Baltimore's Lacrosse Mullet

Here's a top-notch piece of journalism blowing the lid off a phenomenon we all know and love: the Balti, a.k.a. lax mullet, a.k.a. salad, a.k.a. lettuce, which can be seen sticking out from helmets everywhere but calls Baltimore home.

Link: Baltimore City Paper: North Baltimore's Lacrosse Mullet, and the Next Big Thing In Hair.

Also, don't miss the link to the Baltimore City Paper's all-Balti squad:

And hey - hats off to Matt Bontaites as Marin's lone keeper of the flame. Even though he's not from the 410, he represents in shaggy glory. Here's a quote from the story that could almost be about Darth himself:

It's all about the thick hair you can run your hands through, cause all the ladies will be like: "Oh Alan Dimitrios, please show me your ZORBA! and then we shall dance into the night."

UPDATE: This just in - Joe Rosenbaum, upset by seeing a chowderhead getting props for mulletude, has lobbied for inclusion on the team's official Baltimullet squadron. Thanks to this great archival score by M. Bontaites, "Joey Laxenmullet" is in:

(one of these hairdos is not like the others.)