Dizzy Dean was one of the first professional athletes to take to broadcasting after his retirement from the game. Notorious for very strange expressions (like, “the runner slud [sic] into third base”), he once got a letter from a teacher who berated him for his style of speaking, especially for his very frequent use of “ain’t.” Keep in mind that this was during the Great Depression. Dean’s reaction? “Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn’t, and they ain’t eating.”
Randy B Premium Member almost 9 years ago
…I’m not sure. No?
popzzie almost 9 years ago
in the words of another cool cat “you said what I heard me!”
PICTO almost 9 years ago
Who are you calling Webster, Merriam…
halibaitor almost 9 years ago
I suspect he’s had a bit too much cat-nip…
garcoa almost 9 years ago
Bucky understood himself, what else matters!
cubswin2016 almost 9 years ago
People might think that you are stupid if you keep talking like that, Bucky.
phoenixnyc almost 9 years ago
Two words, Rob: The Room.
Dave M almost 9 years ago
The movie Home made an entire subplot out of poor grammar.
Sheila Hardie almost 9 years ago
Ok this is getting kind of ridiculous. Bucky usually speaks fine. Did he have a stroke or something?
abbybookcase almost 9 years ago
bucky is getting buckier
RabbitDad almost 9 years ago
Look it up in your Funk’n’Wagnalls, Bucky!
Not Again almost 9 years ago
I’m not as think, as you drunk I am.
rgcviper almost 9 years ago
As I always say … “Me know how write good.”
@notagainHa—good one.
K M almost 9 years ago
Dizzy Dean was one of the first professional athletes to take to broadcasting after his retirement from the game. Notorious for very strange expressions (like, “the runner slud [sic] into third base”), he once got a letter from a teacher who berated him for his style of speaking, especially for his very frequent use of “ain’t.” Keep in mind that this was during the Great Depression. Dean’s reaction? “Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn’t, and they ain’t eating.”