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On Thursday's edition of Felger and Mazz, the guys were back with another edition of Mazz's tiers. This time Mazz tiered the worst phrases in all of sports.
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00:43Again, using Impact Arm as a jumping off point, this week's Tears, Maz, are one more time.
00:49Top 20 Annoying Slash Dorky Slash Needless Slash Analytical or Downright Anal Sports Terms Used by Present Day Tools.
01:00Things we never said 20 years ago, go.
01:03Okay, so let me just say quickly that before we begin with Tears.
01:07You always have some sort of qualifier.
01:08Well, I'm just telling you.
01:09Here comes a preamble.
01:10Yep.
01:10I put everything into two tiers.
01:12Here comes the epilogue.
01:13The genesis.
01:14The prologue, excuse me.
01:15The genesis of the frustration sometimes varies.
01:19They don't all come from the same place.
01:20They are annoying for different reasons, is all I was going to say.
01:24So let's start with tier three, which is classified generally as annoying language and analogies or the need to name everything.
01:32Sudden victory goes right up my ass.
01:34For years, it used to be sudden death.
01:37We had to change it to sudden victory because it's softer and less aggressive.
01:41Good one.
01:42Which bugs the crap out of me.
01:43Good one.
01:44The Batman and Robin analogy, whenever you have side-by-side superstars, Murray brought this one up and it's a good one.
01:49There's a need to classify them as some sort of superhero tandem.
01:53The Batman and Robin one get very old.
01:55It's a little bit more of a cliche, but we run with it.
01:57Just stop.
01:58I'm so glad you put this one on the tiers.
02:01I hate this one.
02:02Every time I hear this, I cringe.
02:07It's not quite douche chills, but it's...
02:12Oh my God, grow up with this one.
02:13Are we a bunch of 12-year-olds talking about Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal and Jalen Brown and Jace?
02:19Are we 12?
02:20Yeah, who's Robin?
02:21Oh my God, I can't stand the Batman-Robin thing in the NBA particularly.
02:25Like, just please.
02:27Oh my God, stop.
02:28Just say one and two.
02:30Go.
02:30The reference to all centers in basketball or power forwards as bigs.
02:35I came up with this one.
02:36This has always bothered me.
02:37When I was a kid growing up, you know what you called those guys?
02:40Centers.
02:40Forwards.
02:41Yep.
02:42The front court.
02:43No one ever says front court anymore.
02:45You don't hear front court, back court.
02:46All you hear are bigs and wings.
02:49And that's it.
02:50That's it.
02:50And the occasional point guard.
02:52Ones, twos, fours, fives.
02:54It was centers and front court.
02:56Correct.
02:57Now it's bigs.
02:58Guard, forward, center.
02:59Because the stupid game has become positionless.
03:02Bigs.
03:03Oh, so annoying.
03:04Annoying as all hell.
03:05The phrase, he's got a chip.
03:08I hate this one too.
03:09This one goes right up my ass.
03:13Yeah, well, he's got a chip.
03:16Championship.
03:17Title.
03:18How many titles?
03:18We used to say that all the time.
03:20I see chips.
03:20I thought you were saying like chip on the shoulder.
03:22No, no.
03:22Chip, like championship.
03:24Yeah, right.
03:24Right.
03:24And it's chip.
03:25It's for the chip.
03:26Right.
03:26Which actually should be ship.
03:28Correct.
03:29Like get on one and get out of here.
03:30Right.
03:31But no, it's, yeah, he's got a chip.
03:33How many chips he got?
03:34Can't stand it.
03:35Yeah, he's got chips though.
03:36Can't stand it.
03:36And the last one, this one drives me crazy, me personally, because my kids say it all the
03:43time.
03:43What a dime.
03:45Anytime a guy makes a good throw or pass.
03:47I know.
03:48Yeah, right.
03:48Dime.
03:49Dime.
03:50There's nothing wrong with that.
03:51I don't mind that one.
03:51It's corny.
03:52It's stupid.
03:52It's new.
03:53Tell me what's the allusion to though.
03:55I don't get it.
03:56So I had to look this up.
03:57I actually Googled it today.
03:58Because you used to pay for a dime for a phone call.
04:00Right.
04:00So it apparently originates from that.
04:03They used to ultimately put a dime in and give someone something like information.
04:07And the idea is that you now drop the dime on someone else.
04:11I guess.
04:12I think it's stupid.
04:15It used to be he spun on a dime or, you know, a guy who could change direction quickly.
04:19But now a dime is a good pass.
04:21Well, a dime is 10.
04:22So it's a 10 of 10 passes the way I would look at it.
04:25It is.
04:25See?
04:25Nobody knows.
04:26No, but.
04:27And it's not.
04:28It's corny.
04:28It's corny.
04:29You know what I don't mind though?
04:30I don't know if it's on your tiers.
04:31That's a dart.
04:32Apple.
04:33Apple.
04:33Never heard it.
04:34Oh, yeah.
04:35Hockey.
04:35If you're going to assist, that's an apple.
04:37Really?
04:37They might use it in hoops.
04:38But in hockey, for sure, you get an apple.
04:39Oh, see.
04:40But the fact that I haven't heard it makes me like it.
04:42Okay.
04:42I don't mind apple.
04:43I hate dime.
04:44Okay.
04:44A lot of these are overused.
04:47Tier 2, which I would call fantasy and dork numerization and or acronyms.
04:53This is.
04:53They're so.
04:54There's.
04:54Well, go ahead.
04:55For example, and I didn't even put basketball on this list.
04:57He's a 2.
04:58He's a 4.
04:59He's a 5.
04:59He's a 3.
05:00Oh, my God.
05:00Okay.
05:01Can you say a guard or a forward anymore?
05:03Nope.
05:03And so really, these can qualify.
05:05Any one of those can qualify, but I just gave you a bunch.
05:0811 personnel, 12 personnel.
05:10Stop.
05:10When we were kids watching football, did you ever say, oh, look, they're lined up in 12?
05:14No, never.
05:15No.
05:15Oh, that's 13 personnel.
05:17You know, that's the number of running backs and tight ends.
05:21Did you ever talk like this until these flaming dorks who cover these teams now start shoving
05:26the 12 personnel down your throat?
05:28Nope.
05:29Oh, my God.
05:30It's insufferable.
05:31But this, the next one is the worst.
05:32PP1, PP2.
05:34Oh, nope.
05:34That's not even the worst.
05:35I don't like it.
05:36That's for the hockey people.
05:37You on the first power play or the second?
05:39Boy, when I was growing up and the first power play went out there, I never heard the coach
05:43say PP1.
05:44Me neither.
05:44Now you do.
05:45Everything's in terms of depth chart lingo.
05:48It's got to be cool.
05:49QB1, QB2, RB1, RB2.
05:52This one.
05:52You get the idea.
05:53Go back to your dork-ass fantasy draft and let me just say he's a starting quarterback
05:58or your number one receiver.
06:00I don't care that he's WR1 on your dork-ass fantasy team.
06:07You want to talk like a dork-ass fantasy player?
06:10Do it with your other dork-ass fantasy friends.
06:13Don't talk about my real football team in terms of RB1.
06:17You just say the starting running back when you're talking to actual humans about the actual thing.
06:24When you're with your dork-ass fantasy crew, then you can dork out and say QB1.
06:29Oh, thank you.
06:32Okay, Murray, did you play baseball as a kid?
06:33You must have, right?
06:34Everybody did at some point.
06:35Did you ever use the term launch angle?
06:37No, never.
06:38Not once.
06:38Not once.
06:39Ever.
06:39Not once.
06:40I hate it.
06:41Launch angle, exit velocity, and any name, acronym you can shove.
06:46MHJ, CP3, OBJ, LBJ, whatever you get the idea.
06:50Okay, didn't we used to do that, though?
06:52Not really.
06:53Give me an example.
06:54We must have.
06:56There must be an example of an older ball player that we just.
06:59Did anyone call Larry Bird LB?
07:00Oh, I don't know why one just came to my mind.
07:03I mean, people call it Jordan MJ.
07:05This was unfortunate, but we did this.
07:07Remember Ben Ogilvie?
07:08B.O.?
07:09They called him B.O. in Milwaukee, the outfielder for the Brewers.
07:12Ben Ogilvie.
07:13I remember him.
07:13Orioles, too.
07:14He was known as B.O.
07:15See, I didn't know that.
07:16It's true.
07:17But again, now it's like all you have to do is have a name, and they change it.
07:20Yeah, it's so true.
07:21Again, it used to be reserved for special athletes.
07:25Okay, you want me to steamroll through tier one quickly?
07:27Because we can move fast if you want.
07:29Just go.
07:29Okay, this is what I would call the corporatization of sports.
07:33Anything with the word expected.
07:35Expected goals.
07:36Expected batting average.
07:37Expected points added.
07:40All of that can kiss the underside of my ass.
07:43Bingo.
07:44Probability is another one that you can throw it out.
07:46Probability of win probability.
07:48Win probability.
07:50Apple TV started doing the baseball games.
07:53Hit probability.
07:5322.3%.
07:55Growing up, when you were watching a game and a team was up 28-3, did you ever talk about
07:59win probability?
07:59Oh, what's their win probability?
08:01No, never.
08:01Not once.
08:02You said, oh, they're probably going to win this game, right?
08:04Now it's at 98% win probability.
08:07F you.
08:08Efficiency.
08:09Optimization.
08:11Development opportunity.
08:12Ay-yi-yi.
08:13Which is something Craig Breslow said after they traded Raphael Devers.
08:16One of the guys at Red Sox got back.
08:18Well, that is a development opportunity.
08:22Algorithm.
08:23Modeling.
08:23Very good one.
08:24Big one.
08:25Predictive modeling.
08:26Statistical modeling.
08:27High danger chances or high danger opportunities.
08:30This is a hockey one.
08:31Now we got to hear about their high danger chances or their high danger save percentage
08:35as opposed to just saying they had some good scoring chances and he made some big saves
08:40in tight.
08:40Nope.
08:41Now there's a number and it's a high danger chance or a high danger save or whatever the
08:45case may be.
08:46That also can kiss my ass.
08:47Murray, another Little League question.
08:49You know what run prevention was called when you were a kid?
08:52What's that?
08:53Defense.
08:54Oh, sure.
08:54Is what it was called.
08:55Defense.
08:56Now it's run prevention.
08:56Yep.
08:57Now it's run prevention, otherwise known as pitching and defense.
09:00And then I would say anything with the word rate in it.
09:04R-A-T-E.
09:05Rate.
09:05Like strikeout rate, walk rate, second rate, call it whatever you want.
09:09Anytime there's rate in there, it's really an average because batting average is a hit
09:14rate.
09:15So to me, again, that's just the tip of the iceberg.
09:18I'm sure there are more.
09:19Impact arm.
09:20How do we talk about sports now that we never used to talk about it?
09:25And almost all exclusively, frankly, the fault and the responsibility of the analytic community
09:35and fantasy players.
09:36Yep.
09:37And the nerds.
09:37Nerds.
09:38Sort of one in the same.
09:39Well, you're being redundant.
09:40Yeah.
09:41Analysts and fantasy players have us talking about these sports in an entirely different
09:46way than we ever did.
09:48And it's annoying.
09:49I mean, some of the, when you go through and try to look up some of those terms, and there's
09:52a million we probably didn't include because people have never heard them.
09:55Like weighted runs created, you know, it's alphabet soup.