You've Got To Have A Pre-Existing Game Plan In Your Strategy

[armedmonkey]

Don’t get me wrong, fetus, I love Yogi. He’s very intelligent, and I’ve never heard him say anything that made me think otherwise.

But ya’ gotta’ admit: He mangles the English language better than anybody on the planet. It’s freaking Beautiful.

[jjimm]

@fetus

I have a theory: English sportscasters are better at sounding more profound (part of which is undoubtedly their accents). They drop names and invent criteria for their own credibility. They build their broadcast partner up with anecdotes and flattery, and then remind us of their own superiority with a quick potshot that their partner takes in stride. And so it goes, back and forth, on and on. That’s the impression I get from English soccer broadcasts. Any thoughts, UK Dopers? Am I on to something here or am I a victim of selection bias?

Selection bias. Particularly since their primary audience is a load of people who don’t regard their accents as anything special. I suppose some of them are confident enough to let the game speak for itself for a few seconds at a time, and there are good commentators out there, but they often talk drivel. See my earlier link to ‘Colemanballs’, and also this clip of the superb Fast Show parody of the nonsense spoken at half time, Ron Manager.

[sturmhauke]

I always thought that Yogi Berra didn’t say those crazy things by accident, but because he’s a smartass. I recognize smartassery, being a practitioner my own self.