We get a lot of e-mails here at Best Damn, so Bernie the Best Damn Blogger addresses a few of them here.
1. Who do you think would win in a fight Rob or John?
Matt A.
Let's see. Salley is 7 feet tall, Dibble has more of a brawler's mentality... I'd say they go 30 seconds then Rodney comes out of nowhere with a steel chair and knocks them both out.
2. How did you decide the order of the most outrageous moments?
G. Money
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It's funny how you'll be sitting in your living room with friends and arguing over why Jeffrey Maier's robbery had a bigger impact than Steve Bartman just because it's fun; then you come to work and are getting paid to do the same thing. It makes me wonder why everyone doesn't want to do this?!?
3. How does Scott Rolen make the All-Star team, AGAIN? I mean he is a great player, but other third basemen are having better years, this is just a popularity contest and the MLB should revoke the voting privileges from the fans.
Steve E.
Ummm Steve, have you been paying attention at all?? He made the All-Star team because he's batting .331 with 57 RBI and he's the best defensive third baseman in the NL, maybe in the league. And he's not there because of the fans. He's there because he was put on the team.
But you do bring up a good point. Now that the game "counts" and determines home-field advantage, the All-Star starters should be taken out of the fans hands. I wouldn't say totally out, but it should be similar to the NFL's policy: 1/3 fan, 1/3 player, 1/3 coach votes.
4. John Salley would win easily in a 40-yard dash between the four hosts. That was an easy question I don't even know why it was asked.
Tony
I'm not so sure that he would "easily" win. Actually, I'd say Rodney would win pretty easily. He's only a few years removed from playing in the NFL. Salley does have the long stride thing working for him though, so I think the race would be between those two. Although, don't sleep on Rose... it ain't like watching poetry in motion, but when he gets his legs moving, he can motor.
5. It's a shame that the Best Damn BadAss tournament was fixed. I've been voting all along, and it pisses me off that it gets this far and is rigged. There is no way that Mirko Cro Cop (Who?) could have killed Tyson like that if the voting wasn't fixed.
Mike
There have been a few grievances over the outcome of the BadAss tournament but I know for a fact that fan voting decided the winners and Cro Cop won fair and square. The MMA guys have an insane following that I had no idea about until I started looking around the Internet.
In all honesty I think Jim Brown should have won. Who's more BadAss than him? Which brings me to a quasi-related story...
| Arguably Jim Brown's best work in Mars Attacks |
Well, my friend Jeff went another route. Upon meeting the greatest athlete to ever come out of Syracuse and the most dominant running back in NFL history, Jeff goes up and says (without sarcasm): "Wow, Jim Brown... you were great in Mars Attacks!"
What was Jim's reaction? Surprisingly, he was pretty happy to hear that. I guess after decades of people talking sports to you, he wanted some compliments on his acting skills.
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