Light-hitting Marco Scutaro

by Reg on Jun 4, 2006 5:16 PM PDT

I was watching the game today and, after Scutaro got his third hit, I thought, "light-hitting Marco Scutaro just got his third hit of the day." This was really irritating because "light-hitting" is one of those sports cliches that I hear all the time and it drives me crazy that I thought of it without any prompting.

Sure enough, I look at the AP recap and they call him light-hitting Marco Scutaro. Terrible. Two other cliches that I don't like are "vaunted" offense or pitching staff and that a team is really "high" on some young player. All three of these cliches should be retired right now. Feel free to add more annoying cliches. By the way, I just decided that the worst band name of all time is Sixpence None the Richer. So bad.

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Big Fly

I hate 'big fly' mainly because I only get Angels games down here and that's what Rex Hudler calls home runs. 'Big fly'? 'Big Daddy Vladdy's wheelhouse'? I think Rex should pull a Ricky Williams and go announce in the canadian league so he can continue smoking weed.

How's Kendall's power now?

by SLOtown on Jun 4, 2006 8:13 PM PDT reply actions

oh no

Big fly is a bad one. Good call.

by Reg on Jun 4, 2006 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions

uhh...

he has a lifetime .374 SLG. he should always be called "light-hitting"...

by chri5 on Jun 4, 2006 8:15 PM PDT reply actions

ERMMMMM

We know this. The point is that the term "light-hitting" is a cliche.

by Reg on Jun 4, 2006 9:27 PM PDT reply actions

ERMMMMM

now that is most definitely not a cliche.

See, I'm a murderer, I kill what I eat. I'm a hunter-gatherer, I kill what I eat. I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat. I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat.

by Cutthemullet on Jun 5, 2006 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Cliches, though trite, can be true

And it is also true that light-hitting second basemen have multiple hit games, hit home runs, and make hits at times that drive in the game winning run.

None of that denies the truth of the adjective "light-hitting" nor the correct valie it signifies about Scutaro's value to the team.

by dingerpower on Jun 4, 2006 9:30 PM PDT reply actions

Cliches are a dime a dozen

by Nico on Jun 4, 2006 9:39 PM PDT reply actions

But I still

avoid them like the plague.

"I really don't see how it affects me that directly except for doing these interviews." -- Brad Halsey on giving up No. 714

by day-to-day on Jun 4, 2006 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions

I think there's a time and place for cliches.

by Rickeyfan on Jun 5, 2006 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions

"If I'm the <team name>, I'll..."

Well, you're NOT them! If you ARE them, what the hell are you doing in the booth right now?! Get down on the field!

Putting the "fun" in "perfunctory"

by Poppy on Jun 5, 2006 6:58 AM PDT reply actions

I must say,

if I'm OaklandSi then I agree with you.

by Nico on Jun 5, 2006 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Huh?

by OaklandSi on Jun 5, 2006 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions

If I'm OaklandSi...

...then I'm totally confused by Nico's comment. And I should be.

Putting the "fun" in "perfunctory"

by Poppy on Jun 5, 2006 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions

If I'm OaklandSi,

I go "Huh?" But if I'm Poppy, I just reply below.

by Nico on Jun 5, 2006 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions

"Popped Up"

There's a couple of things Korach says that drive me crazy.. or the way he says them. "Popped up" is one of them.. (Especially if one of our guys hits it) and "Routine".

by AthleticsMojo on Jun 5, 2006 7:35 AM PDT reply actions

"Phhhhopped up"

Korach does say "popped up" kind of funny.

by Jennifer on Jun 5, 2006 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions

mixing cliches is fun

but that is a whole 'nother can of whip ass.

"Mommy and Daddy are going to take a nap before the baseball game starts..."

by Athletics fan and runner on Jun 5, 2006 7:54 AM PDT reply actions

I'm also tired of the phrase

"flirted with a no-hitter."

"I really don't see how it affects me that directly except for doing these interviews." -- Brad Halsey on giving up No. 714

by day-to-day on Jun 5, 2006 10:12 AM PDT reply actions

How about...

He flirted with that mad fly hunny behind the dugout in between innings while hitting on a no-hitter.

"the reason why hitting the ball on the "sweet spot" of the bat feels so good is that the ball is contacting at the bat at a vibrational node." - salb918

by McFood on Jun 6, 2006 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions