My son used to think the last line in The Star Spangle Banner was "Play Ball" because the only time he used to hear it was at baseball games
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- I used to think that board games were called bored games because you play them when you're bored.Anon
- When I was little I used to belive that girrafes were made to play baseball because they had long necks— Matt
- I used to believe that boarding school was where people went to play board games.Anon
- I used to think volleyball was actually called "ball-y ball"Anon
- I thought that the star that Mary and Joseph followed was called Yonder, as in 'following Yonder star."— Kairow
- I thought for some reason that chewing tobacco was REQUIRED for Major League Baseball players.— Jeff