I Like Your Style, Amar’e

'Son, if you work hard enough, one day you can get an apostrophe too'

You may have noticed the surplus of hate that’s been hanging around Bootlegger Sports.  A good portion of that hate is reserved for Twitter.  Not as much as Joe Buck is getting, but a good amount.  Twitter is the reason the economy is in the toilet, there I said it.  But, we’ve been missing out at times because some people think breaking news on Twitter is the way to go.  This is why I now heart Amar’e Stoudemire.  So much so that I’m even willing to include the superfluous apostrophe in his name.  Where the hell did that apostrophe come from anyway?  He didn’t use to use it, but at some point I guess he figured he’d gotten famous and rich enough that he needed that extra bit of flair.  Or maybe he was tired of people calling him A-mare.  Either way, I’ve rebelled against that apostrophe for a while, but today is the day I give in.  Why?

Amar’e Stoudemire has been traded to the Lakers.  That’s what a good portion of Twitter sheep believed for at least a moment this afternoon, thanks to Amar’e himself tweeting the false news.  I don’t know if he meant to call attention to the ridiculous nature of getting news from Twitter-feeds, but I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt.  Thanks for the social commentary ‘Amareisreal’, you’ve made America give itself a long, hard look in the mirror.  Unfortunately, most of the population soon posted a tweet reading ‘I’m looking at myself in the mirror…LOL! (fart)’.

Tags: Amare Stoudemire, basketball, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA

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