2016 Bloopers

I like to start the new year off with something that is not the streaming sports news of the week and instead share some of the joys of using a voice recognition program for writing my Thoughts From the Sidelines article. Thankfully, I am getting a lot better at catching and fixing things before they go to the second edit, but there were a few good ones. And there were even a few hilarious (but not appropriate ones) that I will keep just for my files. I hope some of these make you “LOL.”

Baseball:

No matter how often I write about my struggling Phillies, it’s always a comment about the “pictures” (pitchers) and spring training bringing the “pearing down of the rafters” (paring down of the rosters). With how poorly the Phillies did do this past year, it really was more like “heaving” talent than (hitting)!

Basketball:

There were also the lackluster 76ers to add some levity. I seemed to have wished them good luck “failing” (following) all the games that would be lost in poor fashion. I also suggested you all “remember the lawyers” (Golden State Warriors) and pointed out that Oklahoma City is one of the “smart Morgans” (top organizations) in the NBA.

There was also this gem that Steph “Cursy” (Steph Curry) got hurt by “sleeping” (slipping) on the “sweet” (wet) spot on the “corn” (court).

Football:

The “Philothea” (Philadelphia) Eagles were also a disappointment and probably would benefit from the discussion of “illuminating” (eliminating) the kickoff and scoring “curtains” (touchdowns) in the first half.

You also had Tom Brady’s very weak “office life” (offensive line) to consider and “Lynn” (Lane) Johnson’s “ceiling” (steroid) suspension.

And the best of all the football faux pas was that the NFC Championship Game came down to the final score of “5217 pampers calendars” (Panthers from Carolina)! [I think that one made me laugh the most.]

Golf:

If you watch as “Moskov” (much golf) as I do, you will definitely see under par “wedding” (winning) scores. The “twin amphibians” (Tournament of Champions) was good, but the Ryder Cup is apparently one of my favorite “bands” (events) to watch.

As far as individuals, I waited and waited for Tiger but enjoyed “Jordust” (Jordan Spieth)’s efforts; saw Dustin get a “pot” (putt) for birdie and saw Phil Mickelson win a “toilet” (tournament)!

Hockey:

The Flyers were in “a nice place” (in ninth place) and the Detroit “wedding rings” (Red Wings) got my attention too. But the best hockey blooper was this one … Can’t afford to blow anymore “reads” (leads) like they did against the “coldest one jacket one Nate and his family” (Columbus Blue Jackets. What?!!)

Soccer:

This one is so ridiculous that I am just going to type what it was supposed to say after you try to get through it.

“Ronaldo was hurt in the only about eight minutes Port pool bingo in the second overture.”

(Ronaldo was hurt only eight minutes into the game. Portugal won in the second overtime.)

I wish I could attach an emoji to that one!

Tennis:

And last but not least there were these gems from the tennis world.

Believe it or not, Roger finally became less of an issue this past year but the first effort started with the same ol’ Roger “Fedor” (Federer) and left us laughing with Novak “Jet ridge” (Djokovich) evidently two of my favorite “mail test” (male tennis) players of all time.

There was “Ehud onset” (a huge upset) somewhere in the tennis season as well as “story M&M’s” (Serena Williams) trying to match or beat “Stallybrass” (Steffi Graf’s) record. All of these players have “Krejza” (crazy) short careers and I will close with the fact that Isner will be a big threat to go pretty “fart” (far)!

So that wraps up another year of bloopers. Happy New Year everyone. I hope you will continue to enjoy my “thoughts” for 2017.