The Funniest People in Sports : 250 Anecdotes About Baseball Players, Figure Skaters, Gymnasts, the Olympics, and More

The Funniest People in Sports : 250 Anecdotes About Baseball Players, Figure Skaters, Gymnasts, the Olympics, and More

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The Funniest People in Sports: 250 Anecdotes About Sports contains such anecdotes as the following:

Umpire Beans Reardon once made a mistake. Richie Ashburn slid into second base and Billy Cox attempted to tag him. Beans yelled “Safe”, but at the same time he flung his arm in the “Out” gesture. Mr. Ashburn asked, “What the hell does that mean?” Mr. Reardon replied, “Richie, you know you're safe. Billy, you know he's safe. But 30,000 fans see my arm. Richie, you're out.”

Figure skater Rosalynn Sumners has a tendency to put on weight. When she was skating for Disney, her contract required her to be weighed each week, and if she was three pounds over her desired weight, Disney fined her $10. After a while, Ms. Sumners began to stand on the scales each week with a $10 bill in her hand.

About the Author
David Bruce is a former sports writer and current anecdote columnist for The Athens News in Athens, Ohio. He also teaches English at Ohio University. To see his latest “Wise Up!” humor column, go to www.athensnews.com-then perform a search for “David Bruce."

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