SPORTS, YEAH

[confusingwizard]

I was doing my duty as an American and a Texan and a Houstonian and a Male and a Person With Little To No Athletic Ability But A Lot Of Desire To Talk Shit this evening by watching some of the World Series. In the 11th inning, while Taveras was on second, looking to steal third, one of the announcers helpfully explained, "Now, we got Taveras on

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[kwcp]

ha, I heard/noticed that as well. Enlightening!

This game is giving me a headache irl.

[tuckova]

i've do that too, especially when very tired: forget that i was still speaking out loud. and i think the pressure on "on the spot" newscoverage in general and sports announcers especially is to keep talking all the time, so if they're not careful, dumb stuff will emerge. i like to think that part of the problem is that they're so into the game that they don't remember what things are esoteric bits of knowledge and which things aren't.

although-- i can't decide which part of this is the weirder. "you can't steal first" or "you can't steal home". (i mean, CAN'T you steal home?)

[ex_nominal]

it was probably sexual innuendo. too bad, the pros can steal home all the time.