Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Playground for the Cocksuckers” Edition

I’m going to put the last bullet as another reason I hate the continent of Africa. Besides diamonds and people like Michael Jordan, what has it given us that’s been good?

As much as I hate Marrioti, I have to agree that Carlos needs to concentrate on the games we’re playing now instead worrying about cancelling his travel plans in October. Even Lou doesn’t like these guys making world series predictions, just by what he said about cedeno when he made his comment. But part of that’s probably because Lou got a bunch of shit for “planning too far ahead” in the playoffs last year (taking z out early to save him for game 4).

Yeah, but his reasoning is insanely fucking stupid. “Don’t talk about the World Series because you’re the Cubs and you’re tempting fate.” It’s the same old “curse” article in sheep’s clothing. It’s a terrible, terrible column from a shit-for-brains hack of a sportswriter.

I agree that behind an otherwise valid point, is a pretty fucking stupid reason. No denying that. Kinda par for the course for ole Morioni to work the whole bad luck/curse thing into it rather than say it’s just plain unprofessional, and is going to make him look like a total ass if it doesn’t come true (like the cy young prediction last season).

I saw that Mariotti article this morning, it’s getting ridiculous. How easy is it to be a sportswriter and write the same cliche-ridden garbage day after day?

But did those T-Shirts *really* offend anyone? I can easily see how some people would be put off by them, and how others would find it funny, but to call them “racist”? (I’m not saying anyone here called them that, but the term has been used elsewhere) Isn’t that abusing that term a little bit?

I dunno, I think they’d call it racist if you put a black guy with big ole lips on a shirt, give him some harry caray glasses and put “holy ciz-ow” on it.

so yeah I think the fukudome shirt is racist.

You’re probably right that technically “racist” isn’t the right word to describe it. “Ignorant,” “insensitive,” “stupid,” and “juvenile” would all work, though.

Uncle Lou, please stop posting links to BCB.

I clicked on it without checking where I was going.

My eyes rolled so far into the back of my head they are now stuck there.

Thanks a lot.

damnit, i forgot the reply function, see my response below.

please don’t use the word prior in any sentences. It make me ill.

I agree. I think racist does apply.

Dear JC and BK,

Of course they’re racist - they were mocking something specific to the Japanese (and to the Koreans, too) - their ethnic disability, generally, to pronounce the letter ‘l’.

In case anyone’s interested, it’s usually (but not always) due to the fact that both Korean and Japanese have letters that, when pronounced, can sound like an ‘r’ and an ‘l’ combined.

I’m glad responsible Cubs fans such as yourselves were able to get rid of these cheesy quick-buck festerheads.

But on second review, BK’s descriptions are apt.

Thumb head + swallowing something radioactive = horrifying supervillain.

Be careful what you wish for.

Also, those shirts offended Fukudome, which is more than enough reason to kick the guy who was selling them in the junk.

“Up and at them!”

It’s weird, I’m sure there are way more Cubs fans than White Sox fans, and yet I cannot escape the feeling that far more of the newspaper and radio journalists (and, in cases like Mariotti’s, “journalists”) lean towards the Sox. Certainly on ESPN 1000, which doesn’t broadcast either team’s games, the personalities lean heavily towards the Sox when they have a preference. This makes listening to sports radio even more annoying than it normally is.

I know what you mean. Every single one of the douchetards that writes for the Red Eye seems to like nothing better than shitting on the Cubs. Ah well, I guess I get what I pay for.

Michael Jordan was from North Carolina. Jesus, didn’t you ever watch the bulls? They told you before every home game.

Agreed. But it’s not an “ethnic disability.” Anybody anywhere can pronoune “l” just as they can pronounce the double r in Jarritos. It just takes practice.

Up and atom!

Better.

I think racist certainly applies. Sort of discouraging that our star right fielder had to see this shit. God help him if he had struggled out of the gate. Who knows what garbage he would have heard or seen. These shirts were pathetic beyond belief and props to the Cubs organization for not turning a blind eye to it. Fukudome’s response to it all was very classy as well, which just makes me even more disgusted that he had to see this crap at all.

And BCB can take all the credit they want, but HJE was the first place I had heard the story, and the first site to call for the removal of said product.

Jiminey jillickers!

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