When I was in 6th grade, I believed that in baseball, if you hit a home run, you'd get 7 points instead of 1, because running all the bases counted more than just running from 3rd to home. I envisioned as similar to a touchdown, which I also believed at the time was 7, not 6 points.

CN

I grew up in Boston, and one time when I went to a Red Sox game with my parents, I asked them if we could go sit out in the bleachers. They said no because people "smoke pot" there. So, I though if we went to the bleachers, everyone would be sitting there holding smoking pots.

Chris from California

you know the ten-foot line that they have for volleyball courts? I used to think that when you were playing basketball, if you shot from that line your team would score "ten" points. I actually tried to make a shot all the way from there in the last second of one of my basketball games. My angry teamates hastily corrected me.

bball smartz

i used to belive that there was to gremlins in the pool table at my local pub.
i used to go under there and try and get them out because my dad would always blame it on the "BLASTED GEREMLINS" when he missed the ball!

kerry

when i was little i used to watch cricket on tv with my dad.
He used to yell 1,2... watching the ball cross the inner circle...
i always believed that if ball crosses inner circle they score 1 run .......
Later if found the truth that runs are taken by batsman and not by the ball.
that was hilarious when i think of it now....

raji

When I was little I used to believe that boxers fight only fists into fists.

Ana

i used to believe the quarterback was second in command (what an idiot i was)

Anon

You'll probably only get this if you're from the UK, but I used to think the Wombles lived at Wembley Stadium.

Spacey

I used to think that "Australian Rules Football" didn't actually have any rules.

Actually, I'm still not entirely sure on this one...

;)

American Guy

When I was 4 or 5 ish, I used to watch formula 1 with my two older brothers, and I used to chant 'they're going to the shops'

Samantha

this is one that only people from the UK will get, but I did used to believe that international cricket matches were always played in Yeovil ....

NCM

The world can be so confusing when you're a kid! When my son, Mark, was 4 years old we were watching a pro football game on the T.V. that his aunt and uncle were attending. I told him to watch closely for aunt Teresa, after a few minutes of intense viewing he turned to me and ask "what number is she?"

Lynn

I was about 8 years old in Little League baseball, with some reasonable skill at the game but a few gaps in my understanding of how it was played. I'll never forget the humiliation I experienced one day during a game where I'd gotten on base. Our team was below average and often I'd get on base but the next batters would get out before I could make it home. So there's the day--I'm on 3rd base, the batter hits a line drive and I tear off for home. I beat the 2nd baseman's throw and scored. I was thrilled. "I got a home run!" The other kids that jumped up to congratulate me on making it home, then sneered and laughed at me for what I said. "No, you didn't make a home run," I was condescendingly informed. "But I ran to home and made it! Why isn't that a home run?" One kid took pity on me and explained how I'd have to run all the way around the bases after hitting the ball, in one shot. THAT is a home run. I didn't want to believe him, because I felt so great about reaching home base. When my father finally told me the same thing, I sadly realized the truth of it. We won that day. But I wouldn't be happy until the next season when I finally hit a "real" home run. ;-)

Gary

In order to get my 3 year old son to eat a good breakfast before going out to fish we told him that the fish only took bait that had egg breath on it. After that he was reminding me to cook eggs, and every worm had to have egg breath blowen over it before it went into the water.

Marilyn

watching pro wrestling when i was 10, i used to think it was real. i used to think certain stuff/storylines were real like Sgt Slaughter getting boots from Saddam, real Mounties using a taser weapon,Yokozuna a real japanese(in real life hes samoan)Undertaker having a clone

Anon

When I was young I thought that a "Dude Ranch" was where people kept surfers untill it was warm enough to go in the water again. I also thought that babies came out of people and animals butts and was quite concerned when mine would come out (i was like 6)

don't wory about it

I used to believe that american footballers wore special shoulder pads which moulded their shoulders to make them so big and square...and I believed this until I was 15

squizy rach

I grew up thinking that the Washington Redskins were the president's football team because the president was from Washington (not the team)...

Anon

when I was younger and used to watched football with my dad, I used to think that the football players had no faces through the helmets.

Corrine

When I was real young, I thought that the angle of the sun had an effect on me, so during soccer i would stare at the sun and try to figure the best position.

jm