Bob Costas has been known for his great ability to do play-by-plays of very memorable baseball games, but on Tuesday, Costas used Ludacris lyrics in his broadcast as he was interviewed by the guys over at MLB Network. Why Ludacris? Well, apparently, he's Costas' favorite rapper.
First of all, why were they talking hip hop on MLB Network?
Well, you can thank the dynamic New York collaboration of Robinson Cano and Jay-Z as the two joined forces. Jay-Z, the rapper/businessman out of Brooklyn, signed Cano as his first baseball client. Cano formerly had the infamous Scott Boras as his agent, but now many reports are saying Boras was blind-sided by the move.
Now back to Costas. He was asked by Harold Reynolds, who's an analyst on MLB Network, if Cano had Jay-Z, then who was Costas's favorite rapper. It almost sounded like Costas had heard the song before or at least read it somewhere, but Ludacris mentions Costas in his song, "Hip Hop Quotables" out of his Chicken & Beer album. You would think Ludacris named that album after the Boston Red Sox 2011 clubhouse incidents, but the record was released back in 2003, way before the Red Sox's incident.
Well, Costas attempts to rap as best as he can and this was his performance on national television.
There it is. Bob Costas doing his best emulation of Ludacris, whose real name is Christopher Brian Bridges and currently spending more team in Hollywood than the recording booth.
Here's the way it originally sounds as Ludacris delivers his rap. You can forward to 1:15 where Ludacris begins the bar Costas attempts to rap.
It's completely different as Costas sounded more like he was reciting a soliloquy of sorts. But anyways, we like to thank Costas for this moment. He is by far one of the more recognizable voices in baseball and in sports broadcastin in general.
