Minor things that annoy you-sports edition

[TheHighwayMan3561]

The fact that they don't let you get in and out of your seat during a baseball game.

What do you mean? Zero teams do that. That doesn't sell concessions and team merch shit doing that. Unless you mean the teams that won't let you go back to your seat while a hitter is in an ongoing at-bat, which doesn't bother me.

[Bruce]

The fact that they don't let you get in and out of your seat during a baseball game.

Are you mixing it up with hockey, where ushers hold people back from blocking aisles during play?

Honestly all sports need that. Having an aisle seat and constantly having your view blocked by people moving around in the middle of an exciting build-up is infuriating.

[Rothman]

The fact that they don't let you get in and out of your seat during a baseball game.

Wut.

[jeffandnicole]

The fact that they don't let you get in and out of your seat during a baseball game.

You can get out of your seat anytime during a game.

Going back to your seat - usually in my experiences, they will wait until the batter completes their at-bat, there's a stoppage in play, or the play has occurred, depending on the sport.

[kernals12]

The fact that they don't let you get in and out of your seat during a baseball game.

You can get out of your seat anytime during a game.

Going back to your seat - usually in my experiences, they will wait until the batter completes their at-bat, there's a stoppage in play, or the play has occurred, depending on the sport.

I paid for my seat, i should be able to leave and go back to it as I please.

[Max Rockatansky]

Little early for a first baseball game, but Spring Training is right around the corner.

[GaryV]

I paid for my seat, i should be able to leave and go back to it as I please.

And the other people in your row paid for their seats, and they should be free to watch the action without you moving in front of them.

[jeffandnicole]

Back to the topic of annoying things that bother me - sports addition.

People that buy tickets to an event then leave and come back to their seat so often, I wonder why they bothered going to a game. Or why they bought tickets in the middle of a row.

[NWI_Irish96]

Back to the topic of annoying things that bother me - sports addition.

People that buy tickets to an event then leave and come back to their seat so often, I wonder why they bothered going to a game. Or why they bought tickets in the middle of a row.

Ditto for me. I sometimes see people come and go 5-6 times during a game.

I'd love for there to be a section of the stadium that allows you to return to your seat only at extended time outs. Advertise it as such.

[thenetwork]

Thought I'd share this sports-related annoyance:

Once upon a time, long time ago, I worked at a radio station part-time on the weekends.  Normally, I got to play music and talk to the audience.

I was never happy when college football season came around.  We aired all the Notre Dame football games, which cut into my live music-playing shifts.  When the games were on, I just "babysat the board" which only consisted of playing the local commercials or station ID's during certain breaks.

At this particular time in Notre Dame history, they had one or two star athletes, whom they would gush over throughout the game.

However, once the game was over, instead of doing a short recap/wrap up like most sports broadcasts do, they had a tendency to spend another 30-60 minutes after the game swooning over the game and the players.  This meant less time for me to do what I was originally hired to do.

Needless to say, once those "greatest things since sliced bread" players graduated, you never heard about them again in the pros.

Nowadays, it doesn't matter as much as automation pretty much runs the board, and when the broadcast finally ends, everything is automated and voice tracked at most of these stations.

I was so glad that Notre Dame missed the Bowl Games and playoffs when I worked there.  But those were the longest Saturdays to work!

[1995hoo]

Back to the topic of annoying things that bother me - sports addition.

People that buy tickets to an event then leave and come back to their seat so often, I wonder why they bothered going to a game. Or why they bought tickets in the middle of a row.

Absolutely. Far more than just a kernal of truth to that comment. Especially people who stay in their seats during a stoppage in play and then want to stand up to go to the toilet or the concession stand as soon as play resumes.

If the person in question has a small child at the game, I can somewhat understand. Little kids are prone to ignoring the need to go until they can't hold it anymore. But anyone older than about six years old is old enough to understand, and OBEY, the instruction, "When the puck is in play, make sure you stay out of the way."

[TheHighwayMan3561]

People that buy tickets to an event then leave and come back to their seat so often, I wonder why they bothered going to a game. Or why they bought tickets in the middle of a row.

Doesn't bother me per se since it's their own money and not mine, but I don't understand people who spend a lot of money for tickets just to then also spend half the game trying to figure out the best time to leave. At Packers/Vikings yesterday, the group next to me took off for good early in the 4th quarter (and their team was winning). I'm happy to have the open space next to me, but I wish I had money I could seemingly light on fire like that.

[thenetwork]

People that buy tickets to an event then leave and come back to their seat so often, I wonder why they bothered going to a game. Or why they bought tickets in the middle of a row.

Doesn't bother me per se since it's their own money and not mine, but I don't understand people who spend a lot of money for tickets just to then also spend half the game trying to figure out the best time to leave. At Packers/Vikings yesterday, the group next to me took off for good early in the 4th quarter (and their team was winning). I'm happy to have the open space next to me, but I wish I had money I could seemingly light on fire like that.

If they are season ticket holders, and they've been to every home game this year, and it's this late in the season they've already gotten their return on investment.

[1995hoo]

I know this is a thread bump, but it fits here.

Watching the Canada–Qatar World Cup game last night, the FOX score bug informed us that Qatar was "down to 10 players" (later revised to "9 players" after a second ejection). What in the world is wrong with "10 men"? There are no women playing, after all, and in the Women's World Cup the graphic said "Playing with 10 women."

[kphoger]

I know this is a thread bump, but it fits here.

Watching the Canada–Qatar World Cup game last night, the FOX score bug informed us that Qatar was "down to 10 players" (later revised to "9 players" after a second ejection). What in the world is wrong with "10 men"? There are no women playing, after all, and in the Women's World Cup the graphic said "Playing with 10 women."

I actually think "players" sounds better, even if they're all men.

[Rothman]

I know this is a thread bump, but it fits here.

Watching the Canada–Qatar World Cup game last night, the FOX score bug informed us that Qatar was "down to 10 players" (later revised to "9 players" after a second ejection). What in the world is wrong with "10 men"? There are no women playing, after all, and in the Women's World Cup the graphic said "Playing with 10 women."

Players play the games...seems like a very odd complaint.

[formulanone]

'Cause the coach and trainers ain't allowed to futz with the futbol during a match, I presume.

[gonealookin]

And on the subject of television coverage of the World Cup, apparently BBC wants its viewers to know that unlike Illinois, Houston is not flat:

BBC roasted for adding mountains to image of Houston skyline.
AI says Houston is basically Denver now.

The punch line at the bottom of the piece being:

Houston will host its next World Cup match on Saturday when the Netherlands faces Sweden. Let's hope the BBC alters its background image of the Houston skyline, replacing out-of-place mountains with a six-lane highway, or, even better, a giant, splendorous Buc-ee's.

[LilianaUwU]

I know this is a thread bump, but it fits here.

Watching the Canada–Qatar World Cup game last night, the FOX score bug informed us that Qatar was "down to 10 players" (later revised to "9 players" after a second ejection). What in the world is wrong with "10 men"? There are no women playing, after all, and in the Women's World Cup the graphic said "Playing with 10 women."

Players play the games...seems like a very odd complaint.

Because "players" is too woke, of course.

[elsmere241]

Thinking back a bit - thenetwork's story about Notre Dame football interfering with his radio show brought back a memory for me.

When I was living in the Raleigh, NC area 1998-2002, the sports/talk station was 850 AM, "the Buzz".  They had a few local hosts (with a computer-related show Sunday mornings), and brought in some national shows: Art Bell for a while at night; Don Imus in the morning; the Fabulous Sports Babe (replaced at one point with Jim Rome.  The station defaulted to ESPN Radio a lot, especially at night and on weekends.  And they did a few interviews with celebrities who were in the area, usually for a charity golf tournament.  They carried the (then new in town) Carolina Hurricanes' games.  You get the idea.

Anyway, most of my co-workers (overwhelmingly young men) had radios at our desks and collectively listened to it - sometimes there was a group chuckle, usually during Jim Rome.  A problem popped up a lot in spring and summer, though, particularly during second shift.  The station also carried the games for the Carolina Mudcats, a Single-A team out in Zebulon.  (It was in Zebulon to be just past the Durham Bulls' territorial rights.)  And none of us were their fans by any stretch of the imagination.  It really bugged us when they went long into extra innings.

[NWI_Irish96]

Thought I'd share this sports-related annoyance:

Once upon a time, long time ago, I worked at a radio station part-time on the weekends.  Normally, I got to play music and talk to the audience.

I was never happy when college football season came around.  We aired all the Notre Dame football games, which cut into my live music-playing shifts.  When the games were on, I just "babysat the board" which only consisted of playing the local commercials or station ID's during certain breaks.

At this particular time in Notre Dame history, they had one or two star athletes, whom they would gush over throughout the game.

However, once the game was over, instead of doing a short recap/wrap up like most sports broadcasts do, they had a tendency to spend another 30-60 minutes after the game swooning over the game and the players.  This meant less time for me to do what I was originally hired to do.

Needless to say, once those "greatest things since sliced bread" players graduated, you never heard about them again in the pros.

Nowadays, it doesn't matter as much as automation pretty much runs the board, and when the broadcast finally ends, everything is automated and voice tracked at most of these stations.

I was so glad that Notre Dame missed the Bowl Games and playoffs when I worked there.  But those were the longest Saturdays to work!

The money your station got selling ad time during those games is what paid your salary.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

Drunk fans at games

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

MLB not recognizing the AAGPBL as a major league.

[tchafe1978]

The Brewers, with the 2nd best record in all of baseball, only getting two players named to the all star team. William Contreras and Jacob Misiorowski. Brice Turang got snubbed big time. And now only one Brewer will play in the game because The Miz will sit out because he's scheduled to pitch in the Brewers game on Sunday.

[epzik8]

Having of the best offenses in the majors rendered useless by pitch-poor closers. Iykyk.