Dizzy Dean

"Well what's wrong with ain't? And as for saying (Phil) Rizzuto slud into second' it just ain't natural. Sounds silly to me. Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort."
When I was kid growing up in the 50's Dizzy was on the radio as the color man Saturday afternoons. He was fun and interesting since he only talked about baseball and the folks he knew in the game. He was dropped from radio since his English usage was considered sub par and a negative image for American youth.