Just in: hott mullet action from Marin FNG David Harty, challenging Joey Rosenmullet to a Balti-war!
Then again, anyone who's been around a Marin lax event this spring -- and you know who you aren't -- has seen Tim Pingree flying the yellow afromullet long and strong. The picture below does not do it justice, but you can see it peeking out down around his collarbone.
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.)
