Baseball commentators have been quick to blame performance-enhancing drugs.
"I don't like to blame performances on injuries, but I think I've got a time to improve on, regardless of the ankle injury.
"Yes we have financial issues, but I would stand up to any player who tries to blame performances this season on that.
A number of retail chains have already blamed poor performance on declining numbers of shoppers.
Simon Wolfson, the chief executive, blamed the performance on unusually warm weather and even produced a chart to show how the changing temperature affected demand for winter coats.
Analysts, however, blamed the performance on disappointing summer weather compared with the same time last year, rather than the fallout from Britain's vote to leave the EU.
Lashing out, he has blamed his performance on the debate moderator's bias and a defective microphone, and threatened to turn Bill Clinton's marital infidelity into an issue in the next debate, scheduled for Oct. 9 in St . Louis
It blamed poor performance at its central London stores due to the recent terrorist attacks as well as fewer visitors to its stores in out-of-town centres - because high-street prices are low.
Nigeria's 3-1 first-leg advantage was overturned by a 2-0 defeat in Kumasi after which their captain, Kingsley Udoh, blamed their performance on black magic, transmitted through the strange object.
It blamed its performance on the price-cutting climate.
