On Tuesday night, rapper 50 Cent (real name: Curtis James Jackson III) uncorked the ceremonial first pitch at Citi Field before a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
It was awful. Just bizarrely awful — so awful that USA Today has already speculated that it could only have been intentional.
You can decide for yourself by watching 50 Cent’s pitching prowess.
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However, the broader question is whether 50 Cent’s horrendous pitch was the worst first pitch ever thrown in the history of time.
About a week ago, a cat that saved a four-year-old boy from a vicious dog attack threw out – “threw out” – the first pitch at a minor league Bakersfield Blaze game. It was pretty bad.
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In 2007, Mark Mallory, the mayor of Cincinnati, threw out a scintillatingly dreadful first pitch that was very reminiscent of 50 Cent’s effort.
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In 2006, the assistant dean of a Nevada medical school pitched this spectacularly terrible gem.
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In 2009, President Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at the MLB All-Star Game. The pitch itself wasn’t half bad, but those jeans! Those mom jeans are worthy of a dishonorable mention here.
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