6 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

It’s done all the time in other forums on this board and has been for years (on the old board).  Maybe you just come to the Blog.  But you’re wrong.  

If I'm wrong then fine.....no big deal. 😄

But wouldn't it be easier to rate them on 1-10 scale then people can see who you rate higher and who you prefer?

You said yourself how many times do I have to explain?  Must be I'm not the only one who didnt get your system.

Either way, no biggie.

6 minutes ago, hputenis said:

Whoa.  I admittedly don't watch him at all, but to sign a contract like that with a statistic like this sounds like a crazy deal.  He must have never missed an assignment or a tackle in his young career.  

It's a pretty big overpay. Baker is good but not top dollar good. His 0 interceptions would be understandable if he is a Jamal Adams type player who only has 2 career int's, but Baker is more of a Tyrann Mathieu safety. It was smart to lock him up now though because you have Adams, Derwin James, Justin Simmons and Minkah Fitzpatrick all getting new deals soon. Baker will probably be outside of the top 5 in salary in a year or two.

25 minutes ago, Desertbirds said:

Surprising - left-handers are usually singled out for opprobrium.

When I was in first grade, my teacher would slap my hand with a ruler and try to,get me to write with my left hand.  She told us use the left hand was a sign of children of the devil.  The world discriminates against left handedness. In Some Arabian, Indian and African cultures consider eating with the left hand taboo because that hand is associated with hygiene. 

That said, my son and I are much more able to use our right hands than most right handed folks can use their left hand.  

2 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I said I shouldn’t have to explain.  You should get out more.  You’re not missing much.  

You're right.

You do your rating system however you want.  I still think it's confusing.

18 minutes ago, greend said:

We don't want this to turn into a religious discussion I know, but as a child I was forced to learn to write with my right hand (I'm naturally left handed but now I can do a lot of stuff with either hand.) I had a teacher that I guess thought the same way you do. I don't ever remember reading anything Biblical to back that up though, unless we're talking about people sitting on people's right hand as a sign of high esteem. 

Hey now, I have nothing against left-handers. My mother was left-handed. My cat is left-handed (pawed).

Discrimination against left-handers is long-standing. The word, "sinister”, comes from the Latin word meaning left.

Ladies and Gentleman, I present to you, the D-bag who thinks he can luck himself into a Home Run against major league pitching

 

Just now, Desertbirds said:

Hey now, I have nothing against left-handers. My mother was left-handed. My cat is left-handed (pawed).

Discrimination against left-handers is long-standing. The word, "sinister”, comes from the Latin word meaning left.

I did not know that. Thanks  😁

Just now, BigEFly said:

When I was in first grade, my teacher would slap my hand with a ruler and try to,get me to write with my left hand.  She told us use the left hand was a sign of children of the devil.  The world discriminates against left handedness. In Some Arabian, Indian and African cultures consider eating with the left hand taboo because that hand is associated with hygiene. 

That said, my son and I are much more able to use our right hands than most right handed folks can use their left hand.  

Thats messed up. My wife is left handed and my son still doesnt have a designated hand for writing. He switches in the middle of writing. Weve asked his teachers about it and they say most kids have a designated writing  hand by first grade and the teachers dont force it hes in 2nd now so well see what happens maybe hes ambidextrous???

Either way the world is mechanically designed for right handed people maybe has something to do with the right hand of god mantra and the left being the devil and all that stuff...

But studies have shown that those who are left handed tend to have higher IQs as a result of figuring out how to navigate a right handed world.

 

15 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

You’re hate, because the Mailman couldn’t deliver, is tainting whatever common sense you might have.  

I was a Rockets fan when the Mailman was playing.  I hated him as a player because of the way he threw his elbows out as a weapon.  There is a line you don’t cross and that is deliberately trying to injure.  I thought Malone crossed that line.  

8 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

When I was in first grade, my teacher would slap my hand with a ruler and try to,get me to write with my left hand.  She told us use the left hand was a sign of children of the devil.  The world discriminates against left handedness. In Some Arabian, Indian and African cultures consider eating with the left hand taboo because that hand is associated with hygiene. 

That said, my son and I are much more able to use our right hands than most right handed folks can use their left hand.  

Similar to me

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Is that ESP?   Seriously?  

Yes, with a batting stance of a 5 year old jumping back from a pitch of a radio host

11 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Gambling. No. Everyone knows that.  Extra Marital affairs.  By an NBA player!?!?  Holy Ish. Stop the presses.  Cocaine dealers.  10 years since that opinion piece, that you based your whole claim that Jordan is a bad human on, and no other a mention of that claim since?  Yeah.  I’ll dispute it.  

 

 

Correction:  Jordan is and always had been a habitual gambler.  Gambling gets you in contact with some bad characters.  So yeah.  By those standard Jordan must be a Bad Human for being a gambler.  

Its ok you can justify jordan all you want.

Ill stick with the guy who hasnt cheated on his wife been suspended from the league didnt get his dad killed over gambling debts nor associates with cocaine dealers.

 

You do you though😒

7 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

When I was in first grade, my teacher would slap my hand with a ruler and try to,get me to write with my left hand.  She told us use the left hand was a sign of children of the devil.  The world discriminates against left handedness. In Some Arabian, Indian and African cultures consider eating with the left hand taboo because that hand is associated with hygiene. 

That said, my son and I are much more able to use our right hands than most right handed folks can use their left hand.  

I'm left handed but never had the experience of getting hit by a teacher and told to use my right hand.  I am able to a number of things OK with my right hand.  

3 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Thats messed up. My wife is left handed and my son still doesnt have a designated hand for writing. He switches in the middle of writing. Weve asked his teachers about it and they say most kids have a designated writing  hand by first grade and the teachers dont force it hes in 2nd now so well see what happens maybe hes ambidextrous???

Either way the world is mechanically designed for right handed people maybe has something to do with the right hand of god mantra and the left being the devil and all that stuff...

But studies have shown that those who are left handed tend to have higher IQs as a result of figuring out how to navigate a right handed world.

 

There is a more parsimonious explanation - genetics. Left-handers make up roughly 25% of the population. 

4 minutes ago, Utebird said:

But studies have shown that those who are left handed tend to have higher IQs as a result of figuring out how to navigate a right handed world.

 

Interesting.  Haven’t seen those studies but I was frequently in the room with people in the higher end of their professions and was at times surprised at the disproportionate level of left handed people in a room.  I just thought it was a fluke.  

Just now, Utebird said:

Its ok you can justify jordan all you want.

Ill stick with the guy who hasnt cheated on his wife been suspended from the league didnt get his dad killed over gambling debts nor associates with cocaine dealers.

 

You do you though😒

His dad wasn't killed over gambling debts.  That's just a horseshit rumor.  His dad was murdered in a robbery because he was parked in a Lexus in a poor and not safe area.  

2 minutes ago, Desertbirds said:

There is a more parsimonious explanation - genetics. Left-handers make up roughly 25% of the population. 

I dont know what parsimonious means, ill ask my wife shes a lefty😉

Having said that has left handed ness always been about 25% of the population or was it higher and it was beaten out of kids at a young age so that genetic propensity was changed by environment over time?

5 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Its ok you can justify jordan all you want.

Ill stick with the guy who hasnt cheated on his wife been suspended from the league didnt get his dad killed over gambling debts nor associates with cocaine dealers.

 

You do you though😒

Now do Karl Malone. 

I always though Karl Malone looked a lot like Elvis

1 minute ago, greend said:

I always though Karl Malone looked a lot like Elvis

The guy is/was one of the biggest dirt bags out there. 

1 minute ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

The guy is/was one of the biggest dirt bags out there. 

Elvis?

3 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Interesting.  Haven’t seen those studies but I was frequently in the room with people in the higher end of their professions and was at times surprised at the disproportionate level of left handed people in a room.  I just thought it was a fluke.  

Could be a fluke, and i tend to lean towards it not being. Even looking at sports seems the lefties are usually a bit more cerebral then the righties for the same reason, the sport they play whether it is football basketball baseball was designed for right handers.

Why is one side of the field the weak side and one the strong?

 

9 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Its ok you can justify jordan all you want.

Ill stick with the guy who hasnt cheated on his wife been suspended from the league didnt get his dad killed over gambling debts nor associates with cocaine dealers.

 

You do you though😒

Come on.....MJ might be a A-hole but why would the NBA suspend its biggest player, biggest attraction?  I dont believe all those except the cheating on his wife which is possible.

Just now, Utebird said:

Could be a fluke, and i tend to lean towards it not being. Even looking at sports seems the lefties are usually a bit more cerebral then the righties for the same reason, the sport they play whether it is football basketball baseball was designed for right handers.

Why is one side of the field the weak side and one the strong?

 

I'll give you a hint, it has nothing to do with left or right

5 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Now do Karl Malone. 

No thanks im married😉

1 minute ago, 315Eagles said:

Come on.....MJ might be a A-hole but why would the NBA suspend its biggest player, biggest attraction?  I dont believe all those except the cheating on his wife which is possible.

Why would he retire? Why would he said hell be back if david stern would let him?