Unpopular opinions that you hold

[DrewDevil]

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Darryl Strawberry is the greatest power hitting RF in mlb since the early eighties.

I'll listen to reasonable arguments against my opinion, but anyone who even suggests that Andre Dawson was a better player than Strawberry instantly loses all credibility with regards to discussing the sport.

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Um... are you discounting Sammy Sosa because he probably used roids, or have you just lost touch with reality?

[Mondogarage]

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Allen Iverson could have been better than Micheal Vick and Deon Sanders at their respective positions.



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I didn't notice this the first time around, but the phrasing of it is really funny. Sanders is a top 5 all time CB, while Vick might not have ever been top 10 in the league. I have no idea if it's true or not, but I bet AI could tackle better than Sanders [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Deion was not nearly a top 5 all time CB, for the reasons you state. He made, what...4 tackles in his career? LOL

Top 5 cover corner (perhaps top 3), but if you play defense, and you can't (or won't) tackle, then you don't get to be top 5 all time. Some of his rare tackle attempts were laughably embarassing.

It's like being a defensive end who can't play run defense. If all you can do is come in on 3rd down for pass penetration, by definition, you cannot be top 5 all time, because if you had any run defense ability at all, you'd play for more than 1/3 your team's defensive plays.

[Mondogarage]

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Darryl Strawberry is the greatest power hitting RF in mlb since the early eighties.

I'll listen to reasonable arguments against my opinion, but anyone who even suggests that Andre Dawson was a better player than Strawberry instantly loses all credibility with regards to discussing the sport.

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Um... are you discounting Sammy Sosa because he probably used roids, or have you just lost touch with reality?

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Sammy's career didn't start early enough for comparison...and, frankly, he was never a home run hitter prior to 'roids, and he couldn't take a walk if his life depended on it, and his defense was no better than mediocre.

However, I'm kinda stunned that Dale Murphy (more MVPs than Straw or Andre) and Larry Walker are not in the discussion, especially given the fact Straw only once played more than 63 games in a season after he was 29 years old, and has a lifetime batting average of .259.

I guess that's why your opinion would be unpopular, because the numbers just don't support it.

Some of his homers sure were majestic, though.

[DrewDevil]

I would certainly never vote for Sosa for the hall of fame, but he's 5th on the all time HR list! How can he not be seen as a better [ QUOTE ]
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1. I don't have a problem with the idea that his poor tackling takes him out of all time top 5, the thing is, he's the best coverage guy ever, so ... ?

2. I thought murphy was a CF. I don't remember him playing anything but CF for the braves..

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Men who say that they enjoy Anal Sex with Women are actually closet Homosexuals

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I think it's more the other way around. Men who think anal sex with women means you're gay are homophobic, probably because they doubt their own sexuality.

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I agree Blarg. It's a bit like when people say any guy who wears a pink shirt (dress shirt or golf shirt) must be gay. I say, hey man, if you aren't comfortable wearing a pink shirt, don't wear one... But, don't assume that other people are as insecure as you.

[Khaos4k]

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Men who say that they enjoy Anal Sex with Women are actually closet Homosexuals

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I think it's more the other way around. Men who think anal sex with women means you're gay are homophobic, probably because they doubt their own sexuality.

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I agree Blarg. It's a bit like when people say any guy who wears a pink shirt (dress shirt or golf shirt) must be gay. I say, hey man, if you aren't comfortable wearing a pink shirt, don't wear one... But, don't assume that other people are as insecure as you.

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No one thinks people who wear pink shirts are gay. They think they're douchebags.

[Autocratic]

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-- Reality shows suck and have nothing at all to do with reality.
-- Most people's speech has very little to do with what they believe
-- Morality is generally post-hoc; that is, we tend to do whatever we want to or can get away with very often if not predominately, and then work backwards to find some justification for it, no matter how lame or unlikely. "Morality" is by and large a cover story for doing what we want.
-- Steve Irwin was no hero and the sudden adulation of him is a sad thing.
-- We tend to choose the wrong heroes and role models
-- Someone's "worth" is not strictly a financial matter
-- Having more money doesn't make you more moral
-- Sports are not important and may even do more harm than good.
-- Men not only can be friends with women, but should be, and it will not emasculate them or turn them permanently into friends. Vice-versa for women.
-- Life is not all a matter of attitude. The world around someone really DOES count, and for a lot.
-- You can like both cats and dogs, and pretty much equally.
-- Men can be just as important parents as women.
-- Nobody's a hero, grows up, or suddenly gets wisdom just by having a baby.
-- No, women CANNOT have it all; they must make choices
-- There is no glass ceiling
-- The number of minority or female CEO's of major companies says next to nothing about whether those jobs are distributed fairly
-- Mysteriousness in a woman is not at all interesting
-- The West's culture is not always superior.
-- You can be a vegetarian and still be perfectly healthy.
-- The media in the U.S. is by and large just as slanted and useless as it is in other developed countries
-- There is no such thing as "the liberal media" and the term itself denotes a willful and obvious misunderstanding and disingenuous screwiness, on the one hand, or being retarded on the other
-- Racism does NOT mean race plus power, and nobody should grant anyone the right to define such terms without objection
-- The long term usually matters much more than the short term
-- Science is not a "faith" or "belief system" that is therefore no different than an actual faith or belief system
-- Unless we're talking about a real beating, spanking has very little negative long-term effect on children; it's mental cruelty in all its variations that can easily scar a kid for life
-- You don't have to be a Republican or a gun nut to believe the right to bear arms is an important one
-- You don't have to be a maniac, paranoid, or hick to think shooting pistols and rifles is pretty darn fun
-- Political issues should be decided on an individual basis without reference to a party line
-- The middle class, according to its traditional popular conception in America, is rapidly vanishing
-- One of the main goals of the Republican party is to rack up enough debt that social programs become impossible
-- The Democratic party is more interested in marshaling support among minorities and the poor than with doing anything for them
-- Ralph Nader is actually good for the future of the Democratic party

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While reading this to myself (in my head), without knowing it I read these two lines in a Southern accent.

[Ken_AA]

Didn't read the rest of the thread but I like the BCS (college football).

Ken

[DCJ311]

Got some more...

People who list Radiohead as their favorite band do not have the mental capacity to properly appreciate music.

Ralph Sampson (80's NBA player) would have been one of the greatest players of all time had he been able to stay healthy. Listed at 7'4" and had the frame and agility of a small forward. No player has ever had that type of frame and level of talent. Bad knees and excessive minutes did him in.

Red Dog beer is vastly superior to all other domestic macrobrews, and much cheaper.

Great paintings are mundane to the senses when compared to other forms of great refined art such as historic architecture or classical music.