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Jeff Wittek, the internet personality, jokingly took the blame for the Los Angeles Dodgers playoff loss in a recent social media post, and his audience could not help but burst out laughing and posting a host of funny reactions. The creators have always been self-mocking and they featured a photo of him wearing a blue LA Dodgers fitted cap and captioned it, ‘It’s my fault they lost.’ The post went viral in no time and many of his followers were not only engaging in the compliment but also astonished at his ‘new’ allegiance to the team.
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Jeff Wittek aka Mr. New York, forever a Yankees fan, made quite a stir with his fitted cap choice. One person was so astonished that he tweeted, ‘Wittek in an LA fitted hat is insane, never thought I would see the day bro.’ Wittek replied to the tweet, as usual, with dry humor, saying, ‘lol what am I supposed to do?’ Such a conversation highlighted the humorous aspect of the post and suggested that switching teams was a matter of who’s playing rather than an allegiance switch. One more commenter said, ‘You look better in blue,’ thus approving the new haircut.
The primary source of the humor was the post itself, which was based on the premise that Wittek had jinxed the Dodgers. Most of the fans went along with the joke and pretended there was jinx and made it a fun activity. One of them asked, ‘immediately go to the next game so the dodgers lose again,’ as if he was rooting for the losing side. To expand the joke, another user made a more sophisticated request: ‘If that’s the case whatever you did at that game could you please not do it in the next? 😂 we kind of need this. We can’t lose the World Series to CANADA! 😂’ This was the ideal comment that captured the combination of sports anxiety and comic timing that was the hallmark of the thread. The third one simply stated, ‘you brought us bad luck, still much love though,’ and accepted the hypothetical curse with a grin.
It had to be a considerable part of the conversation that baseball talk got hijacked by a since-deleted photo that more or less hinted that Wittek had a baby. It was the first step in a cascade of confusing and funny responses. One user wrote, ‘Where are the kids we’re talking about I’m so confused,’ and Wittek personally responded, ‘I had another pic up but I deleted it.’ Another commenter made a humorous remark, ‘I thought your son had fur and four legs…,’ most probably referring to Wittek’s dog. The ongoing joke continued with a user proclaiming, ‘fatherhood looks good on you,’ while another one was like, ‘I offer myself as the baby mama.’ One very witty user quipped, ‘Deadbeat dads? Not here,’ thus nodding to the community’s shared taste for absurdist humor.
Apart from being a joke about a baseball game, the post was also a general check-up for Wittek, with a lot of followers saying how glad they were that he was back to posting. ‘yo yo yo , jeff is back,’ was one user’s simple statement, which pretty much captured the whole welcome feeling. Some people even grabbed the chance to send supportive non-baseball messages. One guy commented, ‘I really hope your eye gets better man. Praying for you! 🙌,’ referring to a past injury Wittek has been open about. Another comment was, ‘You’re the funniest don’t go bald Jeff,’ a compliment mixed with a playful jab. The mixture of sympathy and humorous insults was a clear reflection of how unique and familiar the relationship was between Wittek and his audience.
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The post was mainly about a joke regarding a baseball game but it turned out to be a community gathering point in a very effective way. Wittek’s signature dry delivery made it so that a very simple, relatable premise – sports superstition – created an environment conducive for engagement. Followers felt more than welcomed to jump in the joke, share their own ways of telling the fictional curse, and lead the conversation to other funny places. Moreover, the small confusion over a nonexistent child photo only added to the chaotic and entertaining atmosphere of the thread. In the end, Jeff Wittek’s post was not centered around baseball but on giving his audience a good laugh and reaffirming the bond with them through a common language of humor. Jeff Wittek’s transformative journey was another topic of interest for his fans.
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