Malapropisms

"I put out the fire with a fire distinguisher."

"It's just a pigment of your imagination."

"The operator is a wolf in cheap clothing."

"This problem is completely beyond my apprehension."

"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile."

"It is imperative for the quarterback to pull a miracle out of the fire in this situation."

"That sure was a close game." "Yeah, it was a cliff dweller!"

Related: Colemanballs, gaffes made by sportscasters like Joe Morgan.

"They're down by 10, so win this ballgame, they're going to need to start scoring some runs."

"He's 31 this year – last year he was 30."

"Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen."

"Winfield goes back to the wall, he hits his head on the wall! And it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base. This is a terrible thing for the Padres."

"And Kansas is at Chicago tonight or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no matter as Kansas leads in the eighth four-to-four."