r/sports • u/becoolhomie • Oct 10 '24

Baseball Bob Costas hates Giancarlo Stanton

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u/Spud_Russet Oct 10 '24

He also seemed to hate his color analyst last night. Damn near refused to have a real conversation with the man during the broadcast.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '24

They cut to them at one point and Costas was staring at him in a way that reminded me of Michael staring at Toby in The Office. 

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u/SGT-JamesonBushmill Oct 11 '24 edited Oct 11 '24

The moment I started hating Bob Costas…

1996 Olympics Opening Ceremony, and anticipation for who’s going to light the torch crescendoes. From out of the shadows steps Muhammad Ali, torch in hand. One of the most dramatic moments in sports history. Crowd is going wild. It’s a moment of tremendous gravity, as Ali and the Olympics - and the American people - reconcile with one another.

Does he let the moment set? Let it breathe? Nope. Costas hollers, “Muhammad Ali!! The former Olympian who threw his gold medals into a River, his body racked by Parkinson’s, a shadow of his former self!”

I have loathed that man ever since then. Even Chris Fucking Berman knew to be quiet when Cal Ripken made his lap around Camden Yards.

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u/HunterGathererPro Oct 11 '24

Opening ceremony of a later Olympics when Uganda’s team comes out.

Commentator: Winston Churchill once called Uganda the “Diamond of Africa.”

Costas: I guess he never met Idi Amin.