'Walk off'

billhill999 · Jul 10, 2010

Am I the only one who can't stand that term, "walk off"
Hated when it was first introduced about 15 years ago, now I cringe everytime I hear it.
Not only that, some broadcasters use the term wrong.

LockedampLoaded · Jul 10, 2010

billhill999 said:
Am I the only one who can't stand that term, "walk off"
Hated when it was first introduced about 15 years ago, now I cringe everytime I hear it.
Not only that, some broadcasters use the term wrong.

Please explain how they use the term wrong :think2:

KingofNicotine · Jul 10, 2010

I don't get what it even means. I also hate go ahead run. What the fuck? Go ahead to what?

Maybe I'm just stupid.

billhill999 · Jul 10, 2010

Locked & Loaded said:
Please explain how they use the term wrong :think2:

One weekend anchor was doing an eleven o'clock news / sports wrap-up, and the visiting team scored the winning run in the top of the ninth on a homer, and called it a 'walk off dinger', but failed to realize the home team got to bat in the bottom of the ninth.

LockedampLoaded · Jul 10, 2010

billhill999 said:
One weekend anchor was doing an eleven o'clock news / sports wrap-up, and the visiting team scored the winning run in the top of the ninth on a homer, and called it a 'walk off dinger', but failed to realize the home team got to bat in the bottom of the ninth.

Thank you. That is pretty stupid. Glad I have not seen or heard anything like that yet.....

FelipeAugne · Jul 10, 2010

Agree...not a fan of the term walk off. Seems like it gets used for everything now.

I always liked game winning rbi myself....I always remember that stat being on the back of cards when I was collecting them growing up.

Skoal37 · Jul 10, 2010

I hate when an announcer says about a pitcher,"ya, he just wants to keep the hitter honest".

the fuck does that mean? Is the pitcher going to lie to him? or will he pitch to him and keep him honest?

so dumb

profinvestor · Jul 10, 2010

Skoal37 said:
I hate when an announcer says about a pitcher,"ya, he just wants to keep the hitter honest".

the fuck does that mean? Is the pitcher going to lie to him? or will he pitch to him and keep him honest?

so dumb

No it actually makes sense if you know the hidden meaning behind the saying. The pitcher will throw unusual pitches in different counts which is different from the usual say 3-2 fastball counts he will throw a curveball instead so the hitter cannot cheat or have an educated guess as to what the pitcher will be throwing next keeper the hitter honest by the hitter not being able to cheat on the next pitch..

LockedampLoaded · Jul 10, 2010

profinvestor said:
No it actually makes sense if you know the hidden meaning behind the saying. The pitcher will throw unusual pitches in different counts which is different from the usual say 3-2 fastball counts he will throw a curveball instead so the hitter cannot cheat or have an educated guess as to what the pitcher will be throwing next keeper the hitter honest by the hitter not being able to cheat on the next pitch..