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Marlins Manatees: Another Fatty Gets a Wife

Posted by: Katherine McDuffee

Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:31 AM

Years ago I heard a male comedian say that all his comic friends were getting sitcoms and it seemed as though he never would. The problem was he wasn't fat and the sitcom premise du jour was "fatty gets a wife" unfortunately he was a tall lanky guy. I never heard from him again. Guess he was right.

Now we see that the Florida Marlins have paired their taught little cheerleaders with some overweight funny guys of their own. Why? Why have cheerleaders at all in baseball? Their attendance sucks. I guess it is easier to convince a bunch of overweight guys to jiggle their stuff than work on their team. Of course, the Marlins aren't alone in this. Our very own Bulls have a similar group. I'm just bursting with pride. Can you tell?

It isn't the degrading of these men that bothers me. That is old news. It isn't the glorification of obesity either. It is great to see major league baseball supporting it though. I mean why worry what message that sends to kids. Don't bother dreaming of being a baseball player. You're chubby so embrace it. Keep stuffing your face and someday everyone can laugh at you too. You'll get to be in on the joke! This sort of destructive behavior is so common it is hard to get upset about it.

The thing that kills me as a woman and the mother to a daughter is seeing this insane double standard paraded in front of my kid. Where are the overweight female cheerleaders? If it is so funny let's get out there ladies and show 'em what some real jiggling looks like (keep in mind this is coming from an not-so-camera-perfect woman in size six maternity jeans). Oh wait, that would be uncomfortable to watch and offensive to women. So instead let's get some tiny perfect shaped women to jump around with the big fat men and we can all sit back and cheer. What great parents we are! You didn't think I meant cheer for the Marlins did you?

Go Cubs!

Comments

Yummy! Preggo women shakin' it in spandex and mini-skirts... be sure to put the video of that in your blog -- there's a fanbase for any body type on the Internet!

The real question would you put your body where your mouth is?

Nah, didn't think so.

Posted by dw on April 18, 2008 at 12:00 AM

No, I think my words have a little more value than a booty shake, but thanks for the tip on generating hits. I'll get right on that. Really.

Posted by McBloggy on May 3, 2008 at 1:09 PM