Carl Lewis
Posted on 05/28/2014 5:51:09 AM PDT by fungoking
It's a good thing 50 Cent didn't hype up his first pitch at Tuesday's New York Mets game against the Pirates with a tagline like "Throw a Strike or Die Tryin'." If he had, he'd be dead.
Instead, he's just embarrassed — and he's the new owner of the worst first pitch in history. We don't say that lightly. Baseball has given us some horrible first pitches over the years, but 50 Cent just took things to a new level of ridiculousness.
Watch this thing. Oof. It's as bad as his catalog after "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."
As bad first pitches by "musicians" go — 50's is worse than Mariah Carey's and Carly Rae Jepsen's, two of the all-timers in that category. At least they got the ball going in the right direction. Mr. Cent looked like he spotted Ja Rule in a dugout and was trying to bean him. He might want to use that excuse actually; it may help him get back some of his hip-hop cred.
This is even funnier because 50 looked the part and his wind up was decent. It seemed like he might actually throw a respectable first pitch. But then his body went one way, his arm went another and we were all treated to first-pitch disaster.
It might be time for 50 to restart his training regimen from the "In Da Club" video and try this again next year:
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...
another one taught by a woman how to throw a ball, just like obama. but both are more manly than Harry Reid.
Not worth 49 cents.
Fiddycent can’t throw worth a dime
Is anyone else shocked, that a rapper such as 50 Cent is given this honor and legitimacy, of throwing out the first ball at a game? Isn’t this an endorsement by major league baseball of rap and everything involved with the rap ghetto culture? Is that really the image baseball wants to convey?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YhM1VZpS0A
50 looks just like the Cincinnati mayor throwing.
Freegards
Speaking of embarrassing if you scroll down on the same link you see a woman catch a flying bat one handed while her significant other tries to go fetal.
Carl Lewis
Might get flamed for this, but 50 Cent is actually on record supporting Republicans and conservative ideas. He’s a notable right-of-center celebrity.
15 Black Celebrities with Republican Ties
Black Republicans: 10 Famous African Americans With Ties To The GOP
LOL, for sure.....
You get what you pay for-50 cent is about right....
Did you finally get to graduate? ;^)
I'm looking at 2 more years and I'll “graduate” the same year as my youngest son.
I've been out of coaching for the last 2 years, spending more time running a ministry called Eternal Pastime; we collect new/used sports equipment (mostly baseball)and send it to missionaries doing sports evangelism in some of the world's poorest countries. Taking my 2 sons to Cuba in about a month.
THAT was pretty funny.
lol
With a name like “fungoking”, I figured you’d be into coaching. Keep doing the God’s work, and thanks for being a good sport.
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