Sports Announcer Pet Peeves

[drewjustdrew]

Seems like this is the forum for this.

I hate when sports broadcasters adopt and overuse new phases and terminology. These are my examples from the last 3 years or so:

1. Walk off home run
2. Shut-down or lock-down corner
3. Gets it (maybe a local chicago thing, but meaning that the player/GM/whomever understands the correct whatever.
4. Hammer - this is a new one indicating a good blocking fullback. I expect this to be in heavy rotation by draft time.

Anyone else annoyed by this?

[wayabvpar]

mano a mano

Every dipshit in the industry uses this in place of man to man. It means HAND TO HAND, YOU DUMB BASTARDS!

Goddamn it annoys me.

[kerssens]

I hate when they don't say the higher score first.

[lapoker17]

Dierdorf.

[jstnrgrs]

I would prefer it if they would say the visiting score first. That way if they say the score is 21-17, you know who is winning (not the same as 17-21).

[youtalkfunny]

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I would prefer it if they would say the visiting score first. That way if they say the score is 21-17, you know who is winning (not the same as 17-21).

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That's how we did it in the sportsbook. "Packer game's a final: 17 on top, 21."

Back to the topic:

--Waiting for the result of the play before criticizing the decision. Like waiting to see if the 4th down conversion fails before saying, "They should've kicked the FG." If that's your opinion, say it BEFORE they botch 4th down.

--When an announcer says "The quarterback needs to SENSE that pressure." Well, I've got news for you: his eyes are looking downfield, but the rest of his body senses that pressure EVERY PLAY, not the just the times he's sacked. And if he COULD "sense" the pressure, what would you like him to do: protect the football and take the sack, or risk an interception by throwing to a covered receiver?

--Thiessman out-did himself this week when he suggested that Seattle, in the red zone with under a minute left, needing a TD to tie, should consider "not scoring too soon." Are you KIDDING me??? Did he think he was a watching a basketball game, where you score just about every time you have the ball???

--"The Duke led the American League in Saves, Strikeouts per Inning, and Hit Batsmen. This guy once threw at his own kid at a Father-Son game."

[ThaSaltCracka]

any time sports is referred to as a "war".

[jakethebake]

Most recently it's been the references to Ryan Sandberg.

[Shajen]

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Seems like this is the forum for this.

I hate when sports broadcasters adopt and overuse new phases and terminology. These are my examples from the last 3 years or so:

1. Walk off home run
2. Shut-down or lock-down corner
3. Gets it (maybe a local chicago thing, but meaning that the player/GM/whomever understands the correct whatever.
4. Hammer - this is a new one indicating a good blocking fullback. I expect this to be in heavy rotation by draft time.

Anyone else annoyed by this?

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My all time favorite is "we have to play one game at a time".

Well no [censored]. What, are you gonna have two teams line up against you? STFU.

Another goodie was mentioned by TSC. War > sports

Finally: we gave 110%. This by definition is imposssible.

[Paluka]

The thing I hate the most about sportscasters is that the worst ones are the ones that work for the major networks. The Cubs and Braves have had much better broadcasters than ESPN, FOX, NBC, ABC, and CBS for as long as I can remember.
I also really can't stand Joe Morgan.