Minor things that annoy you-sports edition

[1995hoo]

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

Another



is in the books.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

In Baseball why do the TV graphics show the number of ABS challenges, but not the number of instant replay challenges?

[kphoger]

In Baseball why do the TV graphics show the number of ABS challenges, but not the number of instant replay challenges?

Even better.

[hotdogPi]

So why do most sports lie about the start time, especially when baseball gets it right?

If a game is supposed to start at/near 7 PM:

A World Cup game starts at 7 PM on the dot.
An MLB game will start at 7:05 or 7:10, and it will accurately be described as 7:05 or 7:10 PM.
Football, basketball, and hockey will all lie to you and claim 7 PM when it starts ten minutes later.

[NWI_Irish96]

So why do most sports lie about the start time, especially when baseball gets it right?

If a game is supposed to start at/near 7 PM:

A World Cup game starts at 7 PM on the dot.
An MLB game will start at 7:05 or 7:10, and it will accurately be described as 7:05 or 7:10 PM.
Football, basketball, and hockey will all lie to you and claim 7 PM when it starts ten minutes later.

NFL does fairly accurately list kickoff times. 1pm kickoffs are at most a minute late. College football is a pretty bad offender though.

[JayhawkCO]

NBA is surely the worst offender of this.

[thenetwork]

NBA is surely the worst offender of this.

Auto Racing (both Indycar and NASCAR) say "Hold Our Beers..."

[JayhawkCO]

NBA is surely the worst offender of this.

Auto Racing (both Indycar and NASCAR) say "Hold Our Beers..."

I thought we were only talking about sports. ::ducks::

[Max Rockatansky]

NBA is surely the worst offender of this.

Auto Racing (both Indycar and NASCAR) say "Hold Our Beers..."

I thought we were only talking about sports. ::ducks::

Don't tell me you share that same opinion with Stephen A. Smith...

[JayhawkCO]

NBA is surely the worst offender of this.

Auto Racing (both Indycar and NASCAR) say "Hold Our Beers..."

I thought we were only talking about sports. ::ducks::

Don't tell me you share that same opinion with Stephen A. Smith...

Broken clocks are right twice a day.

[kphoger]

NASCAR say Hold Our Beers

Sounds about right.

[Big John]

NBA is surely the worst offender of this.

Auto Racing (both Indycar and NASCAR) say "Hold Our Beers..."

I thought we were only talking about sports. ::ducks::

Don't tell me you share that same opinion with Stephen A. Smith...

Broken clocks are right twice a day.

If they are analog.

[JayhawkCO]

NBA is surely the worst offender of this.

Auto Racing (both Indycar and NASCAR) say "Hold Our Beers..."

I thought we were only talking about sports. ::ducks::

Don't tell me you share that same opinion with Stephen A. Smith...

Broken clocks are right twice a day.

If they are analog.

Even if digital, no? A digital clock just flashing 12:00 is similar.

[kphoger]

Even if digital, no? A digital clock just flashing 12:00 is similar.

Cox used to have cable boxes that would display 10:00 if there was an error.  One day when I was working in dispatch, a tech called in because he plugged his customer's box in and it showed an error, so he wanted me to send it a signal hit.  Just as I was about to send it, he saw the time flip to 10:01.  —Never mind.  I guess it's just ten o'clock right now.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

The fact that England and Scotland are their own country in FIFA, but at the Olympics they are The United Kingdom.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

The fact that England and Scotland are their own country in FIFA, but at the Olympics they are The United Kingdom.

That's at the UK countries' own requests, so they can each have their individual "country within a country" independent representation.

[Max Rockatansky]

The fact that England and Scotland are their own country in FIFA, but at the Olympics they are The United Kingdom.

That's at the UK countries' own requests, so they can each have their individual "country within a country" independent representation.

That doesn't "annoy me" but it is something I find a little strange sitting here from my American perspective.  Toss Wales and Northern Ireland into that mix also I suppose.  I'm aware that they all have significant cultural differences (more than U.S. states) and serious historic animosity toward each other. 

Couldn't "in theory" an individual U.S. state petition FIFA to attempt to qualify as their own nation?

[NWI_Irish96]

The fact that England and Scotland are their own country in FIFA, but at the Olympics they are The United Kingdom.

That's at the UK countries' own requests, so they can each have their individual "country within a country" independent representation.

That doesn't "annoy me" but it is something I find a little strange sitting here from my American perspective.  Toss Wales and Northern Ireland into that mix also I suppose.  I'm aware that they all have significant cultural differences (more than U.S. states) and serious historic animosity toward each other. 

Couldn't "in theory" an individual U.S. state petition FIFA to attempt to qualify as their own nation?

If Puerto Rico becomes a state, I don't know that they'd care so much about FIFA, but they may petition the IOC to keep their separate designation. They have six medals, including two gold, over the past four Summer Olympics.