OT: Most Annoying Modern Day Media Cliches, Trite Phrases Etc.
Last week I was grinding my hands at a stop light listing to SportsRadio (pick one) and the "clown with the Mike" stated. "I really don't like Wings chances winning 4 of 5." upon the Wings return for game three. Seven Game series are so limited on their analysis, so whether or not the Wings can make it or not is yet to be seen. Through 12 months of sports I cant get through the sporting calendar without hearing "Tackling In Space" or "Walk Off Homer."
Whether it is "Boo Ya" or whatever I would like your input on what terms and phrases need to be eliminated for the goodness of all sporting mankind.
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"I'll Hang Up and Listen"
"quick twitch"
Winner winner, chicken dinner
"Score the ball"
and
"Troy Woolfork"
"Game changer."
Amen to that. Anytime ESPN figures out that a word is trendy, they use it more than I can describe. "sickkkkk" or "nastyyyy" come to mind right away. Not to mention their little quips and wannabe comedian humor.
"Well John, they're going to have to score more points than them to win this one."
Not a media cliche... But womans basketball seriously needs to go
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There once was a time when "walk off" was never used. Instead, it was some variation of "game winning." The phrase annoys me as well.
There's a difference though. A "walk-off HR" implies that it was in the 9th (or post-9th) inning and that the home team hit a HR allowing them to immediately end the game and the defense "walks off" with a loss. A "game-winning HR" can come in any inning as it is just the HR that wins the game for the team. If a team has a solo HR in the 1st inning and wins 1-0, the game-winning HR is not a walk-off HR.
EDIT: beaten to the punch below
ESPN doesnt differntiate between the two though; It could be in the 6th inning and blah blah hits a walk off. No he hit a home f*cking run that is all he did.
I liked its predecessor ("game-winning homer") better.
And players rarely walk around the bases on a walk off.
It's called "walk-off" because the defense "walks off" the field as losers, as opposed to the majority of ballgames where the winner is on defense last.
Although the concept of a game-ending home run is as old as baseball, the adjective "walk-off" only attained widespread use in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The first known usage of the word in print appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on April 21, 1988, Section D, Page 1.Chronicle writer Lowell Cohn wrote an article headlined "What the Eck?" about Oakland reliever Dennis Eckersley's unusual way of speaking: "For a translation, I go in search of Eckersley. I also want to know why he calls short home runs 'street pieces,' and home runs that come in the last at-bat of a game 'walkoff pieces'. . . ." Although the term originally was coined with a negative connotation, in reference to the pitcher (who must leave the field with his head hung in shame), it has come to acquire a more celebratory connotation, for the batter who circles the bases with pride with the adulation of the home crowd.
Except you can have a game winning homer in the first inning, they are different thingsOnly if you're talking about that silly "Game-winning RBI" stat they used to have. No one ever really called home runs before the 9th inning "game-winners."
Underrated: the walk-off ground rule double.
Just kidding. I was miffed to find out that Torii Hunter (he's on my fantasy team) only got credit for one RBI for his bases loaded, walk-off, ground-rule double. For a walk-off dinger, you get all four RBIs.
I'm okay with walk-off homer, because if the guy walks around the bases after a home run it's okay. On the other hand A SINGLE CANNOT BE A WALK-OFF BECAUSE IF THE FUCKER WALKS TO FIRST BASE HE WILL BE THROWN OUT FROM THE OUTFIELD.
Boom goes the dynamite
oh my bad, I thought we were talking about what we wanted to hear more of
Boom goes the dynamite
oh my bad, I thought we were talking about what we wanted to hear more of
I also would not mind a little more "boom goes the dynamite".
Picture this: Denard takes the snap, he surveys the field, his wide receievers are covered... he tucks the ball... and boom goes the dynamite.
Saying "buck" to refer to one minute on the clock. ("There's a buck twenty-two left in the game.")
Also, saying things like "They need to play aggressive" when it should be "They need to play aggressively." (The 97.1 hosts constantly do this.) Adverbs are different from adjectives.
Closer to home, "MANBALL," "Derp," and cat images.
I don't think I was around when "derp" got going.
I still don't understand it beyond the fact that it is somehow bad.
From Urban Dictionary:
1. | derp | 3758 up, 337 down |
A simple, undefined reply when an ignorant comment or action is made. Brought to life in the South Park series, when Mr. Derp made a guest apperance at South Park Elementary as the chef for a day, followed by hitting himself in the head with a hammer and exclaiming "Derp!"
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Though I'm still not sure I get it.
The first time I recall seeing it was in a UFR to describe a number of defensive players who made poor reads and were out of position. I suppose it's a fairly flexible term used to describe someone who has fucked up somehow.
People using Meme Generator to make disturbingly specific images for message board consumption.
That's just not very nice.
Don't even get me started on people who mimic the usernames of other users.
Well played.
actually use our real names.
I bet his name is BlueDragon Jones.
The worst: "We're getting back to playing MICHIGAN FOOTBALL." There is a reason we refer to dinosaurs in the past tense.
The 1-3-1...
By far the worst two words put together by any sportscaster in history... "the Butterfly". Even though the season has been over for over a month, I can still hear that schmuck Tim Doyle saying it. Although it is painful to see Darius leave early, at least the silver lining is that "the Butterfly" goes with him.
Pluralizing everything REALLY gets under my skin. I absolutely HATE when people talk about how they have to learn to win against "the Miamis, Chicagos, and Bostons," or playing "the Lebrons, Dwayne Wades, Dwight Howards, and Kobes." You're not beating "the Miamis" - you're beating MIAMI. You're not playing the Kobes - you're playing KOBE. Whoever first pluralized sports teams/players needs to die in a fire (no, not really; it just really really annoys me).
I think you'll find a good deal of agreement on this among the MGoBlogs of the world.
It's not a cliche, per se, but I hate when reporters interview someone and finish their question with, "talk about that." I could do that. How about asking a probing question? Instead, they just lazily say, "talk about that."
For example, "Kobe, your lakers were just swept from the playoffs. Talk about that."
In my opinion, it just shows the reporter has not done their homework and they are just giving the star an opportunity to talk about whatever they want. Then why do we need the reporter there? OK, MGoBoard, talk about my post.
Kobe's aviators dominate.
Also, I prefer charcoal to propane.
"Dirk, your team just swept the Lakers from the playoffs. How do you feel about that?"