Because he asked to be, for a set period, so he could get on with work without distraction. There's a help desk thread about it.
So you all have corrected him, but what about the mocking? Ehrie is a no good Yankees fan, who wouldn't know a good ball game if he saw it from the pitcher's mound.
You call this mocking? These are like jokes about Tex being hetero, just too easy and without much thought.
There's a connection between canals, Yankees, and Lincoln. Muad Dib would get it but I'm sure there are a lot of government school products around as well.