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Seven???s 25 baseball pet peeves, including: 17. Fans who wear jerseys of players who are no longer on the team and who were not an all-time great player for that team. I think it???s time to throw out that #43 Raul Mondesi Dodgers jersey. Or donate it to charity. My baseball pet peeves: 1. Players who swing at the first pitch after a 4-pitch walk. 2. Announcers/commentators who constantly refer to players by their first name or nickname, as if they???re best friends. The Marlins guys are the worst I???ve seen with this. When Josh Willingham was on the team, they ONLY referred to him as ???Hammer???. Hammer did this, Hammer did that. No one cares that you know his nickname. 3. Pitchers who walk the opposing pitcher. 4. Pitchers who walk the guy batting in front of the opposing pitcher with two outs. 5. Announcers/commentators who openly root for the team they work for. I understand that home announcers will naturally get more juiced up on a big play for their team, but it???s so annoying when they don???t even make an attempt to be professional and unbiased. Once again, the Marlins guys take the cake on this one. They routinely scream things like ???GO BALL! GO BALL! GET OUT OF HERE!??? on deep fly balls hit by Florida players. 6. The Wave. It???s the 8th inning of a 1-run game. Sit down and pay attention. 7. Umpires who take their mask off to yell back at a hitter as the hitter is walking back to the dugout after a called third strike, head down, letting out some frustration under his breath. Sorry blue, but no one turned on the game to see you or your face. Keep the mask on. 8. Watching Daisuke Matsuzaka pitch. 9. The freecreditreport.com home run inning, brought to you by Verizon Wireless, sponsored by Bank of America. 10. The 40 year old guy who brings his glove to the game. Dude, if you???re going to interfere with a player trying to make a play or push a little kid out of the way in order to get that foul ball, at least use your bare hands. 11. Scoreboard graphics/sounds that tell fans when to cheer. 12. Players who wear their sunglasses on the brim of their cap on a sunny day. 13. Batters who hit a ball down the line and aren???t sure if they should run or not. I know that over the course of the long season, a player might have a time or two where he ???knows??? a ball is going to be foul or caught and, out of frustration, he doesn???t run. But what gets me is the guy who hits it down the line, take two steps, stops, starts again, still isn???t sure, takes a few more steps towards first, then stops 10 feet from first base and turns to go back home (while the bat is still in his hand) as it becomes clear the ball will go foul and make the stands. If you???re so unsure that you start and stop three or four times, put the bat down and run. 14. The playing of ???Sweet Caroline??? at any stadium other than Fenway Park. 15. Fans who go to the game to get drunk and???.climb over you to get to the aisle 16 times a game to get another beer or go to the bathroom, don???t know what inning it is, yell things that only they think are funny, and don???t care about the game you???re trying to watch. 16. Jayson Werth???s facial hair. 17. Fans who wear jerseys of players who are no longer on the team and who were not an all-time great player for that team. I think it???s time to throw out that #43 Raul Mondesi Dodgers jersey. Or donate it to charity. 18. Seeing 6 year old kids sitting in the front row at field level during a playoff game???eating, whining, sleeping???basically anything other than paying attention to the game. 19. ???It is hiiigh???it is faaar???it..is..GONE!??? 20. Fans who wear the jersey of a team that isn???t playing in the game they are currently attending. I don???t want to see your Yankees jersey if I???m at a Red Sox-Orioles game. 21. Joe Morgan???s logic. 22. When a TV broadcast gives me a batter???s insignificant career numbers off a reliever. Was it supposed to mean something to me when I was told that Ichiro was 1 for 3 off of Bobby Jenks in his career? 23. Leadoff walks after the pitcher???s team just gave him a lead the previous half inning. 24. Going 2-0 on Albert Pujols before giving in with a get-me-over fastball. If you???re gonna be a coward, just put him on. Otherwise, start with strike one. 25. Reader???s choice.