Subject: Misspokements (Page 41)

[He’s] the ultimate player-to-be-named-later.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach
Baseball Misspokements Sports

The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.

professional baseball player & executive
Misspokements Sports Success

It’s almost like we have ESPN.

professional basketball player
Basketball Misspokements Sports

The time in the world has gotten shorter so it doesn't take so long to get to Australia.

English football player
Misspokements

That was the straw that twisted the camel's neck.

Misspokements Mixed metaphors

That was like swatting June bugs off a fly.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Misspokements

Those amateur umpires are certainly flexing their fangs tonight.

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

I play football. I’m not trying to be a professor. The tests don’t seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven’t been through in school.

Football Misspokements Sports

[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.

professional basketball player
Misspokements Sports

Let us glaze our assesto the queer old Dean.

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

I paid too much for it, but it’s worth it.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Misspokements Money

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Friends Misspokements People

This could be a repeat of what will happen in the European games next week.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements

They can say what they want, but playoff hockey is a whole other ballgame.

Hockey Misspokements Sports

Ozzie Smith just made a play that I have never seen before; and he’s done it more times than anyone else.

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

There’ll be only one winner now – in every sense.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

You guys lineup, alphabetically by height.

football coach
Misspokements Sports

Her time is about 4.33, which she’s capable of.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

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

There’s a shot up the alley… oh, it’s just foul.

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

No, I think that was when Abraham Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence. Ya know, “Fourscore and seven years ago.”

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