(Adding nothing, but I think the Jim Edmonds catch was the best catch of all time, don't @ me)

Underrated, Overrated, Properly Rated
#121
Posted 30 August 2018 - 11:35 AM
#122
Posted 30 August 2018 - 11:39 AM
TV drama edition:
U: Treme, Rome
O: Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones
P: The Wire, Deadwood
Note that I'm not saying that the overrated shows are bad as I actually think they're very good to great, but I don't think they should be in the best ever conversation.
U: Playmakers, Oz, Spartacus
O: Sons of Anarchy, Walking Dead
P: Scrubs, Weeds
#123
Posted 30 August 2018 - 02:14 PM
Underrated: Lexington Market
Overrated: R House
Properly Rated: Mt Vernon Marketplace
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#124
Posted 30 August 2018 - 03:33 PM
Underrated: Lexington Market
Overrated: R House
Properly Rated: Mt Vernon Marketplace
R House. I’m all for supporting local businesses. But I’m not paying $17 for a burger and some fries that aren’t gonna fill me up and don’t really taste all that great.
Big fan of Mt. Vernon Marketplace though. Shrimp salad sandwich at Local Oyster is pretty money.
#125
Posted 30 August 2018 - 03:47 PM
Underrated: Lexington Market
Overrated: R House
Properly Rated: Mt Vernon Marketplace
Agreed
#126
Posted 30 August 2018 - 04:44 PM
U: Iron Rooster
O: Miss Shirley’s
P: Double T
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
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#128
Posted 30 August 2018 - 06:53 PM
#129
Posted 30 August 2018 - 07:08 PM
This is what happens when the associate editor threatens to fight you lol.
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There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
#130
Posted 30 August 2018 - 07:12 PM
This is what happens when the associate editor threatens to fight you lol.
Just me being a hater.
IMS does excellent work though, and Ermann is a great guy.
#131
Posted 30 August 2018 - 08:41 PM
#132
Posted 01 September 2018 - 10:37 AM
Underrated: Franklin Roosevelt
Overrated: Theodore Roosevelt
Properly Rated: Abraham Lincoln
Underrated: Spanish-American War
Overrated: War of 1812
Properly Rated: Mexican-American War
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#133
Posted 05 September 2018 - 10:39 AM
O: Black Album
P: Master of Puppets
#134
Posted 05 September 2018 - 10:50 AM
Underrated: Franklin Roosevelt
Overrated: Theodore Roosevelt
Properly Rated: Abraham Lincoln
Underrated: Spanish-American War
Overrated: War of 1812
Properly Rated: Mexican-American War
FDR underrated, isn't he generally considered one of the top 5 presidents of all time? I haven't gotten to a bio on him yet so maybe he doesn't get enough credit.
In regards to Teddy, I've read one of the 3 bios on him by Morris covering everything up to the time he becomes President. I'm slogging through a Wilson bio now but I may go back to Rex next which covers his presidency.
Lincoln as either 1 or 2 is obviously properly rated. I do find it interesting that one of the best presidents ever is preceded and followed by two of the worst.
#135
Posted 05 September 2018 - 02:27 PM
U: A
O: T
P: TNA
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#136
Posted 05 September 2018 - 08:03 PM
FDR underrated, isn't he generally considered one of the top 5 presidents of all time? I haven't gotten to a bio on him yet so maybe he doesn't get enough credit.
In regards to Teddy, I've read one of the 3 bios on him by Morris covering everything up to the time he becomes President. I'm slogging through a Wilson bio now but I may go back to Rex next which covers his presidency.
Lincoln as either 1 or 2 is obviously properly rated. I do find it interesting that one of the best presidents ever is preceded and followed by two of the worst.
I've been consuming a lot of historical content recently that has often featured, at least as a supporting role, the idea that a society going through economic problems and having a large number of able young men unemployed is a very bad idea for societal stability. You can see in in Germany in the 1920s, and in Russia in the 1900s, and in France multiple times between the 1780s and 1870s, and going back to first-century-BC Rome; you can even see more local versions like in Boston in the 1760s and 70s.
So I've been thinking about the New Deal, and how a lot of the programs from the TVA to the CCC and beyond were designed to combat that effect in the US. I actually could to one of these just on Roosevelt himself:
Underrated: Roosevelt working to prevent unrest though steady employment during the Depression
Overrated: The idea that Roosevelt's economic policies actually ended the Depression
Properly Rated: Roosevelt's leadership during the Second World War
As for Teddy, the more I think about him, the less it seems to me he actually DID as President compared to his reputation. He did good and important things, and especially up to his time the bar to get over was more track hurdle than pole vault, but I think he had a lot of luck and an eye for publicity more than anything.
#137
Posted 06 September 2018 - 09:39 AM
O: Luck
P: Rodgers
#138
Posted 06 September 2018 - 10:05 AM
U: Rivers
O: Luck
P: Rodgers
Depends which Luck is on the field.
But even though I think a healthy Luck will give a below average Colts team a chance each week; I'd agree with this UOP.
#139
Posted 06 September 2018 - 10:29 AM
Underrated: Autumn
Overrated: Summmer
Properlyrated: Spring
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#140
Posted 06 September 2018 - 10:44 AM
Underrated: Autumn
Overrated: Summmer
Properlyrated: Spring
THIS
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
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