Some things are done for so long that they seem like they are good ideas because they are never challenged. Batting average being the best metric to evaluate baseball hitters. Full House. Other ideas are prone to overthinking so much that the worst possible idea emerges from it. Fantasy drafts. Decisions by fantasy commissioners. Thousands of political decisions. We see these decisions time after time in every sport, and you wish that common sense would prevail sometimes. This week’s Top 7 looks at the most head-scratching decisions in sports. These are general, we could do specific decisions some other time.

7. Playoff lineup changes, baseball
So the team that usually heads out there for you for 162 games suddenly should be different during the playoffs? Usually it makes no sense, but there are rare occasions where it does (slotting Miguel Cabrera into the 2003 Marlin lineup was a pretty good idea), hence its spot way down on this list. The most famous example of this during the last few years was when Joe Torre moved A-Rod down to 8th in the order in their last ALDS game.

6. Not pinning the leg, wrestling
True wrestling superstars do not take anything for granted, especially when the title is on the line. Sure, it may look cool when Undertaker crosses his opponent’s arms after a tombstone, but what happened against Hulk Hogan? He kicked out. Pin the leg and he may have had a different story. Maybe that is not the best example as Hogan could kick out of anything, but lackadaisical covers going for the 1-2-3 can only lead to problems. Sometimes even championships.

5. Swinging ahead of the count when down by a bunch, baseball
This one is maddening. Anecdotally, I can think of two. One was in 2000, and Kerry Robinson was up for the Cardinals when they were down by three in the 9th with no one on. Robinson swung at a 1-0 pitch! What was he planning to do with that? Hit a three-run, bases empty homer? He hit like two homers his whole career. Take a pitch! The other one was Wednesday night. Matt Kemp, up 2-0 in the count, swings away and hits a fly ball caught at the wall for the second out. Down by four, you don’t take chances there. Kemp thought he could get it out of the park, but he didn’t, and instead of another baserunner, there are now two outs and your chances are amazingly close to zero now. Related to this—swinging away when the pitcher has thrown four or more balls in a row.

4. Bad challenges, football
This particular entry could have just been changed to “don’t do what Mike Martz did.” Here are two classics: he challenged a play where the opposing team gained three yards. He also challenged the very first play of the season, and the clock read 14:59 left in the 1st quarter. Literally one second into the season, Martz was challenging plays. The best thing was that there was nothing to challenge. The ball bounced out of bounds at the one yard line. That’s what happened. There was nothing to reverse. It was almost as if he was saying “Hey, you say I challenge too much, well watch this!” He wasn’t about to let the possibility of challenging a play the earliest it could possibly be challenged go away.

3. Poor use of fouls, basketball
Your team is up by four and the opponents have one final possession in the game. A guy heads behind the three-point line, hurls one up, and a defender for your team goes full out trying to block the shot. That makes complete sense. Let him make the three and foul him, giving them the only possible chance to tie the game. Understood. Here’s another one—your team is up by three with fouls to give, but their opponents have the ball. Foul them! Foul them away from the ball! Even if they have already given up the bonus, FOUL! They score two points on free throws, but they need three to win. Tony LaRussa should coach basketball; he would come up with all kinds of crazy things to do. He would find a reason to foul with 18:47 left in the 1st half intentionally.

2. Squib kick, football
The theory behind the “squib kick” is that it greatly reduces the possibility of a runback for a touchdown or great field position. Instead, they give them very good field position, without them having to do anything. The Bears game this past weekend was the best example. 11 seconds left, squib kick. One thirty-yard pass later, all it took was a 47-yard field goal and the game was over.

1.Going on contact, baseball
Runner on third, less than two outs. “No matter where the ball is hit, as soon as it’s hit, run!” This is probably the most angering thing that can happen as a baseball fan. There lies the potential tying run, and he gets thrown out by 65 feet on a grounder to third base.