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The Cardinals lost one of the greatest hitters in their franchise’s history last winter, yet they still find themselves two wins away from returning to the World Series to defend their title. Albert Pujols is now an Angel, and the Angels are now mere spectators as four teams fight for a championship. Of course, that means St. Louis fans have to capitalize on the opportunity to harass the man who skipped town to fatten his wallet.

As you can see from the photo above that Big League Stew passed along, a fan stood behind the dugout before Game 3 of the NLCS in St. Louis and held a fantastically original sign to rip on Pujols. He also went with a slightly less original joke on the other side:

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How big of a deal was Chipper Jones’ last weekend for regular-season action at Turner Field in Atlanta? Enough to make one Braves fan claim she skipped a chemotherapy session to watch the franchise legend play his last regular-season game at home for the Braves.

Chipper Jones’ retirement tour has been a huge deal all season with the former MVP receiving gifts at nearly every stop. His impending retirement was enough to pack the house at Turner Field all weekend — no small feat.

Even though he went hitless the first two games of the series, Chipper went 1-for-2 with two walks in a 6-2 win on Sunday. Hopefully he made the fan’s missed session worthwhile.

UPDATE: A few people emailed in to inform us that the fan in question is Laura Stallings. You can read more about her story at this Facebook page.

Side note: What’s up with all the cancer-related signs at baseball games lately?

Photo via @hgielatan/Twitter

Is that the best fan sign ever, or is that the best fan sign ever? That was spotted at the Arkansas State-Northern Illinois bowl game Sunday night. In case you don’t get the reference, Malzahn is Gus Malzahn, the former Auburn offensive coordinator who recently became the head coach at Arkansas State. I thought the Christmas Day Packers boyfriend cheating sign was strong, but this blows it away.

Thanks to Kegs ‘N Eggs for sharing
Picture via Amanda Kaschube, Illegal Shift

With only one game on Sunday that featured the Bears and Packers in prime time at Lambeau Field, can you think of a better Christmas gift to give a Packers fan than a couple of tickets? I’m sure there were a number of people who gave Green Bay tickets to their loved ones on Sunday, but a certain sign reminded us that not everyone wound up on the “nice” list and got to enjoy Aaron Rodgers five-touchdown performance in person. Check out this fan poster that LBS reader Ed Kenneweg shared with us on Facebook:

If I was single I’d so be trying to locate her. If that isn’t swagger then I don’t know what is. This girl’s boyfriend cheated on her, and instead of sitting home pouting about it, she spent her Sunday night watching the Packers dismantle the Bears and embarrassing her ex with a hilarious sign.  Of all the funny posters we’ve featured here at LBS, this is easily one of the best.

At least this time when we had a misspelled poster, it made sense. LSU DB Tyrann Mathieu is nicknamed the “Honey Badger.” He got the name after the honey badger video went viral. Mathieu’s teammates all thought he played fearless like the honey badger, so they gave him the name. Mathieu also was busted a few weeks ago after testing positive for synthetic marijuana. Hence the “Highsman” line. Those Bama fans, despite what you may think, can be clever at times. I guess college football rivalries bring out the best in them.

Thanks to World of Isaac for the screen grab.

When examining a situation like this, my normal reaction would be, “here we go, what now?”  If someone were to tell me a women’s tennis tournament was forced to change their advertising slogan because it could be viewed as sexist, I would probably laugh and be anxious to hear the details.  However when you’re right, you’re right.

The Rogers Cup, Canada’s most hyped women’s tennis tournament, recently had to alter it’s marketing campaign because of a sexist slogan.  Apparently there were a lot of people who took offense to one of the posters which read, “come for the ladies, stay for the legends.”  The legends that are being referenced are John McEnroe and Andre Agassi, who will be playing in a bonus tournament at the same event.

The slogan has since been changed to a more appropriate “making history, re-living history.”  Like I said, eight times out of ten a situation like this stems from an overreaction.  In this case it’s tough to argue the original slogan could be taken offensively.  Whether they intended to or not, the Rogers Cup was definitely selling sex with the “come for the ladies” bit.  They also made it sound like “ladies” and “legends” were two completely unrelated things.

Sex sells until you get caught doing it and someone makes you change it.

Because the first place you go to when your wife leaves you is a Diamondbacks-Rockies game, right?

I’m not sure what the bragging was all about. Maybe he meant that his wife left him to go to work so he went to the park on a guy’s night out. That could be it, right?

For more hilarious, must-see posters go here