[Ads-l] Mrs. Malaprop writing news stories again...

George Thompson george.thompson at NYU.EDU
Tue Jun 9 16:16:54 UTC 2015


Are we sure that he's not an ambiguous pitcher?

Or an amphibologous pitcher?

How about ambitious?

GAT

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Dave Hause <dwhause at cablemo.net> wrote:

> Not to mention that he pitches with both arms - I thought they could only
> throw one ball at a time.
> Dave Hause
> -----Original Message----- From: GUY LETOURNEAU Owner
> Sent: Monday, June 8, 2015 8:22 PM
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> Subject: Mrs. Malaprop writing news stories again...
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> The "amphibious pitcher" strikes again?
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> http://us.newscodex.com/newspaper-celebrates-mlbs-first-amphibious-pitcher-3f3290011d4c4f1da7c813255ca67f51
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> http://dailyreadlist.com/article/newspaper-celebrates-mlbs-first-amphibious-pitche-67
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George A. Thompson
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Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
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