West Coast Hip-Hop Wins the World Series, Fat Joe Flops

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Not only were the New York Yankees outplayed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a Series that exposed their flaws, but another round was lost during a pre-game East Coast/West Coast rap battle.

The Dodgers let loose rapper Ice Cube, whose birth name of O’Shea Jackson Sr. could do no wrong in the month of October. His hits, Bow Down and It was a Good Day energized the sold-out crowd, including the Dodgers company man Dave Roberts. The manager showed his hip side as he lip synced the lyrics that the rapper rhymed. The Yankees dugout was amused as left fielder Alex Verdugo bopped along to third baseman’s Jazz Chisholm’s hand gestures.

It turned out to be a good day for the Dodgers, as the tune Cube belted out of the park sends the message of surviving a day in the hood, a fit that MLB found alright to go with America’s Pastime. Cube even acknowledged Vin Scully and the recently passed Fernando Valenzuela.

Over in the Boogie Down Bronx, where hip-hop was born 51 years ago, the Yankees tried too hard to top the LA rapper by unleashing Fat Joe on its faithful. The Bronx White Pages have him listed as Joseph Cartagena and there wasn’t enough whiteout to erase this performance.

Aristostle “Mugsy” Sakellaridis
Wearing his Timberlands, Joe was so off key while lip syncing to his hit of Lean Back. He then tried Ja Rule’s hit, New York, which turned into noise pollution. The crowd looked stunned and embarrassed as Joe pounced on the mound to All the Way Up. The grounds crew should have charged the mound as their manicured job was stomped by Fat Joe’s Tims. As he rapped “Nothing can stop me, I’m all the way up,” the Dodgers made sure to deflate any chance the Yanks had to pull out a win on this night.

At least the Bronx rapper acknowledged Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson. That should have reminded the PR department that Mr. October was indeed inside the ballpark, and handed him a baseball alongside Derek Jeter to throw out the first pitch.

It was an ANALytical call that had everyone who watched wanting to throw up as they leaned back and thought, WTF was that?

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Aristotle "Mugsy" Sakellaridis is the junkiest of baseball junkies. He plays in 4 leagues, well past his 40th birthday, and spends the winter in Florida shagging flies at Yankees minor league complexes. He's also a retired Riker's Island Corrrection Officer - having worked the night shift for 20+ years.