TO THINK WE THOUGHT C. WEIS WAS ALONE IN HIS DISDAIN The ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL reports a local minor league team called the Lehigh Valley IronPigs “announced it is replacing the winning entry in its ‘Name the Mascot’ contest from PorkChop to Ferrous.”

“The team said it switched the name when it was brought to its attention that the name PorkChop could potentially be offensive to members of the community. IronPigs General Manager Kurt Landes said he received a handful of e-mails and phone calls last night from people in the Latino community who called the name derogatory.“We’re like you, we thought this might be related to orthodox Jewish folks, or possibly the local Muslim population, but no, the protest came from a “handful” of Puerto Ricans living in the area.

But after reading the story, it appears that it was one man - and his family - who lead to the change: “Guillermo Lopez, a former Bethlehem Steel employee, said he was called pork chop when a co-worker wished to be insulting, particularly in his early days with the company 35 years ago.”

Oh yeah, Lopez also happens to be the vice president of something called the Latino Leadership Alliance. We’re sure that had nothing to do with the flaccid reaction of the minor league team GM (who shall remain nameless, in the interest of his safety from the unruly, onrushing Puerto Rican mobs).Well thank god Lopez straightened out the team. Now it’s on to every Waffle House menu in the Lehigh Valley! Onward!