OTish: Your sports fan pet peeves?
Was thinking about this topic listening to the radio yesterday. This applies to all sports and sports fans.
my no.1 is up and down guy. The guy in your row (usually at pro sports where alcohol is served) that gets up and down a minimum of 10 times a game to go refill and take a leak. Cannot stand it.
DISCUSS
February 12th, 2015 at 1:55 PM ^
What about "Homer" announcers. Speilman's pretty bad at Michigan games.
The worst offender ever was Tommy Heinsohn. I couldn't stand him on Pistons/Celtics games back int he 80's.
February 12th, 2015 at 7:57 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
The idiots who call into sports talk radio and propose trades that are ridiculously one-sided in favor of the team they support.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
trading Brian Hoyer for Tom Brady sounded like a reasonable deal.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
Lindsey Hunter and Bison Dele for Kevin Garnett or Mathieu Dandenault and Larry Murphy for Ray Bourque. When they got rejected, it was always followed by "what if we throw in a first round pick"...
February 12th, 2015 at 6:13 PM ^
A corollary is Wants-to-trade-five-of-our-crappy-guys-because-they-all-add-up-to-your-one-good-guy Guy.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:06 PM ^
Some stadiums reduce the impact of the constant getting up by only allowing fans to re-enter their row between innings (in baseball) or during TV timeouts (football). None of the Detroit stadiums have that rule though.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 4:42 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 1:38 PM ^
I like the idea of stopping people from being self-absorbed assholes, but giving more authority to my big pet peeve, the usher drunk on his own power, sounds like a potential nightmare.
If I'm at a AAA baseball game or have shitty seats at a concert you don't need to check my ticket stub every time I take a leak. Hate that guy/gal.
February 12th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
From what I understand, at stadiums with this policy, the ushers simply don't allow fans to go up or down the aisles at all while play is going on. It's not so much about checking their tickets.
February 12th, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^
Ushers are supposed to hold fans at the entrance to the section until play stops. Been that way in every NHL rink I've been to.
It's more of a hassle in places like Detroit, which must have the worst Jumbotron screens of any pro arena in any sport.
February 12th, 2015 at 6:45 PM ^
Back in the day, the ushers didn't stop people at JLA. Fans KNEW to wait for the whistle. Times have changed a bit I suppose.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:07 PM ^
Is grown men that wear jerseys. You look terrible in nearly every jersey, and the only exceptio is a hockey sweater. Nothing else is appropriate for a grown man.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
wearing a shirt with another man's name on it its kinda gay, IMO.
NTTATWWT
February 12th, 2015 at 1:12 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 1:15 PM ^
Which is bad Moe but not quite as horrible as middle aged face-paint, jersey guy.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
The horror! Add face paint to the list.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:26 PM ^
Here's one of mine that I felt should be a reponse to you:
People who sit atop their high horse and look down on those for what they wear to sporting events. Like jerseys. You have a problem with it? Go buy us something that you feel is more acceptable.
The only time wearing a jersey is weird is when people wear them when not at or watching sporting events.
People who don't go overboard are fine. Hat, jersey, pants. No face paint or beads or any of that other stuff.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:37 PM ^
Definitely not applicable to you (or college students). What i'm saying is you look ridiculous as a 40 year old man in a football jersey.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^
I would add anyone over 16 who brings a glove to a baseball game. Seriously, there's no need.
February 12th, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^
Harbaugh brings a glove to a baseball game. You have a problem with that?
February 12th, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
I've seen this said a lot. Basebll jerseys can actually look pretty nice with button downs. Football jerseys are usually shiny t-shirts.
I never understand why people care if someone wears a jersey to a game to show support (especially people who follow high school kids recruiting). The Hockey jersey is ok always seems like the OP is trying to appeal to Brian, since he wears a hockey sweater.
February 12th, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
They are loose and baggy, fitting nearly any body type. Nearly every other jersey is not made for that purpose. Basketball jerseys are the absolute worst, followed by Football. Baseball jerseys I'm indifferent about to be honest. And lastly, most hockey jerseys just look cool (especially the classics). And trust me, if you would have seen my posts yesterday you would know that the last thing i've been doing is appealing to Brian.
February 12th, 2015 at 4:47 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 4:02 PM ^
Speaking as a 54-year-old man who proudly wears his jersey (with khakis, by the way) to every game that the weather permits:
I don't wear it for the good opinion of some stranger. I wear it because I like it, and still look good in it (and that's the opinion of my girlfriend, which is the opinion that counts.) Anyone who doesn't care for it should probably go look at someone else. There're 109,900 other people in the stadium to pick from.
February 12th, 2015 at 4:41 PM ^
Sports fandom is irrational. There is no good reason I spend 12 weekends of the year fretting over some 18-23 year olds throwing some goofy ball around while trying to cross some arbitrary line while trying to stop some other 18-23 year olds from doing the same.
Especially paying to watch them while crammed in with 110,000 other crazy folks. But, it's fun and wearing what you want to support the team is part of that fun. I worry very little about what some sports snob say is appropriate (especially when somehow a t-shirt is more appropriate than a jersey or somehow, some jerseys are more ok than others).
Keep on Keepin on.
February 12th, 2015 at 5:08 PM ^
Amen. I'm at the $#%@ing game rooting for the $#%@ing team. 99.99% of people don't wear jerseys around just to wear them, but why the hell should I wear business casual crap, or whatever grown-ups wear, to a game to root for my teams? The "no jerseys after 30" thing is the dumbest rule ever.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
But grown men wearing jerseys who also cry. Hope to be seeing more of this particular shot in November.
February 12th, 2015 at 3:38 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 1:07 PM ^
a little racist guy. He is my least favorite. The guy that will bring race into it if he upset enough with a player.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
"still a little racist guy" made me laugh out loud in the middle of class. Now the professors staring at me. Thanks.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
At Michigan I feel we miss out on some of the worst fans, but hoo-boy do we have a lot of these.
"I'm not crazy about our quarterback boys the last few years. I wish they were more like...y'know, like they used to be."
February 12th, 2015 at 1:58 PM ^
I like how they always conveniently forget that Bo basically ran the triple option with guys like Michael Taylor and Demetrius Brown and the only QB he ever had who was a better thrower than runner/option-decision-maker was probably Harbaugh.
February 12th, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
People that compare players to other players becauae of their race.
February 12th, 2015 at 4:54 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 6:30 PM ^
Another pet peeve is a large majority of announcers. They use the same 12 cliches all game long and seem to always say the same thing I do, but 15 seconds later.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:07 PM ^
When people shit on your sport. I love baseball. A lot of people can't stand it. That's fine...whatever floats your boat. You don't have to tell me how boring it is or that true athletes don't play it, and I won't jump into a Pistons thread and start crapping on the NBA. No one is forcing you to pay attention.
This is probably most applicable to soccer. I enjoy it, but hoy shit, the people that constantly rag on soccer are insufferable.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^
February 12th, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
The game takes 4 hours. Why do they take so long between pitches? So boring! Why do they play so many games? Play double headers once in a while.
:)
February 12th, 2015 at 2:56 PM ^
I like baseball, but the increasing length of the games is a legitimate gripe nowadays. Games are about 30 minutes longer than they were in the 1980s when I first started watching.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
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February 12th, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^
I would probably watch the hell out of some professional league kickball.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
Remember that Michael Jordan guy that couldn't even bat his way out of the minors in baseball. PFFFT!
/s
February 12th, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
I hate both extremes of the soccer debate. Both crowds - the "soccer is communist and not a real sport because I said so" group and the "It's called football, not soccer, it's played on a pitch, not a field, and it's too beautiful a game for you dumb Americans" one - are just loathsome.
February 12th, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
The people who confuse British phraseology with soccer terminology are the worst. The Australian national team are called the Socceroos. In Spanish they called it the field/court (cancha). Enjoying the game doesn't require you to affect an accent.
February 12th, 2015 at 6:53 PM ^
I guess I don't understand your point. The history of the word "soccer" is indeed British. It's a nickname derived from Association Football (soccer) because people way back in the day confused that with Union Football (which is actually rugby).
If you're referring to Americans using terms like "fixture", "table", or "boot", then I agree... and we can thank ESPNFC for proliferating that shit!
February 12th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^
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February 12th, 2015 at 1:08 PM ^