One I've already heard a lot this year but didn't remember hearing much before is "hat-on-hat."
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"He has a great future ahead of him"
I have never met anyone who has a great future behind him
Row the Boat!Anything the WCCO radio announcers say about the Gophers.
There are billboards all over the Twin Cities about that. I have not been able to figure out why they have been spending so much money to promote Crew. I think it must be a Scandinavian thing--you know, Vikings and all, and rowing their Viking ships across oceans to conquer foreign peoples. Just goofy, like the Goofers. It's actually kind of sad that the Gophers are getting better in football, and no longer live up to their past goofiness. They may well even beat us this year, but their announcers will still be spouting the cliches of yore. "That should have been a first down" except for the fact that their RB was tackled five yards short.Row the Boat!
This one is invariably followed by one or more of the following:"It's on me" or "It begins and ends with me"
White guys are scrappy. Always white guys. Like Eckstein.(Some of these are borrowed from The League)
White players:
"He's a real coaches player" OR "Coachable"
"Gym rat" OR "lunch pail player"
"Has a high [insert sport] IQ"
"More athletic/faster than he looks"
"Plays the game the right way"
Black players:
"Freak athlete"
"A physical specimen"
"Plays with physicality"
"Wears his emotions on his sleeve"
"Class act" (specifically for black coaches)
Hispanic players:
"A real fire-cracker" OR "fires up the clubhouse"
"spark plug"
"Scrappy"
"Goes after you"
"Outspoken"
I go along with "class act." Not used as often as "well-spoken" for black players.White guys are scrappy. Always white guys. Like Eckstein.
On the other hand, the phrase "hot Latin temper" was uttered more than a dozen times during Carlos Zambrano's starts. I always thought Ryan Dempster had a hot Canadian temper, but that never stuck.
"Class act." I'll pay attention to that one. Have never made the association, but it might be true.
Ski-U-MahThere are billboards all over the Twin Cities about that. I have not been able to figure out why they have been spending so much money to promote Crew. I think it must be a Scandinavian thing--you know, Vikings and all, and rowing their Viking ships across oceans to conquer foreign peoples. Just goofy, like the Goofers. It's actually kind of sad that the Gophers are getting better in football, and no longer live up to their past goofiness. They may well even beat us this year, but their announcers will still be spouting the cliches of yore. "That should have been a first down" except for the fact that their RB was tackled five yards short.
White guys are scrappy. Always white guys. Like Eckstein.
On the other hand, the phrase "hot Latin temper" was uttered more than a dozen times during Carlos Zambrano's starts. I always thought Ryan Dempster had a hot Canadian temper, but that never stuck.
"Class act." I'll pay attention to that one. Have never made the association, but it might be true.
That's what she saidIt's a game of inches.
Mano a Mano (or Mano y Mano), when they think Mano is "man"
My inner nerd only shrieks when I rip all the pens out of his shirt pocket.The nerd in me just shrieks when I hear "mano y mano."
I mean, "hand and hand"?! Come on, that doesn't even make sense.
That's why God invented pocket protectors.....My inner nerd only shrieks when I rip all the pens out of his shirt pocket.
I believe that's the Spanish phrase.The nerd in me just shrieks when I hear "mano y mano."
I mean, "hand and hand"?! Come on, that doesn't even make sense.
(In response to every inane pontification by any clown who emits gas.):One I've already heard a lot this year but didn't remember hearing much before is "hat-on-hat."
1. After every interception: "He would like to have that one back"
2. The inability of broadcasters to grasp the difference between "unanswered" and "consecutive". As in "Illinois scored first then Northwestern reeled off 21 unanswered points before Illinois scored again." For some reason, this one really bothers me.
I believe that's the Spanish phrase.