Subject: Misspokements (Page 53)

The game was closer than the score indicated.

professional baseball player

The future will be better tomorrow.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Don’t worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

Tambay’s hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I couldn't settle in Italy – it was like living in a foreign country.

Welsh football player

Hemmoroods

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

All the Padres need is a flyball in the air.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

These people haven’t seen the last of my face. If I go down, I’m going down standing up.

American basketball player

The series is already won, but I don’t know by which team.

professional baseball player

There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense; in other words a good offense wins.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician