I used to tell people my grandfather played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 70's because the den in his house had a bunch of Steeler posters and pennants. Turned out he was just a big fan.

Rob

Have you ever seen women playing tennis? Well I saw them doing it a lot at our tennis club. The ladies always wore skirts, but they put there tennis ball up there! I honestly thought they were putting the tennis ball in their knickers.

Of course later I found out that there is a pair of shorts underneath with a pocket in them. In most of them anyway, I was saying it to my mom the other day. She puts hers in her shorts! Now I'm not quite sure what to think. :(

Toto

I used to believe that when a ball left the playing field it was out of bounce, meaning it would come to rest. Made understanding the rules tough on the little guy.

Bob

I used to beleive that when plaing volleyball, you can only serve from one spot. Later did I find out that you can serve from anywhere on the back line. oops.

me

Up until a few months ago I thought Yankee player Hideki Matsui's name was just Mat Sui. My brother makes fun of me all the time now.

Anon

I used to think that when the crowd at a football match were whistling at the referee they were all actually screaming.

growler

I used to believe that baseball pitchers didn't have to go to games if they weren't starting that day.

I finally got things straight I saw Roger Clemens in the dugout and he wasn't pitching that night.

cindy

I used to believe that "Dr. J" was a nickname for Michael Jordan.

Matt Thiel

I used to beleive that the attack line in volleyball was a line some teams used to know where to hit from. I just recentaly reliazed that line is for jumping. ( if you are in front of it but playing back row you cannot jump or you will be called for being out of position)

stupid

When i was little i was eating cheerios and i said to my dad "there is a picture of your friend on the cheerios box!!" he looked at the box and saw that it was a picture of basketball player Larry Bird.. he finally figured out from me who i was thinking of and told that friend of his that i thought he looked like Larry Bird. Today, about 10 years later, i picked up the phone and he said "hi this is Larry Bird". they will never let me forget this....

Emily

I used to believe that Sammy Davis Jr. was a baseball player. That belief went down the drain when I saw Wayne's World 2

Extreme Close-Up!!!!!

When I was very little and still learning the game of baseball (I am a huge Boston Red Sox fan and always have been), whenever I heard that a team had the "bases loaded", I thought the entire bench was cleared and about 25 players stood all the way around the basepaths. When I first heard "the bases are loaded with Red Sox", I burst out laughing because I was thinking about all these players just standing there!

Pablo

My brother used to play rugby and would always score trys. He always looked dissapointed however when he walked off the field as he thougt when the coach tapped him on the back and said "Good try mate" that he hadnt scored and that he would have better luck next time.

Anon

There were no such things as practice sessions. Members of any team of any sport just hangs out together and chill. They only play during scheduled competitions.

MD Caruso

I used to believe that a pool cue stick was a Q-stick, and that there must be a connection between Q-sticks and Q-tips, perhaps because both were sticks with something white on the end.

Ron

I used to think that the Giants only played the Redskins because whenever I asked my dad who was playing, it was the Giants and the Redskins.

Dara

While on our high school baseball team, we convinced our 10 year old bat boy that the extra catcher's cup/supporter was a "nose guard" that should be worn when he was working around the batter's box. We had some good laughs then forgot about it for a decade until we ran into the young man who was now a star baseball player on his Big 10 college team. Fortunately he had no hard feelings and had "educated" some of his bat boys.

JB

The Discuss Throw event is actually just frisbee with a classy-professional touch.

MD Caruso

I used to beleive that when you were playing baseball it would only count of you hit a homer.

Anon

I remember when I was younger and saw people wearing sweatshirts from the Superbowl with the number across the shirt in roman numerals, I thought the letters were the size of the shirt. I didn't know what roman numerals were at the time so that made the most sense to me at the time.

Amanda