[Iron Warrior]

I thought I'd get a thread started on sports related pet peeves here are some of mine

1. Guys who celebrate like they won the championship after one good play.
2. Multi Billionaire owners who cry about not being able to pay their athletes.
3. Athletes who ACT hurt when they mess up on a play, don't roll on the floor like you tore your ACL unless you did tear your ACL.
4. Athletes who blame refs, their coaches, their teammates, but never themselves.
5. Athletes who say something outrageous and say they were misquoted.
6. Managers who make more than 1 pitching change per inning, I don't have that much patience with baseball.

[cable626]

When baseball players don't hustle to first even if they know they're getting thrown out.
If you hustle it'll only make the infielder more nervous to throw faster=more of a chance of a screw up. or sometimes you watch tv and you say to yourself "hey, that fat catcher could've made it if he decided to run instead of just stroll down to first for an easy out."
they get paid millions of dollars and can't run 90 feet once in a while.
if you don't try...

[natedogg]

*****es like TO complaining about how much they make and holding out for more money even though the year previous they signed a contract. Hello, you signed a contract. Obviously you thought what they offered was good enough before. Anyways, he makes well above the league average for WR. Stop your whining pussy. I have no patience for douches like that.

I hate it when guys celebrate after a good play even though they're losing the game by 4 touchdowns. Shut the **** up buddy.

Also, guys who watch and stare after they hit a homerun. I hate bad sportsmanship altogether.

Guys who slide into first. Run through the bag, you'll get there faster and prevent injury that way (Mark Loretta anyone).

Those Soccer pussies who cry and lie on the ground for 10 minutes after someone slide tackles them or something. Get up you *****es and stop your damn acting. You're not fooling anyone.

People who think golfers are athletes. That's funny. That goes for race car drivers, bowlers and fishers too.

[yankees3]

Basketball players that ***** about feeding their families on "only" $9 million a year (Sprewell).

Athletes that (literally) piss away millions of dollars because they can't stop smoking weed.

Any athlete that ever says " It isn't about the money...."

Rookies that hold out.

George Steinbrenner.

Kickers that celebrate.

Guys talking to the cameras on the sidelines of football games.

"Heartfelt" written apologies (Kenny Rogers, Jason Giambi)

Having to pay $20 a pop for an autograph for my kids to a guy thats wearing a watch that costs more than my house.

Deion Sanders being considered one of the greatest corners ever when he couldn't even tackle my mom.

Players that don't know when to retire.

[B5150]

1. Pedro Martinez's new hair style. Get a hair cut.
2. Jonny Damon's new hair style. Get a hair cut...and a shave.
3. Manny Ramirez's new hair style, but more so his pants. It's a uniform not a fashion statement.
4. Batters and pitchers stepping off/out after every single pitch. Play ball!
5. Hockey..."game on" already.

[punta]

Guys who celebrate like they won the championship after one good play.

I cant agree more this annoys the **** out of me, like they just saved the world.

[Iron Warrior]

I have a few more

1. Poker, spelling bee, fishing, and ice skating on ESPN. Just show some old NFL films shows and your ratings will be better, I promise.
2. Raider fans who say they're going to win the Super Bowl next year every year
3. Al Davis, Shannon Sharpe, Jerry Jones, Michael Irvin, Cowboy fans, Rams fans.
4. Morons who run out on the field.
5. Floppers, i.e. Vlade Divac flying 10 feet in the air when someone touches him, especially Shaq.
6. Athletes who suck as analysts i.e. Marcus Allen.
7. Teams who take time outs to "ice the kicker", it's not like it'll ruin the kickers ability or make the weather drastically change so please save us some time and don't call a time-out.
8. Kickers who miss extra points, even I can make them, they're real easy.
9. People who think Michael Vick revolutionized the game. Come it's not like Steve Young and Randall Cunningham weren't doing that before him and much better I might add.
10. Running backs who rave about being a 1,000 yard rusher when they barely rush for over 1,000 yards. 1,100 yards averages out to 68 yards per game, not really impressive IMO.

[yankees3]

Originally Posted by Iron Warrior

6. Athletes who suck as analysts

Magic Johnson is the poster boy for athletes turned crappy analyst

[joecski]

Originally Posted by yankees3

Magic Johnson is the poster boy for athletes turned crappy analyst

Hey, at least Magic had a great career as a talk show host!

Seriously, I hate athletes who think they can excel at any entertainment medium because they are successful athletes - think of all the awful rap albums released by atheletes, have any of them been even decent? Also, how about Dennis Rodman's acting career - or Brian Bosworth. Athletes should be happy for their fifteen minutes of fame while they are playing then retire into their mansions with their millions.

Also, I was watching TV and they were showing the chess championships the other day. I yelled at my wife for turning on the wrong channel, and she politely replied that this was ESPN. I would have watched a thirty year old hockey game instead, even women's basketball, and defintely women's volleyball. I guess ESPN is running out of repeats of SportsCenter to play.

[natedogg]

I hate the fact that there is no salary cap in Baseball. But I love the fact that the Yankees suck ass despite having over 200 million in salaries.

I really don't like it when baseball teams (especially mine) go out and get rid of some of their prospects for a 38 year old veteran just to win a few extra games. Give the kids a chance to compete. The Giants have gotten rid of a lot of young talent just to pick up a few big names.

[jmh80]

I hate ****ing Ohio State.

I hate the Dolphins management.

Regarding the celebration front - being a Canes fan, I think that if you can back it up, go right ahead. Example 1A - the '91 Cotton Bowl. The Canes had over 200 yards in penalties and still crushed Texas by over 35 points. If you got the swagger, you better back it up though.

[CEDeoudes59]

ESPN making news instead of reporting it

[CEDeoudes59]

Tim Hardaway on NBA2Nite

buddy talk like he from the streets

[CEDeoudes59]

there need to be more steroids in sports, not less.

safely though

[Grassroots082]

Originally Posted by punta

I cant agree more this annoys the **** out of me, like they just saved the world.

Nothing annoys me more than goof troop fans celebrating like jumping up and down and **** when your like watching in a bar or restaurant.

Originally Posted by jmh80

I hate ****ing Ohio State.

Yes.

[natedogg]

Originally Posted by CEDeoudes59

Tim Hardaway on NBA2Nite

buddy talk like he from the streets

How about Stuart Scott and his straight out the ghetto commentary. That **** gets old quick.