Subject: Misspokements (Page 25)

… standing there making a sitting target of himself.

English boxing manager & trainer
Boxing Misspokements Sports

I can tell you it’s a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right through.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator
Misspokements Sports

Even my players aren't players.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Well, let's see; there’s… of course… in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author
Misspokements

Stop soft soapin’ and trying to deterge the judge!

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

I’ll be sad to go, and I wouldn’t be sad to go; it wouldn’t upset me to leave St. Louis, but it would upset me to leave St. Louis; it’s hard to explain. You’ll find out one of these days, but maybe you never will.

Canadian-born American hockey player
Misspokements Sports

Craig Bellamy has literally been on fire.

Scottish football player & manager
Communication Language Misspokements

Well, I see in the game in Minnesota that Terry Felton has relieved himself on the mound in the second inning.

sportscaster & former professional baseball player
Baseball Misspokements Sports

This vast display of cattleships and bruisers.

(1844 – 1930) English dean at Oxford whose name is given to the accidental transposition of sounds of two or more words
Misspokements

The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball.

Scottish football player
Misspokements Sports

The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field… no, wait a minute… it’s ball one… low and outside.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

If ever an error had ‘F’ written on it, that grounder did.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I love sports; whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president
Entertainment Misspokements Television

I’m in a class by myself, along with people like Rod Stewart.

(1936 – ) English singer
Misspokements

[Paul Revere] did warn the British… and I know my American history.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author
History Misspokements

The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I don’t know what that is.

professional baseball player
Baseball Misspokements Sports

That home run ties it up, 1-0.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.

football coach
Misspokements Sports

I’m glad you’re doing this story on us and not on the WNBA; we’re so much prettier than all the other women in sports.

professional tennis player
Misspokements Sports

It’s a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too.

professional tennis player
Misspokements Sports

As a runner Daley Thompson is excellent, as a jumper he is excellent, and as a thrower he is an excellent runner and jumper.

British journalist, author, commentator & coach
Misspokements Sports