Baseball Fans In Racist, “That Latino Player Mows My Lawn” T-Shirt Rivalry
19 May 2009, 4:00 PM. By Cindy Casares
Did you know the hottest insult between baseball fans this season is to say the star Latino player from the opposing team mows their lawn? Two fan t-shirts have been spotted this season thus far. One was spotted on a St. Louis Cardinal fan at Busch Stadium during a game against the Chicago Cubs. It said, “Zambrano Mows My lawn,” in reference to Carlos Zambrano, starting pitcher for the Cubs and native Venezolano.
Blogger Matt Sebek at Joe Sportsfan, who took this picture, notes that other fans with t-shirts that said things as benign as “Cubs Suck” were forced to turn them inside out because of the profanity, but blatant racism? Heck, that’s something the whole St. Louis family can enjoy.
Not to be outdone, some clever Cubs fan came up with an equally offensive t-shirt to pick on St. Louis first basemen Albert Pujols, a Dominican player. The Big Dead Sidebar guys found this one while wandering around Wrigleyville recently. (A place where the Doublemint flows freely, we presume.)
What is there to say about this? Besides the fact that “mows” doesn’t have an apostrophe, we’ve never been a big fan of sports or those who partake in watching them. If you ask us, sports are for dumb people. While lawnmowing, on the other hand, is a zen art and if you touch our machete, we will cut chew.
Midwesterners Sure Do Love Their Lawn Mowin’ T-Shirts [Deadspin]
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Can we retort with “(insert white players name here) is my meth dealer/cooker?” But seriously, how can this racist sh&^ even be allowed at a ballpark? America’s past time, huh?
OK why is the man wearing a sombrero if the player is from Venezuela?
nevermind i just answered my question. to the white people all latinos are Mexican. Silly me!
when i was in middle school in PE the white kids would taunt the latino kids by asking where the taco trucks where, etc. i would retort by asking how many hot dogs they’ve had that day.