Lebron Likes the Yankees, Cowboys, Manchester United, The Empire, Ivan Drago, Spanish Armada, Xerxes, Goliath and Picks the Celtics to Win the East

If there is anything I hate more than TBS' broadcast of the MLB playoffs, it is a frontrunner. He was the kid in middle school that wore Cowboys or 49ers gear on spirit day. Or every girl that doesn't know anything about sports and loves the Red Sox and/or Yankees (depending on who's winning). For every girl that knows something about sports and support your home team, you are 100% more attractive than those other chicks. Trust me, there is nothing more attractive on the shores of Lake Erie than a girl in Indians/Browns or Sabres/Bills gear.

Last night, Lebron James showed up to the Indians-Yankees game wearing a Yankees cap. I understand that Yankees caps are in style nowadays due to the immense popularity of hip hop culture blah blah. Fine, I'd accept that. But then thrift store blazer wearing Sager interviews Lebron and gets him to say that he's been a Yankees and Cowboys fan since he was a kid. Are you fucking kidding me?

Lebron James grew up during the 90s in the shadow of Cleveland. The Indians were a juggernaut in that time period. They were 1 of 2 teams that represented the AL in the World Series from 1994-2000. And he has the nerve to be a Yankees fan? It's not even like he was a Yanks fan in the 80s. He explicitly admitted to being a "huge fan of Derek Jeter". So what? You started following the Yankees in 1996? Yeah you're a real fan. Fuck you. You are like every other douchebag that gets your ass kicked at the Jake annually while the cops watch and then get arrested because you are a frontrunning dipshit (seriously, this happens here).

As if that wasn't enough, this asshole goes on and claims to be a Cowboys fan. I really have no hatred for the Cowboys because I lived in Dallas in my younger days. But guess what, I was a Browns fan when they were putting up 3-13 seasons in the early 90s. And honestly, what other team screams frontrunner more than the Cowboys? Especially if you grew in the 90s. No other team, that's who. I mean this guy grew up 30 miles from Cleveland and in the backyard of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and he becomes a nutless Cowboys fan. What a fake fuck.

This is what it comes down to. People in Cleveland love their sports teams and are extremely loyal. What Lebron did was slap the collective face of a city that has shown him unconditional support since he was a high school phenom. He always emphasizes how badly the city of Cleveland needs a championship. Then he shows up at an Indians playoff game supporting the team that we love to hate. The best part about the whole thing is that people in Cleveland want a World Series ring about 100 times more than an NBA title.

I vow to hate Lebron from this moment forward. But my support for the Cavs will be limited to the team and probably Boobie Gibson. Lebron has lost a lot of respect from Cleveland fans in the past couple of days, and that's fine by us. It's one thing for him to like the Yankees in private, but showing up at the game and providing a nationally televised interview espousing that view sacrificed the loyalty of his home fans for the admiration of whatever demographic he was catering to. It shows that his loyalty is to himself, his money, and nobody else. Everyone knows athletes are like this, we aren't naive. But most athletes are smart enough to be discrete about it. Apparently Lebron thinks he transcends that.

Skip Bayless wrote a couple years back that Lebron is concerned about his image more than anything else and that his will to win is driven by this worry. He even went so far as to say that Lebron wants to shed his origins and disassociate himself with the area. I gave Lebron the benefit of the doubt, but Skip is right. Lebron dances to the tune of the masses and, frankly, he can dance all the way to New York. He won't amount to anything more than an A-Rod. A big time sellout who will probably cave under the weight of the big city lights. So go flash that dynasty sign, eat a dick, and be prepared to get batteries thrown at you when you play in Cleveland for whatever big city team you cower to.