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Video: 50 Cent Throws Absolutely Terrible First Pitch At Mets Game
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Jen Carlson
Published May 28, 2014
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"Juuust a bit outside."
Last night, 50 Cent was tasked with throwing the ceremonial first pitch at the Mets game, but he blew it... big time. The awkward toss at Citi Field didn't get the ball anywhere close to the plate, and is perhaps the worst pitch ever to be thrown in any stadium. Can you even call it a pitch, or was it more like... abstract arm performance art? Whatever it was, it was arguably worse than anything thrown by Mariah, Baba Booey, or Doug Sisk.
Mets ended up beating the Pirates, so maybe it was good luck.
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