OT: Sports terms you can't stand/are tired of.

[krinklecut]

“Walk off”. I could swear it used to be reserved for the first batter in a tie game in bottom of the 9th or extra innings. Now, it’s used for every extra inning game when a guy gets a hit driving the winning run home.

Confused by this. Walk-off means the play allowed the team to walk off the field, ending the game. If a hit drives in the winning run to end the game, it's a walk-off.

 

[Devland]

“Zone defense”; that’s an oxymoron.

“OBE” and “NBE”. It’s BEast.

A player or coach you’d like if he was on your team or hate if he was on another team. JC on any other team is still a JC.

Yeah, technically the "OBE" is called the "American".

 

[8893]

That kinda goes with pants.

Depends.

 

[8893]

“Going forward,” as in the half dozen thread titles we have now about expectations, confidence or what we’d like to see “going forward.”

Totally unnecessary. No one has expectations going backwards.

It reminds me of the joke when someone says “Look at this picture of me when I was younger.” Um, every picture is when you were younger.

 

[Madmannsucks]

The worst ever....."This is a key play", when it's 4th and 10 with 43 seconds in a 2 point game. REALLY?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

The worst ever....."This is a key play", when it's 4th and 10 with 43 seconds in a 2 point game. REALLY?

There’s a meme of Booger McFarland going around right with super obvious captions “if he makes this field goal they will have 3 more points than they do now”

 

[DefCONNOne]

Three come to mind immediately...

"Walk-off" - When it's being used in a sport other than baseball (I'm looking at you hockey, basketball and football), then the phrase needs to be killed and buried. Never to be used again.

"Unanswered" - Unless the game is over the number of points (or runs) scored is consecutive. It's only unanswered when the game is over.

Those two are annoying, but the winner for most insipid phrase ever is "New York Football Giants".

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

“Physical” play in basketball when the player gets away with a foul

 

[AdamaNation]

Culture

 

[Scoe]

Patience and the future, me its just terms to settle for mediocrity.

 

[David 76]

Those two are annoying, but the winner for most insipid phrase ever is "New York Football Giants".

As opposed to the New York Baseball Giants

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Onions

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Onions

 

[ColchVEGAS]

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I know it took a lot of onions to throw it in the conversation.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Onions

FOHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Yardigan]

"Coming into his own"

 

[AdamaNation]

Oh yeah here are a few I’m done with
Diaper dandies
He’s a high riser
Duke
Unc
Cuse
Aac
Mark Emmert

 

[Yardigan]

Oh yeah here are a few I’m done with
Diaper dandies
He’s a high riser
Duke
Unc
Cuse
Aac
Mark Emmert

transfer portal

 

[Chinokafor]

"Scholly"
"Natty"
Any reference to a favorite team as "we" or "us." You are not on the team.
ESPN

 

[Cuse Socks]

"Super utility man"- utility man is just fine
"Play action"- just say fake handoff

 

[Get a Job]

"Scholly"
"Natty"
Any reference to a favorite team as "we" or "us." You are not on the team.
ESPN

I think the "we/us" criticism is one of the most overplayed tropes in sports. Sports is nothing if not tribal. By buying tickets, cheering the team on, spreading the hype (when there is any), etc., we are in fact part of the entity that is <insert team name here>.

I think a lot of people parrot the criticism because they think it makes them seem smarter than or somehow otherwise above other fans.

 

[DefCONNOne]

As opposed to the New York Baseball Giants

If this was 1955, then sure.

 

[DefCONNOne]

I got another one....."my (insert team here)"