OT: Vlad hits 50 Cent's Terrible Pitch
We had a forum post that had some decent traffic regarding 50 Cent's terrible First Pitch. Well the good folks at MLB Fan Cave did something pretty funny:
Yep, that's swing-at-anything former star Vlad Guerrero added into the footage of 50 Cent's horrible first pitch from last week's Mets game. Of course, Guerrero golfs 50's misfire into the outfield for a base hit. He was known for swinging at balls way out of the strike zone and turning them into hits, so why not 50 Cent's?
Funny stuff! Who would have thought anyone would swing at that pitch, much less hit it??? Good old Vlad!
I don't know how to embed Vines, so if someone does I would appreciate it in the comments below.
found it on YouTube. Embedded!
Right back at ya!
+1 for being nice.
Amazing he was able to turn that blooper into a double. Man has some wheels!
Miss Vlad - my first year in Fantasy Baseball he was nothing if not exciting. He'd go on a tear and smoke everything in sight - then he'd go on a bender and swing at everything in sight...and miss.
Glad to see he's still got it!
/s
The funny thing is that it isn't wholly unrealistic as Vladimir Guerrero was probably one of the better bad ball hitters in this particular generation of the game - perhaps you could make an argument that Miguel Cabrera does this well enough too, but it is Guerrero in the video. I can remember many instances in watching games - some in person - where he would turn literal crap into something productive and often run-producing.
I lost track of the discussion with the combination of "literal crap" and "run-producing."
He was one of the best hitters in the game. If he didn't play in a terrible market for 7 years, at the same time Chipper Jones, Griffey Jr, Sosa, McGwire and the Killer B's were tearing baseball up in larger markets, he would be a 1st ballot Hall of Famer.
...and of course the Mets' outfielder overran the ball.
I smell a publicity stunt by 50 cent.
Nice stuff. I honestly thought Vlad was just sitting around and was willing to take another swing at a bad pitch.
about the pitch yesterday in his AMA he replied, "I have a skeletal muscle injury on my left shoulder from excessive masturbation so take it easy lol" Link
Figures he gives up a bloop single.
..ahhhhh, double?
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