with me, leather" during a broadcast of the Houston Astros vs New York Mets game on July 23, 2006. NBCSports.com When an announcement came on December 11, 2006 that the NBA was switching back to a traditional basketball after the failure of a synthetic model, NBC Sports had the tagline "We're with you, Leather" Yahoo! Sports: Over the weekend starting June 23, 2007, a link to a video of MLB defensive highlights read, "They're with leather: MLB's Top 10 defensive plays". Popular media references Damien Fahey, host of MTV Total Request Live: Cited YWML as his favorite pick-up line on the June 20, 2006 broadcast of Total Request Live and displayed the t-shirt sold by Gawker.com bearing the phrase and an obscured portrait of Berman. In a November 10, 2006 episode of Las Vegas, a guest star used YWML to pick up Vanessa Marcil's character at a hotel bar. Keith Olbermann referenced the line on the February 20, 2007 episode of Countdown in an unrelated story about the Rawlings all-time Gold Glove team. References ESPN English phrases Internet memes