'Eight Stupidest Things Sports Fans Love to Say'

That's why you prefer dolphins.

 

It irks me when people say the losing team played better and "deserved to win."

Bull. The team that scores more deserves to win -- that's the whole reason to have a scoring system.

 

Anyone, fan, player, coach who talks about "not getting the breaks."

 

What, are you defending the honor of the fans by pointing out some media foibles?

Or are you just being an a-hole?

 

You always hear a catcher or coach say they could tell a pitcher had "great stuff" while warming up so they weren't suprised he pitched a great game. I've never heard anyone say - "Well, we knew we were in for a long night before he took the mound cuz he didn't have shit out there..."

 

Overheard from press row at a women's college basketball game:

"Hey, ref, watch 30, shes's a hooker!"

(muffled laughter and a few dirty looks)

"Well, you know what I meant!"

 

Actually, I've heard more than one pitcher who got shelled admit he had nothing in bullpen warmups.

 

Kerry Wood said he felt like he had absolutely nothing when warming up on May 6, 1998.

 

Glad we finally got that settled.

 

The ultimate one for me is the announcer who says, "well at least he's consistent" or "all you want is consistency" when an umpire continues to call a pitch that's two or three inches out of the strike zone a strike.

An umpire who consistently misses such pitches strikes is a bad balls-and-strikes umpire. Period.

You wouldn't say someone who consistently misses free throws is a good free-throw shooter, would you?