT-2016-0318-2742
Big CatBig Cat

Adam LaRoche's retirement over his son being in the clubhouse was just 'hurt feelings'

Adam LaRoche quit because his feelings were hurt. He got his feelings hurt... your feelings are hurt because the White Sox basically said, hey, Adam, you're a 14 year old best friend. You can't bring him around anymore.

The dispute was indeed about personal preference and team policy, not a physical injury.
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#PMT-2016-0304-856
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Derrick Rose is in a permanent state of being so hurt that he's actually injured

With Derrick Rose. I, I say he is injured by a thousand hertz. Like he's gotten hurt so many times that it's all like just one big injury for him right now at this point. His body is just in a permanent state of being so hurt that it's injured... His mind, body and soul.

While hyperbolically stated, Rose's career was indeed defined by a cycle of nagging and major injuries.