Stupid and/or annoying statements in sports

[BYH]

Hey look everyone! Simon ****ting on another thread!

Go ahead. Dredge up some of my old threads. It worked so well for you last time. Go ahead! You can do it!

And do it at 7 am, when most of us are sleeping. Except you, because the rage you harbor over your miserable existence smolders inside you all ****ing day long.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Hey look everyone! Simon ****ting on another thread!

 

[Tom Petty]

Hey look everyone! Simon ****ting on another thread!

Go ahead. Dredge up some of my old threads. It worked so well for you last time. Go ahead! You can do it!

And do it at 7 am, when most of us are sleeping. Except you, because the rage you harbor over your miserable existence smolders inside you all ****ing day long.

that was one of my favorite things an SportsJournalists.commer has ever "said."

 

[D-Backs Hack]

"That Jarvis, I'll tell ya, he's a football player."

I hear this from coaches all the time.

Yep, the pads and helmet are a dead giveaway.

 

[hockeybeat]

No, this isn't a crap on ESPN thread.

Grand slam home run is another phrase that annoys me.

 

[alleyallen]

"He's one of the best players in the game today."

Overused so much maybe we ought to instead use, "He's NOT one of the best players in the game today."

And from ESPN's Top 10....
"Number 9, number 9."
Yeah, we got it. You're hip to Yoko and Lennon. Move on.

Also, "He's going to have to shake that one off." Don't know why, particularly, but this one bugs me.

 

[rallen13]

How about "Grand Salami" (Courtesy Milo Hamilton) to go with the Grand Slam Home Run knock?

And what about those who STILL copy Bob Ucker's "juuuust a little bit outside?"

And I really can't stand these college, HS, and Little league PA announcers who announce the batter, say who is on deck and then add that stupid "So-and-So 'In the Hole."" I have never seem anyone standing in a hole on a baseball field. (Except for the batters who dig in so deep that have to dodge the erupting oil gushers.)

 

[RedCanuck]

I don't know if this is just the announcers on Rogers Sportsnet in Canada, or whether there is another origin for this, but when, say, Bryan Smolinski scores... "a goal for the Smolinskian one."

They keep turning names into adjectives, and often use that form above. It drives me insane.

 

[Huggy]

I don't know if this is just the announcers on Rogers Sportsnet in Canada, or whether there is another origin for this, but when, say, Bryan Smolinski scores... "a goal for the Smolinskian one."

They keep turning names into adjectives, and often use that form above. It drives me insane.

Sportsnet guys are the absolute worst.

 

[Webster]

The coach "took a good timeout". Has anyone ever taken a bad one? (no need to paste any Chris Webber photos)

A receiver "runs precise routes". Just say that he's white

 

[You're With Me Leather]

"Dribble-drive"
Show me someone who drives without dribbling and I'll show you a travel. Chick Hearn loved to say "dribble-drive" and every half-ass broadcaster who ever heard him say it has since taken ownership of it.

In golf..."course management."
"Smith's game has really matured and you can really notice that with his course management."
Oh, OK. So he's more adept at keeping the caddies in line and making sure the fairways get watered?

 

[HandsomeHarley]

"Ba-bee!"

"Grand slam home run" (what, as opposed to a grand slam triple?)

"Kiss that one goodbye .... yes!!"

Anyone writing or calling it a mound in softball (it's a pitching circle)

"Yankees win"

AP Alert: Barry Bonds __________

I actually got into an argument with one of our old-timers about "grand slam home run." He insisted you had to use the term that way and I insisted grand slam was good enough. Although in softball I once hit a grand slam double ...

how did you do that?

I'm guessing he passed the runner in front of him just past second base.

Batter out, credited with a double and three RBI.

 

[Huggy]

Some idiot on TSN this morning described Nick Markakis's homer against the Jays last night as heading to "Yank It City, population: ball".

What the ****?

 

[Overrated]

Anytime an athletic event is referred to as a "battle."

Where are the land mines and battle axes?

 

[Sunshine Scooter]

"Toe the rubber."