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More than ever in this country, we need moderation. We need to shout less and listen more.

We need an annual list of the most overrated and over-hated people in baseball, with a few extra-baseball mentions thrown in for trolling purposes.

Ready?

Dellin Betances: Over-hated

Jay Bruce: Overrated by the Mets, in what they gave up for him and what they’re asking for him

Starlin Castro: Overrated

Yoenis Cespedes:Over-transportated

Terry Collins: Over-humiliated from the mistakes that he instantly owned. Like this and this.

Bartolo Colon: He has attained a rare status in which it is impossible to overrate him. It might even be illegal in some states.

The Cubs: Over-waited, for sure

Travis d’Arnaud: Over-hated

Ian Desmond: Overrated

Lucas Duda: Over-hated, obviously. Everyone knows that.

Adam Eaton: Over-hated

Edwin Encarnacion: Over-hated. Or maybe he just overplayed his hand.

Theo Epstein: Overachieved, at age 42? How can he top this?

Jeurys Familia: I was prepared to describe him as over-hated following the NL wild-card game. Then Familia went and did something deserving of genuine scorn.

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Brett Gardner: Over-hated

“Ghostbusters”: The reboot was over-hated in concept and as a film, it was, well, not over-anything. Just disappointingly underwhelming.

Lucas Giolito: Overrated

Joe Girardi: Over-hated

Vladimir Guerrero: Overrated

Matt Harvey: He wrote this one for us: Under-urinated

Trevor Hoffman: Overrated

Aaron Judge: Over-hated

Joe Maddon: Over-grated for his October decisions. Yes, he made mistakes, and I have no problem with Chapman speaking out. But the Cubs won the World Series! Enough already.

Andrew Miller: He over-accommodated Terry Francona relative to most other relievers, making him a unique in-game weapon.

Daniel Murphy: Did he over-hate his late 2015 rise by not accepting the Mets’ qualifying offer last year? Think of how much he could have made this winter coming off his spectacular 2016.

Netflix: Overrated

Ivan Nova: Overrated

Rougned Odor: Over-agitated, much to our entertainment benefit

David Ortiz: Over-hated, as Rob Manfred explained

Polls: Overrated

A.J. Preller:Over-fabricated

David Price: Over-motivated to do well in October? I don’t know, yet the evidence mounts that something’s up with him in the playoffs.

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Addison Reed: Overrated. He’s gonna need some help during Familia’s suspension.

Alex Rodriguez: It’s just plain over, isn’t it?

Rich Rodriguez: Overrated

Rookie of the Year:Overrated.

David Ross: Over-serenaded. While he seems like a great guy, is he really worthy of a World Series shout-out from Eddie Vedder?

Bud Selig: Over-aided. Fifteen of 16 votes on his first Hall of Fame try, when so many worthy players can’t get in because of their association with illegal performance-enhancing drugs? I think Selig belongs in the Hall. But he couldn’t be asked to wait a little longer, given his multiple transgressions?

Mark Shapiro: Over-hated up in Canada. As the Blue Jays’ 2016 showed, he seems to know what he’s doing.

Buck Showalter: Over-Ubald-ated. How could one of the game’s best tacticians, ever, go with Ubaldo Jimenez over Zach Britton?

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John Stearns: Over-hated

Ichiro Suzuki: Overrated

Noah Syndergaard’s troubles with opposing runners: Over-hated

Mark Trumbo: Overrated

Justin Verlander: For sure, he is not over-Kated. More Upton tweets from Detroit, please! And I don’t mean Justin.

Larry Walker: Over-hated

Kanye West: Over-hated

Chief Wahoo:Over-contemplated. Just get rid of it already!

Wins: Overrated, still. Sigh.

This week’s Pop Quiz question came from Gary Mintz of South Huntington: In the originally filmed pilot episode for “Gilligan’s Island,” which didn’t air until 1992, Gillian listens to a radio that has been swallowed by a fish and cheers on a Yankees slugger during his at-bat. Name the slugger.

The answer is Roger Maris.

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