Yeah, some of these aren't "dumb" at all, and I had forgotten how hilarious John Kruk was. I remember that he had surgery once to, well, remove one of his testicles after a cancer episode, and he showed up to subsequent spring training with a t-shirt that read, "I'm gonna take my ball and go home".
Yes. Many of these are likely humourous or ironic statements. And everyone makes mistakes when speaking, changing your emphasis part way through a sentence, or (in the case of commentators) when new stimuli makes what you started to say redundant. That said, a couple of years ago I cringed when the score cable channel telephoned Phil Borque and asked his thoughts when Mario Lemieux announced his un-retirement. I'm devestated, Phil said, it's the best the thing to happen to the NHL, I'm just devestated he's doing this.
Hey, while you're all here, so to speak, anyone know who said, when asked what he had done with the money he'd earned, "Well, 90 percent I spent on wine, women, and song, but the other 10 percent I wasted." (I believe it was a baseball player, and the quote may not be verbatim.)
