Most of these are new terms, things I've heard absorbed into announcers' vernacular the last few years, which drive me to distraction.....feel free to send in your own, and I'll be adding more as I remember them.....
1. Bigs (referring to big men in basketball)
2. Pick Six (Every hack announcer who lucked into a menial job for a cable network loves it)
3. Coach Them Up (Stupid, and what the hell does it mean??)
4. RBI (when referring to multiple RBIs...this is baseball, not English class douchebag)
5. 3-Metal instead of 3-Wood (Fuck off Johnny Miller)
6. 5-par, 4-par, 3-par...when referring to golf holes (Fuck off Johnny Miller)
Reader entries:
1. 'Tweener
2. The Show
3. RBIs (The opposite of my opinion, sorry Murph, your opinion is wrong)
4. Fair Pole
5. Walk-Off
6. Five-tool player
7. Upside
8. Multi-faceted
9. Wildcat offense
10. OTAs
11. Training Camp when describing college football (or Spring Training if you rep Ron Mexico)
12. Length (referring to basketball players)
13. Threw Him Under the Bus
14.Feel for the game
15. One day at a time
16. They don’t rebuild, they reload
17. Put the our best unit on the field
Have the nuts --
ReplyDeleteBe in a game where either because of disparity in skill level, or because of a handicap given, it would be very difficult to lose.
"Threw him under the bus".
ReplyDeleteGood call Benny.
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