Things in sports you are just plain tired of

Also, wear ties and blazers and cut your damn hair.

(The ad libs can be amusing.)

 

tired of LeBron walking every time he has the ball inside the 3 point arc.

None of the NBA's partner networks have the balls to telestrate the number of steps he takes.

 

Heck, high school softball teams that sing during the game on the bench.

If you want to sing, join the school chorus.

 

Labor problems in professional sports and the media accounts. Just get it done already.

 

I caught a glimpse of one softball game on TV last week where the pitcher came to the plate to low-five with the catcher after every strikeout.

 

Championship series for "winter" sports that last into the second week in June.

Super Bowl played in February for ratings' sake.

 

The term "sneaky speed."

And announcers' obsession with the idea that Ryan Fitzpatrick is a genius because he went to Harvard.

"See him slide there? That was a very smart decision. The brainy Harvard grad with another heads-up play."

 

Gotta love that delayed coverage.

 

How about the fake to third, throw to first bullshit.

Especially from a team down 19 runs.

 

There is a special place in Hades for these teams. Not just high school, either. I strolled by a field while a Big Ten softball game was going on and heard loud singing from both dugouts.

Anyway, first year as a sportswriter, they put the press table in the dugout for the state tournament's first round (and for some reason, I was the official scorer and public address announcer for this sectional). The team that won occupied said dugout ... they *SCREAMED* chants/songs the entire weekend. Thirteen years later, and those chants are still stuck in my heads.

 

Even better: Teams that do the chants and use the dugout as a percussion instrument.