This isn't a direct quote but I've got the gist of it right. Earlier today on 1st and 10, Dana "I'm So Wasted" Jacobsen helped viewers understand one of the finer points of Roger Clemens's testimony from the previous day's congressional hearing.
"Clemens at one point claimed that his friend Andy Pettitte had 'misremembered' certain discussions the two of them had participated in years ago. We know some of you out there around the water cooler at work are wondering about that word. It turns out that it is indeed in the dictionary; it means to remember something incorrectly."
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! So THAT'S what it means. There's no way I could have possibly figured that out from context. Or from similar sounding words like "misunderstood," "misheard," "misspoke," "mistake," or any of the dozens of other words with "mis-" as a prefix. Thanks, Dana, for filling us in.
For Reader Extra Participation Friday, feel free to define any sports-related word/term in a way that comes off as insulting to anyone who's gotten past the 6th grade. For example:
Bounce pass- A real basketball term. It describes the act of sending the ball to a teammate ("passing" it) by bouncing it off the court and towards him or her.
Block- Shockingly, this is something that happens during a football game. Offensive players try to get in the way of defensive players, to "block" them from getting to various places on the field. They push or grab the defenders in order to do so.
Steal- One of baseball's more obscure acts. A player already on base attempts to move to the next base while the pitcher is throwing to the batter. If he is successful, it's kind of like he "stole" the base, because no one else on the offense did anything to help him get there!
Wrister- It doesn't get much weirder than this. It's actually a slang term for a type of hockey shot, executed mostly by flicking one's wrists in order to shoot the puck towards the opposing team's goal. Since you use your "wrists" to do it.... yeah, I know. It's messed up.
I know this is kind of weird, but it's the best I could come up with this week. Consider it a challenge. I'll be back next week with something easier, like coming up with adjectives that describe the quality of journalism Woody Paige usually creates.
Defender - Plays opposite the offense, attempts to stop or "defend" a play. Not to be confused with manager, who is someone who controls and manages a team. Different than the owner, who is defined, oddly enough, as owning the team.
ReplyDelete"Illiterate"--it turns out this isn't some hip-hop ebonic gibberish. It really is in the dictionary and means one who is not literate.
ReplyDeleteSave (n), from the Latin salvus (safe)- A term used in many sports, including hockey, soccer, baseball, and golf. An act in a sporting event in which a player prevents something bad from happening, or "saving" the game. Not to be confused with "choking," or "blowing it," which is actually exactly the opposite.
ReplyDeleteSports journalism: Compound from "sports" and "journalism" - that is, the two things completely unknown to the "sports journalist".
ReplyDeleteIt's not my call or anything, but matt the dragon just won IMHO.
ReplyDeleteDriver (n). A true AMERICAN, who drives cars for NASCAR, the only true sport. Must be willing to only turn left on Sundays. Must love AMERICA.
ReplyDeleteSyn: Johnson, Jimmy. Ant: Kenseth, Matt.
WIN- opposite of a LOSS, goes to the participant with more points (football, baseball, basketball, etc) or a lower score (golf) at the end of said contest. it's why you play the game (Herman Edwards)
ReplyDeletegrit (n. or adj.)-
ReplyDelete1)small, abrasive particle found in air, water, food.
2)term used to describe the play of david eckstein, ryan theriot, tadahito iguchi, and other diminutive, by-all-accounts below average baseball players
junior, you forgot "white"
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