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 about 9 years ago
…I’m not sure. No?
popzzie about 9 years ago
in the words of another cool cat “you said what I heard me!”
PICTO about 9 years ago
Who are you calling Webster, Merriam…
halibaitor about 9 years ago
I suspect he’s had a bit too much cat-nip…
garcoa about 9 years ago
Bucky understood himself, what else matters!
cubswin2016 about 9 years ago
People might think that you are stupid if you keep talking like that, Bucky.
phoenixnyc about 9 years ago
Two words, Rob: The Room.
Dave M about 9 years ago
The movie Home made an entire subplot out of poor grammar.
Sheila Hardie about 9 years ago
Ok this is getting kind of ridiculous. Bucky usually speaks fine. Did he have a stroke or something?
abbybookcase about 9 years ago
bucky is getting buckier
RabbitDad about 9 years ago
Look it up in your Funk’n’Wagnalls, Bucky!
Not Again about 9 years ago
I’m not as think, as you drunk I am.
rgcviper about 9 years ago
As I always say … “Me know how write good.”
@notagainHa—good one.
K M about 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.”