Homestar Runner Question: What the HECK is LEMKE?!

[StanDup]

I saw a few (ok, all of the) Homestar Runner cartoons :D, and some of them have the words LEMKE hidden somewhere in them. What does LEMKE mean?

[GuanoLad]

From here

Kevin: So where does the name Homestar Runner come from?

Matt: It actually comes from a friend of ours. 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!”

[mobo85]

That’s a possible explanation. The only other unique inside joke I know of is Les Sportsinterviews, the explanation of which is unknown.