We have to discuss by way of this.
Sports are gone for a lengthy, very long time, sadly. The one factor we have now proper now’s one another — and our cringey, embarrassing, awkward sports reminiscences. So let’s maintain this prepare rolling.
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Most of the individuals on this planet have performed sports sooner or later or one other, whether or not recreationally, organized or semi-pro. Extra individuals haven’t performed skilled sports, which is why most of us sit right here and tweet and write about them.
Earlier in the week, I posed this query on Twitter:
You guys got any embarrassing sports moments? Playing or watching?
— Joe (@JoeRiveraSN) March 30, 2020
Evidently, there have been loads of hilarious responses that reminded us why we do not play professional sports and earn giant, horny contracts.
Listed here are a few of the greatest responses from the Twitter roundup:
Basketball
Center faculty basketball game. Large open on the wing for a 3. Known as for the ball and my teammate zipped a pass to me. Ball went proper by way of my fingers hit me in the face and knocked me over. It went out of bounds for a turnover. Then I needed to sub out as a result of my nostril was bleeding
— Shane Magness (@Shane_Magness91) March 30, 2020
Which damage worse: the busted nostril, or the bruised ego?
I used to be a benchwarmer on our freshman hoops team. I solely tried three pictures all yr. Missed the first two, my greatest chance for a bucket was in the final game of the season, and I had a vast open transition layup — and I missed it. It was the final time I performed organized hoops. https://t.co/iOB6EXi0Qj
— Nick Feely (@nickfeely) March 30, 2020
That is worse than the GIF of Swaggy P lacking the 3-pointer.
Baseball
I used to be attempting to impress a man that I favored that truly confirmed as much as a softball game (after hyping myself up in entrance of him) and welp my changeup went over the backstop. Not nice. He left after that.
— Chelsea Ladd (@chelseabrooke) March 30, 2020
He left? Did he go to search out the ball and by no means got here again?
Was taking part in left discipline at a four discipline advanced,
Tried throwing a runner out at home and ended up throwing it over the backstop and hit a child on the discipline behind it
— Nick Rini (@njrini99) March 30, 2020
A minimum of arm power is not a problem.
I made the final out of an inning attempting to steal second .whereas the bases had been loaded.
— Tim Sennett (@timsennett) March 30, 2020
Properly, if nothing else, at the very least you got a actually good jump.
In highschool, I got hit in the junk two years in a row. As soon as by a floor ball, and as soon as by a quick hop throw.
— Jason Hagman (@Jason_Hagman) March 30, 2020
Uh … no balls, two strikes?
Hit a Grand Slam for my first ever over the fence home run in Slowpitch Softball. Once I sat right down to crack a celebratory beer, I used to be known as out by the home plate umpire.
I used to be too excited. I missed home plate.
My first over the fence home run turned a triple with Three RBI.
— Brian Dunkel (@bcdunkel) March 30, 2020
“You miss 100 percent of the home plates you don’t touch.” — Babe Ruth — Wayne Gretzky — Michael Scott — Joe Rivera
Walked in my first AB. The defense wasn’t paying consideration so I ran to second and was protected. Forgot to ask for times and instantly got tagged out .whereas celebrating.
— coryjsettoon (@coryjsettoon) March 30, 2020
Is it time to cease celebrating in sports? My column:
???????? These are dangerous. That is worse: tore my rotator cuff with a celebratory fist pump when the Yankees won the AL Pennant in 2009.
— Shane Magness (@Shane_Magness91) March 30, 2020
Is perhaps the genesis of all the Yankees’ harm points lately.
Properly, now different individuals are going to pee themselves, too. By laughing, in all probability.
Very first thing that involves thoughts was a baseball game in in all probability Sixth-Seventh grade. I one way or the other misplaced a contact and needed to play 2B. Ball is hit to me and I run the reverse means attempting to guess the place it’s. I’m positive I regarded silly. — Nameless Twitter consumer.
You in all probability regarded higher in the discipline than José Canseco did that one time.
Simply me in heart discipline yelling at my highschool girlfriend in the stands and the ball was hit to me whereas I wasn’t trying. I by no means picked up the ball. Pop as much as heart for a triple.
— Gary Sheffield Jr. (@GarysheffieldJr) March 30, 2020
I hope she liked you on your baseball acumen.
Senior yr of highschool I had a hemorrhoid and I used to be in excruciating ache once I ran. I used to be shagging fly balls throughout BP and I simply needed to shut it down. I instructed my coach I pulled my hamstring. I used to be too embarrassed to inform him what it actually was. I’m in the trainers room getting my leg messaged and s—, feeling like an a—gap as a result of there’s nothing fallacious with it. Per week goes by and I nonetheless have this factor. I instructed my buddy the truth and I ought to’ve identified higher as a result of he had a big mouth. Lengthy story quick, as a result of the solely means I might sit comfortably throughout the game was on the ball bucket, my buddy blabs it to my coach and the complete team. After the game my coach calls me over and right here I’m pondering “I’m gonna get screamed at for lying about an injury” however he spends the next 10 minutes telling me how he will get them chronically and how he offers with them. — Nameless Twitter Consumer No. 2
A literal ache in the ass. Strategy to go.
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Soccer
I performed football once I studied overseas at the Univ. of Glasgow in Scotland. I used to be a RB & we performed on a transformed soccer discipline w/ unclear strains. I broke a enormous run, however I ended up spiking the ball on the 5-yard line. NOT COOL. https://t.co/5Gkaj1Pbrp
— John C. Eustice (@johnceustice) March 31, 2020
Not cool, however positively hilarious.
Wow, so that you performed for the New York Jets?
Now I see why you play flag football and never two-hand contact.
We have now a chance to grow to be the second JV football football team ever to go undefeated in the history of our highschool. Final game of the season (no playoffs for JV), in opposition to one in every of our largest rivals. We’re in additional time, and we get the ball first. We score a landing. I, the long-snapper for the PAT, ship the ball flying over the holder’s head. We do not convert. Different team will get the ball. Scores a landing. Kicks the PAT. We lose due to my dangerous snap. — SN’s Tadd Haislop
Thank God you are higher at writing about football than taking part in it.
Soccer
Soccer event in 40 MPH+ wind. I used to be a part of the wall and the wind caught the ball, I misjudged it and tried to guard my face however as a substitute it hit me sq. in the groin. Fell to the floor and virtually blacked out lol https://t.co/Wps7FCMHu9
— ????gaurav vedak???? (@gvedak) March 31, 2020
“An absolute FIRECRACKER!”
I used to be taking part in soccer in kindergarten and I used to be the goalie the first game. A child kicked it towards me and I ended it, however I didn’t know to punt it again and I simply put the ball down. Child got here and kicked it in the net for a goal. I discovered rapidly.
— Chris Nalwasky (@ChrisWasky) March 30, 2020
See, normally in soccer, you wish to kick the ball.
Hockey
I used to be chosen for a youth clinic at the previous Civic Area in Pittsburgh, open to the public. Bobby Orr ran drills with a microphone. I used to be pivoting and hit a rut in the ice, fell on my again. Orr bellowed into the mic, “Well, that’s what you don’t do.”
— Derek Smith (@secondaryassist) March 31, 2020
There are worse issues than Bobby Orr telling you you stink.
I’m 5’6” and a hockey goalie, I used to be taught being shorter come additional out of my crease to chop down angles in my JR yr of HS, I got here out as a participant crossed the pink line, he looped the puck over me, into the net, I stumble going to catch it and hit my head off the crossbar ????
— Dave Pollard (@DaveJPollard) March 30, 2020
A minimum of you tried to chop down the angles.
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Miscellaneous
Knocked one in every of my entrance enamel out in karate and so they needed to put it again in place by cementing it to the different entrance tooth, so for a month I had one big entrance tooth. As soon as it was absolutely fastened, I fell at Darien Lake and the tooth fell out once more so that they needed to do all of it once more
— Allan (@Really_Allan) March 31, 2020
Knocked your enamel unfastened in karate? Somebody get this man a DAZN contract, fast!
Bowling story: I instructed this lady that if she would bowl on my team for the night time, I might shoot a 300. She confirmed up and I proceeded to throw the first 11 strikes and dumped the 12th one in the gutter. That lady is now my spouse and I’ve redeemed myself a few times ????
— Tim … (@TimUrsillo) March 31, 2020
Solely factor that may have made this higher is if you happen to adopted it up with, “WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, I AM?!”
i used to be as soon as on a date watching a school football match in a bar, i went to scoot up the stool i used to be sitting on and the seat itself got here out, my thumb went between the seat and the remainder of the chair because it got here down, and I broke my thumb. I needed to excuse myself. she ghosted me https://t.co/ieJEkMekia
— Ed Zitron (@edzitron) March 30, 2020
Easy.
I … do not have something witty to say about this.
I jumped up so fast when Iowa’s Tevaun Smith hauled in an 85-yard landing pass in the 2015 Massive Ten Championship Recreation that I handed out momentarily and fell again into my chair.
My dad, watching with me, was celebrating so onerous himself I nonetheless do not assume he is aware of this occurred. https://t.co/ts9tA7ULRS
— Cody Hills (@ByCodyHills) March 30, 2020
Time to get up, Cody. This has all been a dream, and Iowa nonetheless misplaced.
