Subject: Misspokements (Page 7)

His face is sagging with tension.

English sports commentator

We all know what it’s like to have a half-warmed fish within us.

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

The shoulder surgery was a success; the lobotomy failed.

(1939 – ) American football player & coach

Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Concentration-wise, we’re having trouble crossing the line mentally from a toughness standpoint.

American football coach

It was close for Zaheer, Lawson threw his hands in the air and Marsh threw his head in the air.

cricket commentator

Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Getting cut in the face is a pain in the butt.

Canadian hockey player

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

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

What’s everyone blaming me for? … Blame Felix; I wouldn’t have hit into the double-plays if he hadn’t hit singles.

American baseball player, manager & executive

He’s 31 this year – last year he was 30.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

I must run like the stocking.

(1971 – ) American actress

We’re going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

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

I’m not blind to hearing what everybody else hears.

professional baseball player

In Willie DeWit, we have an all-American boy, even though he is a Canadian.

You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I am not a man of faith, but my wife is.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

He looks up at him through blood smeared lips.

British sports commentator

I’ve now been in 57 states… I think one left to go.

(1961 – ) 44th U.S. president

It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment; it’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

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

Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator