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MWM · 09-30-2007, 01:34 PM

I'm a big Brett Favre guy. Didn't care for him early in his career, but I've developed a great deal of respect for him over the years. Having said that, I really hate this trend in por sports to stop a game right in the middle of it and have some special ceremony once a milestone is hit, or a big record broken.

They stopped the GB - MN game for about 5 minutes and put some pre-recorded message from Dan Marino on the big screen when Favre broke the TD record.

I'm not sure when this started (I think it might have been Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak), but I wish it would stop.

Newport Red · 09-30-2007, 01:52 PM

Prime Time Football - You think there's alot of dead time at a baseball game. Experience a Monday Night Football game live. There's more standing around on the field than at a construction sight.

Have they started play? Not yet.

pedro · 09-30-2007, 01:57 PM

I with you MWM. I find it appalling.

Yachtzee · 09-30-2007, 01:59 PM

One of the reasons why soccer is such a great sport. The clock just keeps running. No time to stop the game for some silly ceremony.

Redsfaithful · 09-30-2007, 06:40 PM

I actually thought it was pretty funny that Favre just ignored Marino's message, talking to teammates and looking at plays.

RedsBaron · 10-03-2007, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Redsfaithful

I actually thought it was pretty funny that Favre just ignored Marino's message, talking to teammates and looking at plays.

I agree. Favre knew he still had virtually an entire game to play and he began to get ready for the Packers next possession.
I'll confess that I kind of liked Ripken's going around the field after he set the consecutive games streak, and at the time I even enjoyed the ceremonies when McGwire hit no. 62 in 1998 with the Maris family in attendance (subsequent events have changed my perspective of the latter event), but I agree with MWM-these stop the game ceremonies are getting old.
Actually, there is an earlier "stop-the-game" ceremony that I enjoyed at the time, although watching it now is sad: The September 1985 ceremony when Pete Rose hit 4192.

cumberlandreds · 10-03-2007, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by RedsBaron

I agree. Favre knew he still had virtually an entire game to play and he began to get ready for the Packers next possession.
I'll confess that I kind of liked Ripken's going around the field after he set the consecutive games streak, and at the time I even enjoyed the ceremonies when McGwire hit no. 62 in 1998 with the Maris family in attendance (subsequent events have changed my perspective of the latter event), but I agree with MWM-these stop the game ceremonies are getting old.
Actually, there is an earlier "stop-the-game" ceremony that I enjoyed at the time, although watching it now is sad: The September 1985 ceremony when Pete Rose hit 4192.

A more earlier one than that one was when Henry Aaron broke the Babe's record in 1974. That was a big one of course. I agree there is too much stoppage in play for lesser records.

jmcclain19 · 10-03-2007, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Yachtzee

One of the reasons why soccer is such a great sport. The clock just keeps running. No time to stop the game for some silly ceremony.

Amen - Rugby does it as well - the clock just keeps rolling nonstop and they make up time at the end due to injuries or arguing and so on.

I've been watching the Rugby World Cup and it seems those matches (which should run the same amount of time as a regulation football game) clock in at 2-2.5 hrs tops.

I bought season tickets last year to the Cardinals because of the new stadium and didn't re-up again because I forgot how boring and incredibly long games are in person. Doing that every other weekend is just a killer.

registerthis · 10-03-2007, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Yachtzee

One of the reasons why soccer is such a great sport.

Meh. Use your hands once in awhile, will ya?

Rojo · 10-04-2007, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by registerthis

Meh. Use your hands once in awhile, will ya?

They really should review that rule, might speed up the game.

Unassisted · 09-30-2007, 06:27 PM

I agree that it happens too often these days. But it probably will continue until a well-regarded honoree or two refuses to let their ceremony stop a game.

Rojo · 10-04-2007, 01:05 PM

A standing ovation, some tears and then play ball. Dumb ceremonies add nothing -- less is more. People just can't seem to get that.

Degenerate39 · 10-04-2007, 06:34 PM

Terms like "Boot scootin and Holy Moses" also "That one will stay in the park" when it's a pop up to Short.

RFS62 · 10-04-2007, 08:50 PM

Boomer has jumped the shark big time. I can't stomach him in any format.

"Back, back, back, back"

bleech

paintmered · 10-05-2007, 07:06 AM

I've noticed this one way too many times and it drives me up a wall every time I hear it.

"The score is 34-10. That's a 24 point differential."

No, that's not a differential. Differential is a calculus term. You aren't doing calculus so stop trying to sound like you are when you really are doing subtraction. There's a term for the result of a subtraction operation, and it's called the difference. Get it right.

09-30-2007, 01:34 PM	#1
MWM Pre-tty, pre-tty good!! Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 12,171	Major Sports Pet Peeve I'm a big Brett Favre guy. Didn't care for him early in his career, but I've developed a great deal of respect for him over the years. Having said that, I really hate this trend in por sports to stop a game right in the middle of it and have some special ceremony once a milestone is hit, or a big record broken. They stopped the GB - MN game for about 5 minutes and put some pre-recorded message from Dan Marino on the big screen when Favre broke the TD record. I'm not sure when this started (I think it might have been Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak), but I wish it would stop. __________________ Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David

09-30-2007, 01:52 PM	#2
Newport Red Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: End of the bench Posts: 738	Re: Major Sports Pet Peeve Prime Time Football - You think there's alot of dead time at a baseball game. Experience a Monday Night Football game live. There's more standing around on the field than at a construction sight. Have they started play? Not yet. __________________ "Hyperbole is the greatest thing ever" Redsland

09-30-2007, 01:57 PM	#3
pedro Please come again Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 14,716	Re: Major Sports Pet Peeve I with you MWM. I find it appalling. __________________ Get your nunchucks and the keys to your dad's car. I know where we can get a gun

09-30-2007, 01:59 PM	#4
Yachtzee Hisssssssss Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Land of the Lost Posts: 6,985	Re: Major Sports Pet Peeve One of the reasons why soccer is such a great sport. The clock just keeps running. No time to stop the game for some silly ceremony. __________________ "I don't classify 'em, I just pacify 'em." - George Foster.

09-30-2007, 06:40 PM	#5
Redsfaithful A Little to the Left Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bexley, OH Posts: 7,417	Re: Major Sports Pet Peeve I actually thought it was pretty funny that Favre just ignored Marino's message, talking to teammates and looking at plays. __________________ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. --Oscar Wilde

09-30-2007, 06:27 PM	#11
Unassisted RZ Chamber of Commerce Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 13,221	Re: Major Sports Pet Peeve I agree that it happens too often these days. But it probably will continue until a well-regarded honoree or two refuses to let their ceremony stop a game. __________________ /r/reds

10-04-2007, 01:05 PM	#12
Rojo Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Bush Leagues Posts: 8,420	Re: Major Sports Pet Peeve A standing ovation, some tears and then play ball. Dumb ceremonies add nothing -- less is more. People just can't seem to get that. __________________ The widow is gathering nettles for her children's dinner; a perfumed seigneur, delicately lounging in the Oeil de Boeuf, hath an alchemy whereby he will extract the third nettle and call it rent. ~ Carlyle

10-04-2007, 06:34 PM	#13
Degenerate39 Senor Votto Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7,847	Re: Major Sports Pet Peeve Terms like "Boot scootin and Holy Moses" also "That one will stay in the park" when it's a pop up to Short.

10-04-2007, 08:50 PM	#14
RFS62 Hey Cubs Fans Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New York Posts: 16,567	Re: Major Sports Pet Peeve Boomer has jumped the shark big time. I can't stomach him in any format. "Back, back, back, back" bleech __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~ Mark Twain

10-05-2007, 07:06 AM	#15
paintmered SERP Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 7,007	Re: Major Sports Pet Peeve I've noticed this one way too many times and it drives me up a wall every time I hear it. "The score is 34-10. That's a 24 point differential." No, that's not a differential. Differential is a calculus term. You aren't doing calculus so stop trying to sound like you are when you really are doing subtraction. There's a term for the result of a subtraction operation, and it's called the difference. Get it right. __________________ What if this wasn't a rhetorical question? All models are wrong. Some of them are useful. Last edited by paintmered; 10-05-2007 at 07:08 AM.

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