Let The Gloating Begin

I really don't like betting on sports. To be very good at it, you have to bet against your favorite team a lot, and I am the type of guy who likes to believe my team can win every game (yes, even the Syracuse Football team). I will put some money on an NCAA Tournament bracket, or fantasy sports league, but never on individual games. Of course, when your football team makes it to the Super Bowl, you have to rethink your priorities.

When the Giants made the Super Bowl, I made a friendly bet with two friends of mine who are die hard New England sports fans. If the Patriots win the Super Bowl, I will suffer the public shame of wearing an item of Red Sox clothing in public. If the Giants won the Super Bowl, my friends would have to wear some sort of Yankee paraphernalia. To some, this is not really a big deal, but to a sports fan, it is the ultimate shame.

At first, I had lined up a nice assortment of pink t-shirts all professing devotion to the Yankee captain. Some were almost semi-tasteful, while others were a little more over-the-top. I settled on the "Joba Rules" t-shirt pictured above would be a better form of punishment. The pink Jeter t-shirt might get you pummeled in certain places in New England, but the Joba t-shirt will win you the admiration of hard core New York sports fans, and that's the last thing thing any self-respecting Masshole wants.