Semantics

[dollarbill44]

One of the color analysts this weekend said, "You don't want to wake up the bear and poke the lion."

 

[OrangeXtreme]

SPURTABILITY

 

[MSOrange]

I’ll also add - “golf shot”.

As in, “that’s a fine golf shot!”

Well, duh!!
(s)he is playing golf, on a golf course, and hit a golf ball with a golf club.
You don’t need to specify the type of sport that shot was.

And a minor pet peeve - golfers calling a course a “track”.

Oh, did you ever play XYZ course?
Yeah, that’s a great track.

Oh really?
I don’t see a track anywhere.
No horses or humans running.
No railroad.

I was gong to add the golf one drives me bonkers! Yeah we know what sport we're watching... My dad can't understand why it drives me so crazy

 

[Scooch]

Every injury now being referred to as just the body part.

"He's dealing with an ankle".

Announcers have added too many words for some things and removed too many for other things.

 

[dollarbill44]

SPURTABILITY

Isn't that the title of Peter North's biography?

 

[sweetpea]

I’ll also add - “golf shot”.

As in, “that’s a fine golf shot!”

Well, duh!!
(s)he is playing golf, on a golf course, and hit a golf ball with a golf club.
You don’t need to specify the type of sport that shot was.

And a minor pet peeve - golfers calling a course a “track”.

Oh, did you ever play XYZ course?
Yeah, that’s a great track.

Oh really?
I don’t see a track anywhere.
No horses or humans running.
No railroad.

Just me, I'm not a fan of flag stick when you can just call it the pin. Always gets a laugh with the guys when I ask them to get the flag stick for me.

 

[orange79]

And proud of it, whippersnapper.

 

[dollarbill44]

Every injury now being referred to as just the body part.

"He's dealing with an ankle".

Announcers have added too many words for some things and removed too many for other things.

I love it when they do that - "She's in the locker room with an ankle"
Meanwhile, I'm sitting on my couch thinking that it makes sense that having only one ankle would make it hard to play, but being more concerned about the quality of life of the athlete from here on out.

 

[JarHeadJim]

And proud of you, whippersnapper.

 

[Bulldog04]

I’ll also add - “golf shot”.

As in, “that’s a fine golf shot!”

Well, duh!!
(s)he is playing golf, on a golf course, and hit a golf ball with a golf club.
You don’t need to specify the type of sport that shot was.

And a minor pet peeve - golfers calling a course a “track”.

Oh, did you ever play XYZ course?
Yeah, that’s a great track.

Oh really?
I don’t see a track anywhere.
No horses or humans running.
No railroad.

“Have a good game” for people that don’t know golf. Oh lord it gives me an automatic neck ache and attitude problem lol

 

[donniesyracuse]

“Have a good game” for people that don’t know golf. Oh lord it gives me an automatic neck ache and attitude problem lol

I hate when people “golf” instead of “play golf.”

 

[HyattsCuse]

I hate when people “golf” instead of “play golf.”

It’s a valid intransitive verb. It’s in the dictionary

 

[M2MPrinciples]

I like Fran Fraschilla most of the time, but can't stand when he goes into coach mode and says things like "we call that a ______" or "that's what us coaches call ______." Because:

A: No one else calls it that.
B: You aren't a coach.
C: You haven't been one for 25 years.
D: You were fired after two seasons from the only high-major job you had.
E: You won one (1) NCAA Tournament game, and it was 30+ years ago.

 

[dasher]

I hate when the guy shoots a terrible shot and it goes in off the back board and the guy has to scream the bank is open. I'm sure it was funny the very first time it was said. Now, I just hate it.

 

[upperdeck]

Just me, I'm not a fan of flag stick when you can just call it the pin. Always gets a laugh with the guys when I ask them to get the flag stick for me.

Lots of courses call it a track. Its how you get around courses . Long before carts and cart paths and people walked abd carried bags, and you had to follow the track to find the next hole.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

If Statler and Waldorf threw a party, it would be this thread.

 

[cuse62]

Who wants it more or you got to want it, drives me nuts.

 

[Lame-0]

Just me, I'm not a fan of flag stick when you can just call it the pin. Always gets a laugh with the guys when I ask them to get the flag stick for me.

If you read the rules of golf it is never referred to as a pin, always as a flagstick

 

[Lame-0]

"Getting downhill" every time someone drives always cracks me up. I've never seen a basketball court with hills, either up or down.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I’ll also add - “golf shot”.

As in, “that’s a fine golf shot!”

Well, duh!!
(s)he is playing golf, on a golf course, and hit a golf ball with a golf club.
You don’t need to specify the type of sport that shot was.

And a minor pet peeve - golfers calling a course a “track”.

Oh, did you ever play XYZ course?
Yeah, that’s a great track.

Oh really?
I don’t see a track anywhere.
No horses or humans running.
No railroad.

Isn’t it tract, as in tract of land? (Or at least supposed to be.)
None sports:
it’s card sharp, not card shark.
You hold your cards close to the vest, not close to the chest.
He’s done a complete 360. That means he’s headed in the same direction. It’s 180 degrees.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

"Getting downhill" every someone drives always cracks me up. I've never seen a basketball court with hills, either up or down.

You never played in my driveway

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Just stupid announcer terms.

I hate "scoring the basketball".

I really hate "three-ball". Don't know why - I just do.

I wonder (reading this post), if:
When “the Rock” was a favored basketball, they used to say score the rock. Were there TM concerns, or did it just morph?

 

[Lame-0]

I wonder (reading this post), if:
When “the Rock” was a favored basketball, they used to say score the rock. Were there TM concerns, or did it just morph?

The ball was named after vernacular that had been in use for years, not the other way around

 

[bigmike]

How about “running behind his pads” in football. Not sure how you would run in front of them.

 

[longtimefan]

Just stupid announcer terms.

I hate "scoring the basketball".

I really hate "three-ball". Don't know why - I just do.

You need a very sharp tool to carve those ridges.