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Post by The Kevstaaa on Sept 1, 2016 22:38:41 GMT -5
Too much stoppage in the final few minutes of an NBA game. Not only do we get a ton of timeouts, but all of the play reviews and nonsense make the final two minutes of a game move slower than baseball.
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Post by Clover Star on Sept 3, 2016 6:58:54 GMT -5
Does Lewis Hamilton count as a pet peeve? Yeah, I think he's a prick.
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Post by Reflecto on Sept 8, 2016 1:10:15 GMT -5
Sometimes the idea of the championship of a mainstream league in the United States being called a "world" championship gets to me, especially when most of the teams are from the US with a handful of Canadian teams being thrown for variety's sake. I get this point of view, it's how I felt as a kid, but getting older made me realize that the United States based leagues really are the top level of sports, hence the moniker world champions. And Hockey gets bonus points for being humble, the winning team declared only Stanley Cup Champions. Ya, MLS doesnt declare a world champion either, but thats not humility, its just realistic. This is America, we know the rest of the world has the top talent in the sport and even then, we on a national level could care less if we did. Equal version of this on the opposing side: When fans of non-US leagues have problems of the US leagues calling it the World Championship, but don't see the other side. Keep in mind for that as well- the original US league that called itself the world championship in MLB DID have the World Championship title start after the World Series came to pass (when the rival National League and American League agreed to put their champions against each other). The same happened with American football (where the rival NFL and AFL put their champs against each other). If there is a part of the "world championship= US championship" thing, there'd also be something like "Wait...why ISN'T the Japanese League champions or the champions of European basketball challenging the MLB Champs/the NBA champs to a game, anyway?" factor.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Sept 8, 2016 1:54:28 GMT -5
Sports calls that are nothing but stating useless stats.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Sept 8, 2016 3:15:21 GMT -5
Martin Tyler: "AND IT'S LIVE!!!" Really? I thought it was recorded last week.
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Post by ICBM on Sept 8, 2016 7:48:46 GMT -5
Fantasy sports taking over tv time. I dont play, probably will never play. Constant mentions of fantasy just cheese me off
Preseason hype. It doesn't matter. It just doesn't. Yet media and fans point to preseason predictions constantly
NFL preseason at all. Why do we do this? Why?
Fans. Put a Mic in front of a normally rational human being and ask them about Bama, the Yankees, the Patriots etc, and suddenly the collective IQ of the entirety of the fan base is reduced by 75%
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Post by Push R Truth on Sept 8, 2016 10:21:35 GMT -5
Buying into hype during the NFL Preseason. (Dak Prescott being this year's magical being)
Listen, the 0-16 Detroit Lions went UNDEFEATED in the preseason that same year. If that doesn't show that preseason means jack diddly shit in terms of "feeling out a team", then I have a Prince in Nigeria you might want to email.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 17:15:46 GMT -5
Fans. Put a Mic in front of a normally rational human being and ask them about Bama, the Yankees, the Patriots etc, and suddenly the collective IQ of the entirety of the fan base is reduced by 75% Put 'em on the phone after a loss, it's even worse. FIRE EVERYBODY! HIRE THIS GUY (who has a job managing a much better team). TRADE ALL 8 OF OUR SHITTY PLAYERS FOR ALL-STARS! Put the phone down, have a beer. Or take a nap. Whatever shuts you up.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Sept 19, 2016 1:40:18 GMT -5
Radio Sponsors during radio calls. I know sports coverage of top sports can be quite expensive. But radio being an audio medium don't have the luxury of putting corporate logos all over the screen (something else I don't like).
So radio has to get their sponsors in the most cringeworthy ways. So you hear calls like this:
"Johnny Pancakes kicks a beautiful goal... and that's a 'Murky Pirkey's Salami' Goal of the day [sponsor jingle plays]"
"He's having a shocker out there, according to the 'Harry The Bastard's Appliance Rentals' Stats he is not having a good day."
'Yes he is in trouble looking at the 'Gummy Goose Marshmallows' Replay Screen, yeah he'll get weeks for that hit'.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Sept 21, 2016 16:44:26 GMT -5
I HATE homer announcers with a passion.
"We scored a touchdown!"
"What a horrible call against us!"
Screaming like someone just cured cancer just because they hit a home run or something
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Post by metylerca on Sept 21, 2016 18:35:17 GMT -5
Joe Buck
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Post by RI Richmark on Oct 8, 2016 21:46:27 GMT -5
Whenever a team is slumping or playing poorly there will always be someone calling sports radio saying something like "They don't want it enough. They have no heart!" Really? All you have to do to win is want it? Because I'm pretty sure I'm not beating LeBron James one on one no matter how badly I "want it". It's just bulls**t fans say when they can't figure out what's wrong with the team.
And speaking of sports radio, another pet peeve of mine are celebrity callers. Not actual celebrities mind you. No these a-holes become famous (and I use the term loosely) by spewing nonsense on the radio. They usually have a lame schtick (they hate the local teams, brag about themselves, make outrageous statments, etc.) that they always perform. Once you hear they're on the line you can usually guess what they're going to say before they say it and they rile up fans so much you wonder if they're calling the station or is the station calling them. Either way I'm sick of the attention given to these idiots.
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Post by Clutchhausen on Oct 9, 2016 4:22:29 GMT -5
Draymond Green.
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Post by Clutchhausen on Oct 9, 2016 4:25:34 GMT -5
Managers in baseball wearing the uniform. It's so stupid when you put it into comparison with other sports: Can you imagine Bill Belicheck and Andy Reid in Football Uniforms and pads? Greg Popovich in shorts and a tank while he paces the bench? On second thought I think all other sports should do what baseball does with coaches and uniforms. I now want to see Pop in a Spurs uniform.
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