Lebron and That Damn Yankees Hat
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by LastRow
What’s worse? Being at Jacobs Field on the mound with a swarm of bugs mistaking you for some road kill, or sitting in the stands sporting a Yankees hat showing off who your team is? Either way, it’s like Cubs fans always say, "wait until next year!" Although what happens when that fan wearing the Yankees hat is none other than Cleveland’s God, Lebron James…Well, that’s most likely not the smartest thing to do considering he’s the face of Cleveland. In addition, considering the media environment in which we live…It was just bound to get legs! And thus it has!
Indians outfielder Kenny Lofton appeared as a guest on ESPN's First Take this morning. One of the questions Jay Crawford asked Lofton was his thoughts on James and his hat…And that he did not hide the fact that he was a Yankees fan. Apparently the Indians were not pleased by LeBron's actions:
"The players didn't appreciate it. If you're a Yankee fan, just come to the game and cheer for both sides, but don't wear a Yankee hat. That was the biggest thing -- just putting the hat on and showing your support in front of your own Cleveland fans. Just go ahead and say you're a Yankee fan, but don't wear a hat. That was just like a stab in the back".
Crawford followed up by asking if the Indians players would show up at a Cavs game wearing a Spurs hat when those teams played. Lofton took the high road:
I think we are more of adults -- we don't do that kind of stuff. We know what's right and what's wrong, and that's not the right thing for us to do.
Um Kenny, was that your decision not to wear a Spurs gear…Or did Lebron "Pacman Jones" your ass in the parking lot telling you it would be in your best interest to not wear Spurs gear upon entering "The Q"? And this is funny…More like adults? More like adults, Kenny? If you were more like adults, you and your teammates wouldn't be acting like little bitches…Upset over Lebron’s choice of headgear, now would you? For a guy in Lofton who has been practically playing in every Major League city this is purely comical to hear! Wait, let me guess Kenny…You don’t have favorite teams, rather you just cheer for the teams in which you just happen to be making a cameo in for that given year, right? See, I’m guessing you were a Cavalier fan in the past, but then switched your alliance to the Bulls, or over to the Knicks, and where ever else you’ve made stops in before becoming a Cavs fan again! If Lebron’s a given frontrunner liking the Yankees, Cowboys, and Bulls…What must that make you then?
Is there a clause in LeBron’s contract that states he needs to cheer for the Tribe Kenny? What does it matter to you and your teammates anyway? Um, didn’t you beat the Yankess? So why dwell over some headwear? Did you think Derek Anderson would do his best Matt Leinart whining impression if the King of Cleveland showed up to a Browns game with a Cowboy helmet on his head? I’m thinking he could give a flying ****! Although, it goes without saying that Lofton is no fan of coaches calling timeout right before a game winning field goal either!
So James is a frontrunner, so what! There are greater tragedies in the world! You think this is going to matter when the NBA regular season starts? If you do, then that’s great news for me…It means I’ll be dating a Playboy Playmate in a couple of weeks too! Um, Kenny…If you and your boys are so upset at LeBron, well I’ve got a quick fix. How about winning the World Series this year! Clearly, James will then hop on the Indian bandwagon! Ditching the overlapping NY for the Chief Wahoo…Until then, shut the cake hole! You got bad breath! Can I offer you a tic-tac? Gum? A bottle of Scope?
Look, Lebron doesn’t need to switch alliances and sport a Tribe hat, but he does need to get a brain that works! If he didn’t know that he’d be under this much scrutiny for wearing a lid, well he’s just not too bright! If Tom Brady got rebelled for doing the same thing, clearly James was going to too! Why go out of your way to upset your fans when there's no need to? That's just bad business. It’s simple, he’s a "frontrunner" Yankee fan who just happens to be living in Cleveland!
And in the words of Allen Iverson … "We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about hat. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about a hat, not the game which the Indians won, not a game, not a game, but we're talking about a hat. Not the game that Cleveland won but we're talking about a hat man. How silly is that?"
