Subject: Misspokements (Page 48)

That home run ties it up, 1-0.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing.

professional baseball player

The batsman’s is Holding, the bowler’s Willey.

cricket announcer

The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

All I had to do is keep turning left!

auto racer

Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He (Lyndon Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets).

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

That noise in my earphones knocked my nose off and I had to pick it up and find it.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I feel like I’m the best, but you’re not going to get me to say that.

professional football player

That’s why I don’t talk. Because I talk too much.

professional baseball player

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

Canadian hockey player

He has me sitting on pins and cushions waiting.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian

That is what has made America last these past 200 centuries.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

What happens to me next year will happen to me no matter what happens.

professional basketball player

I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid.

professional football player & broadcaster

He [Magic Johnson] comes into the league with all that fancy stuff and they call it magic; I’ve been doing it for years and they call it schoolyard.

professional basketball player

We have a President, perhaps for the very first time since the founding of our republic, who doesn’t appear to believe that America is the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known.

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

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

(1961 – ) 44th U.S. president

He’s got his hands on his knees and holds his head in despair.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

You never ask why you’ve been fired because if you do, they’re liable to tell you.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer