After last night's Monday Night Football game saw the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers by stopping Michael Robinson from the 2 yard line as time expired, the ill forsaken phrase was uttered, "Walk-Off Goal Line Stand".
Come on. Really? That's the best you could come up with?
It's the second time in a week where the infamous "Walk-Off" phrase was uttered when it shouldn't have even entered the mind of the play-by-play man. Last week, when Brandon Roy of the Portland Trailblazers hit a 30 footer at the buzzer to sink the Houston Rockets, it was described as a "Walk-off three pointer".
Two years ago, the NHL issued statements to networks covering the NHL (yup, all both of them) to address any goal scored in the sudden-death overtime period as "skate-off goals". This is by far the most asinine thing I have heard since Mike Tyson's farewell to boxing speech.
I won't single out individual broadcasters because it is poor taste and everyone is doing it. This epidemic needs to stop. It's not cool and you're not cool for saying it.
There is one sport and one sport only which can use this phrase and it is baseball. They coined it first and it fits the sport. Baseball would never describe a low-scoring game as a defensive struggle because they have their own terms, like pitcher's duel.
I understand the meaning they are trying to convey, but be a little more creative and let baseball have this phrase. The sport is suffering enough through suspended title clinching games, horrid weather delays and lower ratings than Who's The Boss reruns. ESPN does a tremendous job filling the public's thirst for sports information but their on air personalities are becoming too cute while trying to become celebrities. Report the news and move on.
I'm glad we had this talk. Now don't do it again
PS. An apology to Phillies fans for the Joe Carter photo, but let's be honest, you've gotten a little too smug over the last week. Just bringing you back to reality.
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