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RealityChuck Aug 21 2019 04:26 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 21 2019 05:09 PM

Fivethirtyeight.com had deemed the Mets MLB's most average team this year. Of course, this is a bit silly from the start. The team was bad until July and very good in July and August, so the two parts of the season counteract each other. Other Mets listed as average are Dom Smith and and J.D. Davis.

Edgy MD Aug 21 2019 04:36 PM Re: Average

I think sometimes 538.com can be stretched for subjects. On the other hand, once at SPIN, thumbing noses at "overrated" and "underrated," we published a list of "THE MOST CORRECTLY RATED BANDS."

TransMonk Aug 22 2019 07:53 AM Re: Average

Edgy MD wrote: On the other hand, once at SPIN, thumbing noses at "overrated" and "underrated," we published a list of "THE MOST CORRECTLY RATED BANDS." This one?: https://www.spin.com/2004/12/give-me-centrism-or-give-me-death/ I can get down with this list...except for New Radicals (overrated).

nymr83 Aug 22 2019 08:21 AM Re: Average

Edgy MD wrote: On the other hand, once at SPIN, thumbing noses at "overrated" and "underrated," we published a list of "THE MOST CORRECTLY RATED BANDS." This one?: https://www.spin.com/2004/12/give-me-centrism-or-give-me-death/ I can get down with this list...except for New Radicals (overrated). Well, Edgy admits it was a throwaway article and you only get what you give...

seawolf17 Aug 22 2019 08:57 AM Re: Average

=RealityChuck post_id=19485 time=1566426411 user_id=82]The team was bad until July and very good in July and August, so the two parts of the season counteract each other.

I mean, this sounds about right. Hence, average. It's sort of a goofy metric, but I guess I get it.

Edgy MD Aug 22 2019 12:36 PM Re: Average

That article was a sequel to the one we published when I was on staff. I thought that, outside of The Beatles, The New Radicals were the band that I could mostly support being on that list. I mean, just about everybody who has ever thought about it would agree that "You Get What You Give" is the greatest Todd Rundgren power pop masterpiece that's not actually by Todd Rundgren, and all would also agree that the band is otherwise inconsequential and forgettable. It's HARD to find that sort of consensus.