Strange English
In celebration of the NCAA Regional's, I thought I would post a bit of obscure English grammar that no one who doesn't watch baseball would ever think is correct:
He flied out at center
http://grammarist.com/usage/flied/
The past participle and past-tense form of the verb fly is usually flew. The only exception comes in baseball and softball, where a fly out (two words) is an out recorded when a batted ball is caught in the outfield. For example, if a batter hits a ball that gets caught by the right fielder deep in the outfield, later we would say the batter flied out to right. This might sound incorrect to anyone who doesn’t follow baseball, but the argument over whether flied is correct was settled long ago. In baseball, there is no controversy over the issue. In fact, many baseball fans would hear flew out in this context as incorrect.
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The great Dizzy Dean (Hall of Fame pitcher) as sportscaster on the "Game of the WeeK" in the era of the 50's and 60's would from time to time make the past tense of throw into throwed. I enjoyed hearing him say, "He slud safely into second." He was truly one of a kind.
Loved hearing him sing, "The Wabash Cannonball," which became as much a part of him calling a game as "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
Inglés extraño
How about "hung" and "hanged"? The word "hanged" is used only in the sense of putting someone to death by hanging. Otherwise, "hung" is the correct past and past participle version.
