I got this off another board. I think it's hilarious...
OK I have a friend that works as a researcher for ESPN. He came back into town this past weekend and was telling me about all the stuff hes been doing. I went off on how bad I hate Chris Berman and he told me this story...
About 9 years ago during MLB Spring Training. One of the guys that works for ESPN is out at a bar and he's seriously putting the moves on this somewhat attractive young woman, who was wearing leather pants and had a leather jacket draped over her lap. They had been chatting at the bar for about an hour, and the guy thought he was in the house.
But just as he was putting on the finishing touches, Chris Berman walks by. And without even breaking stride, Berman looks at the girl, points and says "You're with me, leather."? And the girl looks up, instantly recognizes Berman, snatches up her jacket and walks out with him, leaving the guy in mid-sentence.
So this thing is everywhere now. "You're with me, Leather"? T-shirts. My friend heard a guy at Radio City Music Hall yell it to Berman while he was about 5 feet from him...Berman apparently about [censored] his pants. Neil Everett said it on the air after a nice baseball catch on SportsCenter and everyone there thought he was gonna get suspended...Keith Olbermann (they don't get along) said the exact phrase while doing one of his oddball stories on his MSNBC show...and, of course, all kinds of variations of the phrase around the ESPN studios: "You're with me (fill in the blank to whatever fits the mood)"?
Good stuff. Berman is such a toolbag.
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