StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
For sports you watch, what are some annoying commentary you get every match by the main play by play commentator or sidekick analyst?
As background info for great telecasts, back in the 2000s, CBC had an employee strike so they telecast hockey games with zero commentary. Whomever they had still working just manned the cameras. It was awesome. It was like being there as all you heard was the crowd and players.
But here's some annoying shit you hear every match like these assholes cant come up with anything of substance.
"Player X is the best in the league at...."
The league has 500 players, how the hell can this player be the "hardest worker in the league" or "he's the fastest player", but then next game it's a different guy? Then a match another day has a different player being the best? "Nobody is better in the locker room than him!"
Baseball specific. 20/20 hindsight pitch analysis
A pitcher tosses a wicked breaking ball. Batter strikes out..... "What great pitch! Great ball placement"
The pitcher tosses the same pitch to another batter. Batter hits a home run..... "Well see Bob, the pitcher couldnt' get it in the location he wanted and the batter caught him. Looks like he wanted the breaking ball a few inches over, but he put it in the wrong spot and the batter hit it out of the park"
Hockey specific
"Nobody blocks more shots than him" (a defencemen). Well, I'm pretty sure in the league leader stats, there's only one player who has the most blocked shots. So how the hell can there be a revolving door of best stats with a different player every game?
As background info for great telecasts, back in the 2000s, CBC had an employee strike so they telecast hockey games with zero commentary. Whomever they had still working just manned the cameras. It was awesome. It was like being there as all you heard was the crowd and players.
But here's some annoying shit you hear every match like these assholes cant come up with anything of substance.
"Player X is the best in the league at...."
The league has 500 players, how the hell can this player be the "hardest worker in the league" or "he's the fastest player", but then next game it's a different guy? Then a match another day has a different player being the best? "Nobody is better in the locker room than him!"
Baseball specific. 20/20 hindsight pitch analysis
A pitcher tosses a wicked breaking ball. Batter strikes out..... "What great pitch! Great ball placement"
The pitcher tosses the same pitch to another batter. Batter hits a home run..... "Well see Bob, the pitcher couldnt' get it in the location he wanted and the batter caught him. Looks like he wanted the breaking ball a few inches over, but he put it in the wrong spot and the batter hit it out of the park"
Hockey specific
"Nobody blocks more shots than him" (a defencemen). Well, I'm pretty sure in the league leader stats, there's only one player who has the most blocked shots. So how the hell can there be a revolving door of best stats with a different player every game?
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