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I'm not a big horse racing fan, only been to the track once, but I do try to watch the triple crown races. Anyhoo...Dave Johnson's "& down the stretch they come!" would give me chills every time.

 

Got one?

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Such-and-such team has scored x "unanswered points." Absolutely hate it. What is wrong with saying "x consecutive/straight points" or "the last x points?"

 

The only truly "unanswered" points are points that end a game.

 

Lazy broadcasting.

 

Edit -- after reading the first few replies it looks like I should have put this in the "pet peeves" thread instead.

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I like it when the announcer says "gentlemen, start your motors". Been watching races for years and that always gets me going.

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Steve Busby of the Texas Rangers TV crew sometimes describes a pitch as "he fisted him"

Hawk Harrelson of The Sox has a ton of them...

 

"Catbird seat"

 

"He gone!"

Ever go to a race? What driver did you follow?

He probably followed Junior Johnson. I just looked him up, he's still kicking! ;-)

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I hate when football announcers use the (non) word "defensed". The first I remember using this "word" was Troy Aikman, and it seems the norm now. They say, "that pass was well defensed"....the correct word is "defended". Defensed is not a word. Just stop it!

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