Subject: Misspokements (Page 45)

It would be unprintable on television.

English cricketer
Misspokements Sports

I was in Moldova airport and I went into the duty-free shop – and there wasn’t a duty-free shop.

British football player
Activities Misspokements Travel

Tony Taylor was one of the first acquisitions that the Phillies made when they reconstructed their team; they got him from Philadelphia.

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

This is really a jack of all trades and master of non.

Misspokements

I would have brung you flowers too, but I read in a magazine that they suck up all the carbon monoxygen.

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

He's got a great future ahead; he's missed so much of it.

English football player & manager
Misspokements

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

Remember, attraction is a three-way street. Or is it a one-way tunnel?

(1971 – ) American actress
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

National League umpires wear inside chest protesters.

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

That’s cricket, Harry, you get these sort of things in boxing.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Boxing Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

The most overrated underrated player in baseball.

American writer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Things are more like they are now than they have ever been.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president
Communication Misspokements Speech Time

If (Pete) Rose’s streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

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

We are not going to be any three-clouds-and-a-yard-of-dust team.

football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

I know this music from memory, not from the music.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist
Entertainment Memory Misspokements Music

Gentlemen, I have nothing to say. Any questions?

professional ice hockey player & coach
Misspokements

Here’s a guy who when he runs, he moves faster.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer
Football Misspokements Sports

The audience are literally electrified and glued to their seats.

BBC commentator
Misspokements Sports

When our boys come home from France, we will have the hags flungout.

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

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Government Misspokements Politics

Even my players aren't players.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports