Until I was about 11 when we would watch baseball games or go to them I thought the line "and the home of the brave" was referring to the Braves (my favorite team) dugout...I didn't think it was fair to only sing praise of one team
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- My mom used to believe that the San Francisco Giants baseball team were actual giants.Anon
- my friend used to think a SWAT team was pest control.— wacko zacho
- I used to believe that everytime i saw a helicopter the A-team were in it on their way to fight the baddies!— Natalie
- I used to think that board games were called bored games because you play them when you're bored.Anon
- I thought for some reason that chewing tobacco was REQUIRED for Major League Baseball players.— Jeff
- I used to beleive that the moon was where the local fair was.— tah