Things that make you go Hmmmmm??????

The Great Freedom Williams and C + C Music Factory had a huge hit in the early 1990’s with a song that had everybody from kids to grandparents using this same line.   As I watch sports all I can think is this same catchy phrase and wonder Hmmmm????

NASCAR: Why do your announcers on the track wear a mock racing suit complete with sponsors? Is there anybody who thinks that there might be an injury and the reporter babe has to jump into Jimmy Johnson’s ride?

It would be kind of fun to see Pam Oliver reporting from the sideline of the Giants Game wearing shoulder pads and sporting a mouth piece in between takes. Why not have Erin Andrews interview coaches on the sideline wearing a vintage Magic Johnson Laker uniform complete with arm bands and tape on her fingers? Hmmmm?

Football: Why are networks now showing not just the yellow 1^st down marker, but now are superimposing dark green high definition ten yard sections? It actually looks pretty clear so why not just show the whole field in that color? Amazes me that a simple yellow line isn’t enough to cue viewers where the 1^st down is. We have hash tags on the field marking the yards, referees holding markers from the point of the snap to the 1^st down point, a super imposed yellow line marker and we STILL need the network to highlight 10 yards? 4 different ways to tell how far 10 yards is in a football game seems a little overkill to me. I wonder how many people are confused if, God forbid, a back runs for 20 yards on 1^st down and are forced to replay the DVR to see this illusion. Hmmmm?

Golf: Why is it such a shock that a fan got struck by a golf ball and is now blind in one eye from this weekend at the Ryder Cup? As an avid golfer, I cannot understand how these fans just line up directly in the path of a professional golfer swinging 140 MPH and never take into account he could shank this one. You have no idea if he is hung over, just snorted coke with his buddy Dustin Johnson or his wife just told him she slept with Francesco Molinari because she likes Italian men (what woman doesn’t?). I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often, especially when a golfer is in the pine trees scrambling to get back on the fairway from 250 yards. People line up like ducks at a county fair to risk being shot and just put all their trust into a golfer not having a bad day? Hmmmmm?

Baseball:  Is there anything more annoying than the strike zone box they put up there for each batter?   Well actually there is!   The replay rule is a snail crawl and basically MLB has learned nothing from the NFL’s use of replay. Baseball already takes about 4 hours to play a nine inning game and each team uses as many pitchers as possible. The replay rule will eventually lead to the first ever 5 hour, nine inning game.   With the post season upon us and expanded rosters, I’m going to predict no less than 12 pitchers will be used in Wednesday’s Yankee and Athletics game.

Here is something to ponder for a moment: The Met’s Jacob DeGrom finished the year with a 1.70 era and 269 strikeouts….yet he only won 10 games? Hmmmmm?

-BSB

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