Subject: Misspokements (Page 53)

Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.

English former football player & manager
Misspokements Sports

Azinger is wearing an all black outfit: black jumper, blue trousers, white shoes and a pink tea-cosy hat.

British sports announcer
Appearance Clothing Golf Misspokements Sports

Someone came too sooner.

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

Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

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

A man could not be in two places at the same time unless he were a bird.

(1736 – 1807) Irish politician
Misspokements People

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

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.

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

This vast display of cattleships and bruisers.

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

It’s basically the same, just darker.

stock car racer
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

I want to hear it so quiet we can hear a mouse dropping.

(1897 – 1960) Russian-born American film director, actor & producer
Malaprops Misspokements