Sports Pet Peeves

[ameslurker]

What are some of your pet peeves with sports, not just football? I would say as a fan but if you had any as a player feel free to add those as well.

-Watching baseball and having the pitcher try to pick off someone on first base three or four times in a row.

-A no-huddle offense running up to the line only to stop and look at the sidelines.

-The guy who stands up and tries to get the crowd into it on 3rd and short. Yes, I get it buddy, be loud. I already have been.


What you got?

 

[bringmagicback]

when a shot goes up and everyone just turns and runs the other way leaving a defender there to get an uncontested rebound. Happens constantly.

 

[Dandy]

Guys who yell "GET IN THE HOLE" when PGA players tee off on a par 5.

 

[Deanster]

Playing golf with someone that takes 5 minutes deciding what club to hit, then proceeding to chunk it 15 yards....

 

[Fitzy]

Soccer

 

[ccruzen]

Playing golf with someone that takes 5 minutes deciding what club to hit, then proceeding to chunk it 15 yards....

In the same vein I hate it when golfing with someone that takes 10 practice swings on each and every hit.

 

[heyguy85]

As a wrestling fan, when someone loses and they storm off the mat, angrily hitting, kicking, etc. Use that energy on the mat, this sideshow is doing nothing to make it any better.

 

[Wesley]

Air Ball!

 

[CloneinWDSM]

Playing golf with someone that takes 5 minutes deciding what club to hit, then proceeding to chunk it 15 yards....

In the same vein I hate it when golfing with someone that takes 10 practice swings on each and every hit.

YES! My friend takes so long to get lined up, take his 3 practice swings, and then hits the ball 10 yard. Repeat 18 times.


He probably shoots like 60ish at a course like Willow Creek and he asked me the other day to golf Honey Creek in Boone with him.

I don't have near the patience to deal with that.

 

[VeloClone]

Guys who have to flex and dance after making a big hit/tackle after giving up a 5+ yard gain. In the same vein, guys who continue to talk and taunt when down by 17.

 

[VeloClone]

As a wrestling fan, when someone loses and they storm off the mat, angrily hitting, kicking, etc. Use that energy on the mat, this sideshow is doing nothing to make it any better.

You could have saved space and simply typed "hawkeye wrestling".

 

[laminak]

As a player, meaning for fun or rec leagues, when you have a player or team take it WAY too seriously and nitpick on every very minor move of their teammate or infraction the other team does, especially when they absolve themselves of any issue. I'm a competitive player, however I at least recognize the level of play and which violations are major vs minor.

As a fan, I hate the following:
Football - prevent defense - seems my teams usually give up the scores and lose when they bring that out on the field.
Basketball - running down the clock (when the other team still has time) to not setup a play and chuck up a junk shot.
Baseball - the lefty vs righty matchups. I hate it when player A has been hot, gets yanked due to lefty vs righty, then brings in someone cold who does nothing. At least Homer took the game winning bean when Mr Burns did that to Strawberry.
Golf - the anal fans at home who contact the PGA to catch players in minor unknown infractions
Hockey - people who only watch the games for the fights

 

[GTO]

Guys who have to flex and dance after making a big hit/tackle after giving up a 5+ yard gain. In the same vein, guys who continue to talk and taunt when down by 17.

So, you mean Aaron White during our destruction of the Hoks last year?

 

[ISUME]

Playing golf with someone that takes 5 minutes deciding what club to hit, then proceeding to chunk it 15 yards....

When I'm playing in a preferred ball and ask someone what yardage they think they hit and they tell me the club they hit. This doesn't help me because we are not the same player!

 

[cycopath25]

LeBron whining and pouting EVERY GAME when he doesn't get a call that he thinks he should, or when the ref calls a foul on him.

 

[Deanster]

Fans at PGA events that wear their golf shoes!

 

[Erik4Cy]

Flopping. It's been bad at times in soccer, but the refs in the best leagues are doing a better job of not falling for it. I'd still like to see more cards given out to blatant flops (yes they can do that.) And flopping is progressively getting worse in the NBA. The NFL even has it's small amount of it. The only major sports I don't see it in really is NHL (these guys are just too BA for the most part) or MLB (not a game with much contact/need for flopping.)

 

[ameslurker]

There's also that guy in the stands who constantly tries to predict the playcalling for a team to show how wise he is and misses 9/10 times. Then when he finally gets one prediction right he proclaims he could run the team better because of how predictable the coach is.

 

[cycopath25]

Cubs fans who constantly say: "Wait til next year!"

 

[ISUME]

Cubs fans who constantly say: "Wait til next year!"

I'm a cubs fan and have never said wait until next year, but we are going to really good in 2017.