I used to think when a baseball player got a "walk", it meant he had to walk instead of run when he hit the ball, thereby increasing his chance of getting caught out.
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- I used to think the song "Walk this way" by Arosmith went horse and sleigh insted of singing walk this way.— Derek
- I used to believe you could walk on clouds. And you would be able to walk in space on the edge of the world.— Alex
- my mom believed when she was little that a street sign that said don't walk meant you better run.— Sara Mclen
- I thought that the "don't walk" sign at crosswalks meant to run across the street as quickly as possible!— richard
- i used to think that ozzy osbourne was a hockey player, and i thought michael jackson was a basketball player.— anastacia beeverhousen
- I used to believe I could walk on water— Junior....$...