the world: sport

I used to believe…

when i was really young, my dad took me to a New York Knicks game. They were doing really bad, and everyone was silent. then the screen that said "make some noise" came up. I was cheering my head off, thinking that I was making the bar raise my myself (i looked liked an idiot around everyone else). It took me about3 years to realize that the screen went the meter went up on its own

I used to believe…

When I was around 12, I thought that the nosebleed section of venues or stadiums was for people like me who frequently got nosebleeds. I envisioned a section of people with handkerchiefs held to their noses, paramedics nearby, just freely bleeding while enjoying a concert or a baseball game.

I used to believe…

when i was little i thought vollyball was bollyball

I used to believe…

when i was in primary school i was told thats the school had bats flying around the place. At the time i thought they meant wooden rounders bats that had wings and could flyand thought it rather strange. Years later i remembered this and realised how stupid i was.

I used to believe…

There was a nuclear power plant near my grandparent's farm. I though it was a really tall baseball stadium.

I used to believe that when somebody did something really well, they were rewarded by getting to break a record (LP).

It was both fun and forbidden, so who wouldn't do something tremendous in order to break a record.

I used to believe…

that Sam Maguire was a player on the team! Not a cup!

I used to believe…

My brother convinced me that in a football match consisting of two legs, players in the first leg had to use their left leg only, and then in the second leg use their right.

I used to believe…

When I was a child, my father always watched hockey games on T.V. When there were fights during the game and a player was in the penalty box, it was called the "man advantage," for the team without the penalty. I always thought it was called the "mad advantage," because the players were so mad they would fight each other.

I used to believe…

Once told by my sports-loving father that football games were filmed from a blimp, I believed that the games were actually played INSIDE a blimp! I used to scan the skies for stadium-sized blimps, wondering why I never saw any...

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.

I used to think when a baseball player stole a base, he literally picked up and carried the base with him, so when the other team was at bat, they wouldn't be able to stop there and they would have to try and keep running to the next base after that, thereby increasing their chances of getting tagged out.

I grew up in South Florida, where the sport Jai Alai is played a lot. When I was in kindergarten, they passed out subscription cards for Highlights for Kids magazine, and I was totally scandalized that they would sign kids up for such a dangerous sport. I told everyone who would listen that Highlights was too dangerous for children.

I used to believe…

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. :(

I used to believe that American football was just men racing each other back and forth on a field and the numbered lines told them where to stop. I figured they threw the ball around to each other so they wouldn't get bored just running back and forth all day.

I used to believe that there was only one cheerleader on a cheerleading team, because there was only one leader. So I was very impressed when a lot of my friends told me they were cheerleaders. I just supposed the other people on the team were cheerers.