Mark Lemke

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Lemke is a word that appears in Homestar Runner cartoons now and again.

Origin

Taken from an interview with The Brothers Chaps

...there was an old local grocery store commercial, and we live in Atlanta, and it advertised the Atlanta Braves. It was like, “the Atlanta Braves hit home runs, and you can hit a home run with savings here!” And so there was this player named Mark Lemke, and they said something like “All star second baseman for the Braves.” And our friend knows nothing about sports, and so he would always do his old timey radio impression of this guy, and not knowing any positions in baseball or whatever, he’d just be like, “Homestar Runner for the Braves.” And we were just like, “Homestar Runner? That’s the best thing we’ve ever heard!”

Mark Lemke was a regular for the Braves from 1990 through 1997 and no longer plays in the majors. According to MLB's website, he was never an all-star.

Mark Lemke's career stats:

Batting Glossary

Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 

+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+

1988 22 ATL NL  16   58    8   13   4  0   0    2   0  2   4   5  .224  .274  .293   17   2   0   0   0   1
1989 23 ATL NL  14   55    4   10   2  1   2   10   0  1   5   7  .182  .250  .364   20   0   0   0   0   1
1990 24 ATL NL 102  239   22   54  13  0   0   21   0  1  21  22  .226  .286  .280   67   4   2   3   0   6
1991 25 ATL NL 136  269   36   63  11  2   2   23   1  2  29  27  .234  .305  .312   84   6   4   2   0   9
1992 26 ATL NL 155  427   38   97   7  4   6   26   0  3  50  39  .227  .307  .304  130  12   2  11   0   9
1993 27 ATL NL 151  493   52  124  19  2   7   49   1  2  65  50  .252  .335  .341  168   5   6  13   0  21
1994 28 ATL NL 104  350   40  103  15  0   3   31   0  3  38  37  .294  .363  .363  127   6   0  12   0  11
1995 29 ATL NL 116  399   42  101  16  5   5   38   2  2  44  40  .253  .325  .356  142   7   3   4   0  17
1996 30 ATL NL 135  498   64  127  17  0   5   37   5  2  53  48  .255  .323  .319  159   5   6   1   0   9
1997 31 ATL NL 109  351   33   86  17  1   2   26   2  0  33  51  .245  .306  .316  111   8   5   2   0  10
1998 32 BOS AL  31   91   10   17   4  0   0    7   0  1   6  15  .187  .232  .231   21   1   2   0   0   0

+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+

11 Seasons    1069 3230  349  795 125 15  32  270  11 19 348 341  .246  .317  .324 1046  56  30  48   0  94

+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+

162 Game Avg        489   53  120  19  2   5   41   2  3  53  52  .246  .317  .324  159   8   5   7   0  14
Career High    155  498   64  127  19  5   7   49   5  3  65  51  .294  .363  .363  168  12   6  13   0  21

Appearances

• When you go to Main Page 14 and let the shower get all fogged up, the word "LEMKE" will appear.
• Also, in the Homestar Runner Theme Song you see Pom Pom and Homestar crack open a couple of cold ones in a nondescript room that has a pennant on the wall reading "LEMKE".
• In "Everybody to the Limit", when the words "come on" flash on the Visor Robot, just before the scene changes, "come on" changes to "lemke".
• In stunt double and dangeresque 3, the newspaper has a picture of Mark Lemke.