People of Wisconsin: Let it Go!

As you well know XL and I just got back from a trip to Chicago and Milwaukee, which was fantastic. We saw 7 different baseball teams play 4 games in three different stadiums, and along the way we saw some funny people too. While there are many great people in this area of the country, there are a few stiffs too, like this guy who just can't let it go. Brett isn't a Packer anymore people! Get over it. But they can't and that is sad.

In addition to the guy you see pictured here at Miller Park, we saw a few people walking around the Brookfield Mall in Favre Jets jerseys, and quite a few more in shop windows. I can't imagine how much it must suck to lose they guy you idolized for all these years, but I can tell you that if it happened to me, I wouldn't be following him to his new home, no matter who's idea it was.

If Cal Ripken had left Baltimore in 2002 to finish out his career with Tampa, Texas or some other team, you can be damn sure I wouldn't be buying his jersey with another team. Sure, I might have still followed him, like I did with Eddie Murrary, but going out and buying another teams jersey is ridiculous. You are a fan of your team, and sometimes that means that you become overly attached to some of the players, but that doesn't excuse this type of behavior.

We had a friend in college who loved Rickey Henderson, so much so, that he rooted for which ever team Rickey was playing on at the time. As pathetic and short sighted as this plan is, at least his allegiances never changed, because his only allegiance was to Rickey and he didn't stray until Rickey hung up his spikes.

The other main reason this guy is stiff of the week is because he is wearing his football jersey tucked into his jeans. There can be no other punishment for this than immediate and painful death. Not to mention the fact that he is wearing a football jersey to a baseball game. Douche.