[OT]wierd likely misheard sports commentary

[Shard O'Glase]

watching tennis yesterday the Serena williams semi fnals match. And I thought I head the announcer say, "people aren't usually gregarious when constipated"

Now I admit this one I proably miss heard, but other gems, like, about Venus williams, "she likes the feathery touch." , "she likes points too."

Or in the agasi match, "if you want to beat Agasi, 1st you have to beat Agasi"

Exactly how bad has sport commentary gotten.

 

[Crothian]

It's been bad for a long time. THere are a few good ones out there, but most of them are pretty poor.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

watching tennis yesterday the Serena williams semi fnals match. And I thought I head the announcer say, "people aren't usually gregarious when constipated"

HA HA! This is actually correct, but you missed the first part! Cliff was making fun of Mary for something she said a minute before.

Imagine calling the Roddick Alanoyi match - what do say after during FIVE hours of play between 2 people?

I think Tennis is best wacthed in-person or failing that - with the mute button on.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Yeah...ou Vancouver Canucks have an idiot named Tom Larschied doing commentary. The guy must be, I'm not kidding, some kind of retard...because year in and year out he comes up with gems like...

"The Team that scores the most goals is the team that's going to win this game"

"After they drop the puck, you'll know who's going to make the shot"

...just on and on and on.

I strangley heartens me to know that this isn't reserved for either Vancouver or Hockey

 

[Ruavel]

Originally posted by BigFreekinGoblinoid
Imagine calling the Roddick Alanoyi match - what do say after during FIVE hours of play between 2 people?

I was watching that match live on TV (having resigned myself to going to work tired the following morning)... when it got to the fifth set... no-one cared about the commentators coz the match was too tense to bother listening...

if you really want to experience bad commentary, get your hands on footage from international fencing competitions and listen to people arguing about the rules, the presidents and how much better the sport used to be...

 

[hunter2112]

I found this on a newsletter put out by a local pub. Can't remember who it's attributed too though

"and only 30 seconds into the game the score is already tied 0-0"

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

I was watching that match live on TV (having resigned myself to going to work tired the following morning)... when it got to the fifth set... no-one cared about the commentators coz the match was too tense to bother listening...

That match was awesome!

 

[Maitre Du Donjon]

I thought i'd chime in with these quotes... you probably have read them before, but some of them are priceless...

I think some are a little iffy, so if Eric's Grandmother (is she still the official enworld censorship bureau representative?) is offended, i truly understand... feel free to remove anything you deem inappropriate...

: These are actual quotes by Commentators at various sporting events:

: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria....I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing."
: (Pat Glenn -Weightlifting Commentator)

: "This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother."
: (Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator)

: "The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical."
: (Murray Walker)

: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father." (Greg Norman)

: "Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing-but none of them serious."
: (Alan Minter)

: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again" (Terry Venables)

: "He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces."
: (Ron Atkinson)

: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew."
: (Harry Carpenter - BBC TV Boat Race 1977)

: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field." (Metro Radio)

: "One of the reasons Arnie [Arnold Palmer] is playing so well is that, before each tee-shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them ......Oh my God, what have I just said?"
: (USTV Commentator - Sandi)

: Two of Baseball's Hall of Famers, Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese, were calling the old "Game of the Week," when suddenly the camera showed a young couple making-out in the cheap seats: Pee Wee: "How would you call that kinda play, Diz?"
: Dizzy: "Well, ole buddy, I guess I'd say he kisses her on the strikes and she kisses him on the balls." With that Pee Wee knocked a beer all over the booth and the screen went black.

Maitre D

 

[NoOneofConsequence]

Some gems from Australian Rules Football:

"You can count Plugger's kicks on on one hand. He's had six!"

"He had a fantastic debut here last week and an even better one today!"

 

[Eben]

LOL!

pleasy guys, I'm reading this at work! Have some mercy!