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I used to believe…

When I was little I guess 3 or 4 the Housont Oilers fired Bum Phillips as their coach. So my mom came to me and said the Oilers fired Bum Phillips and I started bawling. It took her a while to figure out that in my mind I thought they had shot him. As in Ready, Aim ,Fire.

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 tell people my grandfather played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 70's because the den in his house had a bunch of Steeler posters and pennants. Turned out he was just a big fan.

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 use to think golf courses were called "golf courts." My dad went on jury duty once and my mom told me he was going to court. I thought that meant he was staying out of work to go play golf.

I used to believe…

As a child, I would see football games on TV and wonder how the players got such large shoulders. They seemed like Hulks to me. It was not until I saw a player remove his jersey, a few years later, that I discovered the truth. Shoulder pads!!! Whew!!!

I used to believe…

For baseball fans:

I used to think there was a ballplayer named Nicky Sasky. It was later that I learned his actual name was Nick Esasky.

A short time later I heard about a player with a similar name. But this time I figured I had it right because if there was a Nick Esasky it stood to reason that there would also be a Mack Esasser, right? Wrong. Macky Sasser.

I used to believe…

When the baseball announcer would mention Randy Johnson's nickname, The Big Unit, for years I thought they were calling him "The Big Eunuch." I could not imagine why they would call him that unless it was because he was so big!

I used to believe…

Until i was 14 i thought that volleyball was pronounced volleyvall...that is until my mom corrected me...i dunno it sounded right to me...even now i still say volley vall on occasion

I used to believe that when a ball left the playing field it was out of bounce, meaning it would come to rest. Made understanding the rules tough on the little guy.

I used to beleive that when plaing volleyball, you can only serve from one spot. Later did I find out that you can serve from anywhere on the back line. oops.

I used to believe…

When i was little i was eating cheerios and i said to my dad "there is a picture of your friend on the cheerios box!!" he looked at the box and saw that it was a picture of basketball player Larry Bird.. he finally figured out from me who i was thinking of and told that friend of his that i thought he looked like Larry Bird. Today, about 10 years later, i picked up the phone and he said "hi this is Larry Bird". they will never let me forget this....

I used to believe that baseball pitchers didn't have to go to games if they weren't starting that day.

I finally got things straight I saw Roger Clemens in the dugout and he wasn't pitching that night.

I used to believe…

Up until a few months ago I thought Yankee player Hideki Matsui's name was just Mat Sui. My brother makes fun of me all the time now.

I used to think that when the crowd at a football match were whistling at the referee they were all actually screaming.

I used to believe that "Dr. J" was a nickname for Michael Jordan.