Milton Bradley -- Future English Teacher

John Donovan's Inside Baseball column on SI.com had this gem of a quote from the Rangers' Milton Bradley:

<< Bradley, 30, did what a lot of athletes would do when faced with a difficult injury and a lot of nattering naysayers. He used those doubts like a favorite Louisville Slugger.

"When I'd say I'm going to be ready for the season, I'd see it written like, 'Bradley claims he'll be ready,' or 'Insists he'll be ready,' like it wasn't really going to happen,'" Bradley told USA Today earlier this year. "When I saw those little adjectives added in there, it gave me all that much more motivation.">>

I believe Bradley was referring to the words "claims" and "insists." Hmmm! Aren't those actually verbs?

 

Nice

 

This week's sign the Apocalypse is upon us!

 

You're missing the bigger picture here....someone is still reading the newspaper.

 

no. just us.

 

Wait. Verbs? No wonder I failed eighth-grade English in stunning fashion.

 

I thought it was because you were watching Saved By the Bell over and over again rather than doing your homework.

 

That and saying "should have went" instead of "should have gone."

Fail, this one reeks of.

 

So does ending sentences with prepositions.

 

So does your face.

 

... No.

 

Ok, how about that's what she said?