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Dove said:
For me its when baseball announcers say "He just took a hit away from Gomez!!"

Uh, no. Gomez got out.
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As a Pirates fan, I can't agree with that one. The difference between having rangeless Jordy Mercer and Neil Walker up the middle vs any other combo the Bucs have fielded means Gomez would have had a lot of hits vs Bucs in 2014-15, vs not so many now. Unless you were also wanting the announcer to say, "Neil Walker just gave a hit to Gomez!"

As long as were on sports TV... Viagra/ED ads and whatever the hell Frank Thomas is selling. I'm not an organized religion guy, but IMO, if you can't get it up, that's God telling you he doesn't want you spreading your genes anymore. And I believe that most of these ads appear during games proves that point. You don't see those ads on NatGeo or BBC America.
 
When I’m watching an NBA game and the commentators wet their pants every time a team mounts a comeback (every game).

“The lead was high as high as 22 now it’s down to 5!!!!!”

Basically every NBA game the last few years a team builds an 18+ point lead and then gives it all back. We can stop pretending it’s unusual.
 
Chin Diesel said:
So, my in-laws are wrapping up a week long stay at my home. Good news is everyone is still speaking and no major hiccups.

But,,,,,,,,,,they don't follow sports very closely. They live in Phoenix.

Here are some comments from over the weekend.

1. While watching Cleveland vs. Detroit yesterday. TV scoreboards shows CLE and DET. My father in law says, "I know the orange team is Clemson, but who are they playing?"
2. While watching Cowboys vs. Giants, my mother in law came up with the following. "Who was the quarterback for the Cowboys when Emmitt played there? Is he still around?" I calmly answered he was the announcer for the game and no longer an active NFL player.

I won't ding them for not knowing where to find basic information from the game such as time, score, quarter, down and distance, etc since each network finds a unique way to shove as much info in to a 2"x2" box on the tv.
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I remember watching the Knicks in the NBA finals back in the day with my dad's British friend. The guy kept talking about how much he loved Lleyton Spruell (Latrell Sprewell) and his glorious dunk shots.
 
Mano said:
You’re not wrong, most games are DVRed (thank goodness they all fall asleep around 9), but still some games you just have to watch live.
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To that end, I don't know what I get annoyed at more, 1) Hearing about a play (good or bad) or the final score of a game I've DVR'ed and have not yet finished, or 2) when watching my team losing on a recorded playback, I can't alter their fortunes via karmic intervention. The game already happened.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
So, my in-laws are wrapping up a week long stay at my home. Good news is everyone is still speaking and no major hiccups.

But,,,,,,,,,,they don't follow sports very closely. They live in Phoenix.

Here are some comments from over the weekend.

1. While watching Cleveland vs. Detroit yesterday. TV scoreboards shows CLE and DET. My father in law says, "I know the orange team is Clemson, but who are they playing?"
2. While watching Cowboys vs. Giants, my mother in law came up with the following. "Who was the quarterback for the Cowboys when Emmitt played there? Is he still around?" I calmly answered he was the announcer for the game and no longer an active NFL player.

I won't ding them for not knowing where to find basic information from the game such as time, score, quarter, down and distance, etc since each network finds a unique way to shove as much info in to a 2"x2" box on the tv.
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I can see why they were confused....Cleveland played Tennessee.
 
Dove said:
For me its when baseball announcers say "He just took a hit away from Gomez!!"

Uh, no. Gomez got out.
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Who is the baseball announcer that says things that are painfully obvious? Kind of like Joe Madden but for baseball, is it Buck or McCarver?

That is annoying.
 
May be in the minority here, but I hate when Romo tells me what’s going to happen 10 seconds before the ball snaps.

Some pre/& post read analysis is fine. I want to watch it happen though Tony. I’d listen on radio if I didnt
 
ShakyTheMohel said:
I can see why they were confused....Cleveland played Tennessee.
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Yep. That's what I get posting from memory. Detroit played Arizona. And since they're from Phoenix they had vague awareness of an NFL team playing there. I was explaining the peculiarity of Murray starting and how he won the Heisman but was considered short for the NFL. I started getting looks when I said "Heisman" and realized I went outside their knowledge bank. So, I switched subjects.
 
MDHuskFan said:
May be in the minority here, but I hate when Romo tells me what’s going to happen 10 seconds before the ball snaps.

Some pre/& post read analysis is fine. I want to watch it happen though Tony. I’d listen on radio if I didnt
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I guess what is annoying is us non-casual fans know the announcers get to watch practice and have sit downs with coaches during game week. So, the announcers have an idea of what plays they may run and how they game plan for the opponent.

I'll give Romo kudos for paying attention to those sit downs and recognizing game situations related to the game plan. Plenty of analysts would fail that link. But it's not like he has this brain that inherently knows every situation for every game. He's a bit like the straight A student who does homework every night and can answer all the teachers questions relating to the homework.
 
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Husky25 said:
To that end, I don't know what I get annoyed at more, 1) Hearing about a play (good or bad) or the final score of a game I've DVR'ed and have not yet finished, or 2) when watching my team losing on a recorded playback, I can't alter their fortunes via karmic intervention. The game already happened.
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1) I keep my Boneyardin strictly to the Cesspool on gamedays and group text my friends not to spoil it for me. Usually works out, although sometimes they’ll save me from a 30 point blowout to USF or something (man these last few years have sucked!)
2) I’ve convinced myself my karma and superstitions can travel back in time. I get so antsy in close games tho, I’ll start fast forwarding through free throws and other slow points.
 
-Parents who make their kid concentrate on one sport rather then letting them grow and play multiple sports.

-Officials who stop the game for review, such as the targeting rule and ejecting the player ok I get you wanna stress safety but its football your not gonna get a perfect form tackle 8 out of 10 times going at full speed in pads, in basketball officials who have to stop a game and review pushing and shoving for a good 5-10 minutes and go over and over the tape like their detectives investigating a crime.
 
When every dead play moment at live sporting events has to be filled with pumped-in ear-splitting music courtesy of the venue: pre-game, halftime, timeouts, between innings, between pitches. Fifteen second stoppage of play? Blare some noise from the speakers! Is this supposed to get the fans revved up? CLUNK.

And if any of this music started coming out of my car radio, I'd hit the station change button before you could blink.
 
Excalibur said:
Maddening, especially now that they are at an age where they are emphasizing possession and spacing. I do my best to keep quiet on the sidelines. I'll let my kid know if he has the ball nearby that there's nobody pressuring him, but that's about it.
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I got an earful from a friend after we set our chairs down near midfield, & then "the" loudmouth plopped his down right next to us. I got up and went down by the corner flag and stayed there the whole game. My friend: "Why ' did you leave me alone with him?!!!" Me: "I didn't want to burst my heart from high blood pressure."
 
Scoe said:
-Parents who make their kid concentrate on one sport rather then letting them grow and play multiple sports.
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I know a few that have basically said "I only like/played 'x' so my kid is playing 'x'", but most of the time it's not the parents driving this. It's the leagues themselves, with Soccer, Baseball, and Swimming leading the way in pushing specialization from the womb.
 
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Excalibur said:
Guys who take slow pitch softball way too seriously.
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Guys who take the LL father/son game way too seriously.
 
People who whistle when an opponent is about to take a free throw. Drives me nuts.
 
Excalibur said:
Guys who take slow pitch softball way too seriously.
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Had a dude in the league I used to play in try and distract the hitters whenever he was pitching. He’d casually ask the umpire for the count or something and then quick pitch in the middle of his question. He’d wave his glove around like a psycho as he was mid pitch. Stuff like that. So hardo I actually had to respect it.
 
UCDaveD said:
Had a dude in the league I used to play in try and distract the hitters whenever he was pitching. He’d casually ask the umpire for the count or something and then quick pitch in the middle of his question. He’d wave his glove around like a psycho as he was mid pitch. Stuff like that. So hardo I actually had to respect it.
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I had turned an ankle and was catching in a playoff game. This idiot could have scored standing up from second but decided to slow down a bit, measure me up, and absolutely level me as the throw came in from left field. I answered with a right cross, and all hell broke loose . . .
 
UCDaveD said:
Had a dude in the league I used to play in try and distract the hitters whenever he was pitching. He’d casually ask the umpire for the count or something and then quick pitch in the middle of his question. He’d wave his glove around like a psycho as he was mid pitch. Stuff like that. So hardo I actually had to respect it.
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*Insert 151 posts following this explaining how it's not proper etiquette*
 
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Softball was annoying to me period.

I could hit .350/.400 in the Greater Hartford Twilight League and others against good hard ball pitching but batted about .400 in softball because I couldn't change my swing after 20 years of hard ball. Of course when I retired from baseball the big time softball teams said we want him so I played for an A team immediately traveled the state, batted 10th (lol) and played a mean SS (did love playing defense in softball I admit that) but realized there were all kinds of guys who weren't any good at hard ball as I grew up and they were hitting .750 or more and torching the fences. Realized after one year I hated softball the guys on the team I played with sad it will get better wanted me to stay but I felt like Ed Brinkmann or Mark Belanger from the old MLB days .180 hitters who could field LOL. :eek:

When I took golf a little more serious!
 
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mauconnfan said:
Softball was annoying to me period.

I could hit .350/.400 in the Greater Hartford Twilight League and others against good hard ball pitching but batted about .400 in softball because I couldn't change my swing after 20 years of hard ball. Of course when I retired from baseball the big time softball teams said we want him so I played for an A team immediately traveled the state, batted 10th (lol) and played a mean SS (did love playing defense in softball I admit that) but realized there were all kinds of guys who weren't any good at hard ball as I grew up and they were hitting .750 or more and torching the fences. Realized after one year I hated softball the guys on the team I played with sad it will get better wanted me to stay but I felt like Ed Brinkmann or Mark Belanger from the old MLB days .180 bitters who could field LOL. :eek:

When I took golf a little more serious!
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I thought I’d be one of those guys who played in the old man baseball leagues forever.

But after playing in college I just couldn’t go back to playing for nothing and it not being a truly senior thing. And softball is even worse.
 
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