the world: sport

I used to believe…

When I was a kid, there was a neighbor's house where they frequently watched wrestling matches on TV. Once the neighbor told me that the object of the wreatling match was to break through the floor of the wreatling ring. For a long time afterwards, any time I saw a wrestling match on TV, I kept waiting for someone to break through that floor into the area below, inside the box-like structure that supported the wrestling ring. For years I watched in vain to see anyone do that, and concluded for a long time that winning a wrestling match must be a quite rare event.

I used to believe…

Ernie Harwell was the announcer for Tiger Baseball until a few years ago. I listened to him during most of my youth.

I used to believe that Ernie Harwell actually knew the towns that people were from when they'd catch foul balls at Tiger Stadium.

A ball would be hit towards the stand and Ernie would say " There's a loooong fly ball and a young man from Constantine Michigan caught that one."

I was always intrigued as to how he was able to figure it out so quickly.

I used to believe that the American baseball team, The Baltimore Orioles, were actually called the Baltimore Oreos, after the chocolate cookies. Somebody told me that it was Oriole, and that an Oriole was a bird. I got confused and thought that the birds were called Oreos.

I used to believe…

The first time I ever watched a Water Polo Event in the Olympics, I was seriously expected to see polo players sitting on horses splashing through the water. I'd love to say it was when I was very young...

I used to believe…

The first time I saw professional boxing on television I was 5 years old. I believed that the fighter's were putting their teeth back in before a fight started and that they were angry at being without clothing. I was almost 10 when I actually tried boxing first hand and realized that my teeth and mouthguard both fit in my mouth, still I refused to let the other man get me in my underpants

I used to believe…

When I watched a curling game on the movie newsreel, I thought it was played on a waxed floor rather than on ice.

I used to believe…

When I was little I used to believe that boxers fight only fists into fists.

I used to believe…

To me, football (or actually, futbol) has always meant what is called soccer in the United States. When I first saw American Football at a fairly young age, I thought that players in that sport had gigantic muscles, though it turned out to be their shoulder pads.

I used to believe…

When I was in 6th grade, I believed that in baseball, if you hit a home run, you'd get 7 points instead of 1, because running all the bases counted more than just running from 3rd to home. I envisioned as similar to a touchdown, which I also believed at the time was 7, not 6 points.

I used to believe…

My brother used to think that "hump" meant "wrestle". I can't imagine what he said to his opponents in wrestling matches at school.

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

I used to be a great Cricket Fan. When i was a child, i always believed that when a batsman gets out, he infact dies and becomes the past. So whenever my country's batsman would get out, i used to start weeping bitterly. [lolzzz]

I used to be absolutely convinced thay volleyball was bollyball. I said it all the time and I guess that when I said it people didn't realized because no one ever corrected me. I finally realized that it was volleyball one day when I was reading with my dad. I came across the world and realized that it was volleyball not bollyball, I was so shocked. I wondered why no one ever corrected me and why I had never heard anyone destinctly say it with a v.

I used to believe…

Whenever I watched a football game, and they interviewed the coach, I always thought it was weird that he was "smoking" because I lived in a warm place, so I didn't know it was cold and you could see your breath.

I used to think my aunts friend Willa Mae must be the sister of Willie Mays

i didnt know why Tony Hawk's nickname was birdman until I was 16 years ols