Halloween

Ok. This is going to be short and sweet. Just some observations about a certain holiday commonly known as Halloween. First things first check out this video of Manu Ginobli killing a bat during the Spurs/Kings game. MANUUUU!!!!!!

1. Great job parents. Seriously. Way to pick out the costumes for your pre-teen daughter from the prostitute section. Make her a princess with a dress that flows down to the flo, make her a ghost (economically sound costume as well) but come on. A french maid? A french maid with a dress that barely covers her pre-teen cheeks? I'm not trying to catch a case out hurr. (I'm just playing.) But I'm saying.

2. You're old enough to rent a car and you're still trick or treating? Come on fam.
**EXCEPTION** You have an infant child. So you trick or treat for them. Example: You hold open the bag for your little toddler and acquire the candy. "Say thank you Maria!" Perfectly acceptable.
I'm gonna go ahead and make the cut off age for females 16. The cut off age for males is going to be 14. Listen up gentlemen. At age 14 you are to report to the nearest rooftop to throw eggs at cop cars. You are to repeat this year in and year out until you get an invitation to a halloween party. This is where you will discover the true beauty of All Hallows Eve. Young ladies will go overboard trying to find the sluttiest costume possible. (Except for the one girl who doesn't get it and will show up as a witch complete with boils, moles, and green skin.) You made it kid. Proceed to engage in anonymous sex, alcohol, and drug experimentation. (NO Crack NO Needles though. Trust me.)

RESPECT YASELF! (SAY THAT IN THE JAMES BROWN VOICE)

YO I WONDER WHAT ITS LIKE TO WATCH A NIGGA WIFE UP A BITCH THAT YOU PUT IT IN THE DOOKIE OF. LIKE, YOU PUT IT INSIDE OF THE CHEEKS, IN THE PEANUT BUTTER. THEN YOU SEE THE BITCH WIT A NIGGA AT A BARBECUE KISSIN?...HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? PERSONALLY THAT SHIT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THE DON OF CHEEKS, LIKE NIGGA I PBEED THAT AND YOU OVER HERE HOLDIN HANDS AND PASSIN THAT BITCH MUSTARD AND PUTTIN HOTDOGS IN EACHOTHER MOUTH AND GIGGLIN? OH LAWD...I WAS JUST TALKIN ABOUT THIS SHIT WITH MY MAN WHO IS IN THAT SITUATION AND HE WAS MAD CAVALIER ABOUT THE SHIT LIKE "NAH MAN ITS NO BIG DEAL SHE'S A NICE GIRL"

SHE'S A NICE GIRL!? YOU KNOW THIS NIGGA AND THERES INSTANCES WHERE YALL GONNA BE TOGETHER IN A SOCIAL SITUATION AND THIS OTHER NIGGA KNOWS IT...MY NIGGA YOU PUT IT IN HER BUTT. THATS NOT A BIG DEAL? HER JERKIN YOU OFF WHEN YOU WERE 12 IS "NOT A BIG DEAL" HER GUIDING YOUR JOINT INTO HER ANAL CANAL AND HOPPIN UP AND DOWN ON IT LIKE ONE OF THEM KANGAROO BALL SHITS IS A BIG DEAL FAM.

WHILE HE'S KISSIN HER AND GETTIN HER A DRINK YOU DEAD ASS NOT THINKIN ABOUT THE 7TH TIME YOU TOOK IT OUTTA HER BUTT WIT DOODOO ON THE CONDOM AND TOOK THE SHIT OFF AND PUT IT IN HER MOUTH? HOMIE?! YOU ARE A TRUE GENTLEMAN. I AM NOT...EVEN THOUGH I BE IN THE GENTLEMEN'S CLUB. ID HAVE THE ILL SMIRK ON MY FACE THE WHOLE TIME. BASICALLY, BITCH IF I PUT IT IN YOUR CHEEKS YOU NEED TO GET A BOYFRIEND THAT I DONT KNOW...AND NIGGA DONT WIFE UP SOME BITCH I VIOLATED ANALLY, RESPECT YASELF!!!!

50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct Leaks? Link and Preview.

Wow. A month before the release date we have a leak. Either 50 is gonna be very upset about this or he's behind it. 50 Cent released a mixtape "War Angel" which I thought was amazing and he came out with one of the best songs I've heard this year "Flight 187." Watch Flight 187 Video Here
Let's get into a track by track review.

The Invitation - Good opening to this album. Beat is hard. If this is a sign of things to come this album is gonna be gooood.
Then Days Went By - Opens up with a real soulful sample. Beat is some head-nod shit. "You can run Forrest Run retard when I dump." HAHA wow. Typical this is what it was like growing up in Southside Queens 50 Cent track. I like it though. Ill song.
Death To My Enemies - Ill Creepy havoc type Bassline. First shots fired on this track. "This ain't the Carter THIS IS SPARTA" After he said that line he ran through the rest of the 2nd verse. Nice wordplay/flow. Not bad. Not bad at all.
So Disrespectful - SHOTS FIRED! SHOTS FIRED! Whoa! In the first 4 bars he says Game got raped by his father and goes at Jay-Z. Wow. 2nd Verse he starts in on Buck. Saying he's a drug addict. Not really blown away by this one. 50 needs like 45 seconds of shit talking which he has perfected over the years at the end of this song.
Psycho feat. Eminem - Wow. This song is Craaaazy. Em and 50 kill it. Check that. Eminem SLAUGHTERS this track. Nothing more to say.
Hold Me Down - Ok. He needs the object of this song to Hold Him Down. Guess what he's referring to? You guessed it! A gun. Me And My Girlfriend/My Buddy Part 113. Not impressed.
Crime Wave - In NYC this song has been getting a lot of spins late night. You may recognize the sample Fab used it for "This Is Family." The unofficial remix has Gucci Mane on it. Not a huge Gucci fan but he did his THANG on this one. Ill song. I'm liking this one.
Stretch - In this song 50 Cent explains how he makes/made money off selling drugs. Ehh. Not great. Not terrible.
Strong Enough - This beat is insanity. Hypnotizing bassline. One of my favorite songs thus far. 50! Please talk shit at the end of these songs.
Get It Hot - They have a vocal sample of Lloyd Banks saying "Get it Get it hot hot hot" but no verse from Banks. Come on man. Don't really like this one.
Gangsta's Delight - A Sugarhill Gang interpolation. Not necessary.
I Got Swag - He couldn't decide if he wanted to do the chopped and screwed thing or not on the hook. He went halfway which was a mistake. This is Poor Little Rich Part 2 and I don't really like it. Maybe I didn't listen with an open mind because as soon as I seen the track title I rolled my eyes.
Baby By Me feat. Ne-Yo - So this is the lead single I guess. Why? A song about getting a girl pregnant. All these gold-diggers need is more inspiration. Get It In should of been your lead single. Don't like this one.
Do You Think About Me - 21 Questions Part 7. If you wanna make these type of songs dead your beef with Ja Rule and ask him for help because at least he was good at them.
Ok You're Right Again a half chopped and screwed hook...but this song does it for me. Love this song. There's already a video for this one. Watch It Here.
Love that track.
Could've Been You feat. R. Kelly You could be 50 cent's girl if you didn't do what you did bitch. Could've been you. Next.
No next actually. That's it.

Ok. Let's wrap this up. You have the creative control to make whatever record you want 50. Make an album for your core audience. Girls aren't buying your record. If they are it isn't for these rap/r&b collabos.

I know he wants to smash everyone's 1st week numbers especially Officer Ricky and Fat Joe. (Fat Joe did like 12 copies though, you got that one fiddy.)What you need to do is make music that rap fans will want to hear years from now; and long term the sales will come if the album can stand the test of time. (No one is gonna remember/ask to hear Baby By Me 5 years from now.)

This album started out great and fell off a cliff. BUT there is hope. This leak was titled the International Release. ALSO Dj Whoo Kid said about 10 minutes ago on his Twitter that "There is no Leak. It's Fake." So I don't know what the hell I just reviewed but it's new 50 Cent and some of it is hot.

Link: Download Here

Lesser Of Two Evils

As a long suffering Mets fan this is the worst case scenario. (aside from Steve Phillips getting his job back). I'm of course referring to the 2009 World Series matchup between the Yankees and Phillies. It's easy for an outside observer just to say "you're from New York man root for the Yankees" but...it's not that simple. Truth be told I hate the Yankees. I hate their payroll (even though the Mets have the 2nd highest), I hate most of their players, I hate their fans who materialize every October, and I really hate the "we got 27 championships, how many yew got?" fans. (Oh yeah, Pal? You look about 20 years old. That '27 squad must have been something to watch huh?)

Can I root for the Phillies though? I can't imagine the flying Hawaiian and Jimmy Rollins spraying champagne on each other would bring me any joy.

However........this is going to be a good series. I don't think either team is capable of a sweep or even winning in 5. This is going to be good. **Can we get an under/over for people hospitalized/killed on Sunday Nov. 1st? 1PM Giants at Eagles 8 PM Yankees at Phillies. I'm gonna set the line at 4.5.**

Let's get into a little preview.

1B. Teixeira vs. Ryan Howard. Offense - Draw. Defense - Teixeira Slightly.
2B. Utley vs. Cano. Offense - Utley. Defense - Utley.
SS. Rollins vs. Jeter. This is tough. Due to postseason experience I'm giving both to the Captain though.
3B. A-Rod vs. Feliz - Offense - Obviously A-Rod. Has he snapped out of his October slumps though? Seems like it. Should be interesting. Defense - Feliz is sensational at 3rd however he just gets a slight edge over Bitch Tits.
RF - Jason Werth vs. Nick Swisher. Here is my prediction. Swisher misplays 2-3 in the outfield this series. IF the Phillies win. That's a Big IF. Werth is the MVP. This is the Phillies wild card right hurr. Offense - Werth. Defense - Werth by a mile.
CF - Melky vs. The Flyin Hawaiian - I think this is gonna be a wash. Victorino can make more things happen with his speed but yeah this is a draw to me.
LF- Ibanez vs. Damon. Offense - Damon. Defense - HAHAHAHA. Damon has an arm like a snake.
C- Ruiz vs. Posada - Offense - Posada. (Don't sleep on Ruiz in October though) Defense - Ruiz by a mile. More on this in a minute.
DH (In New York) Matsui vs. I guess it's Fransisco. That's what I would do anyway. Gotta go with Godzilla here. I think the Phillies are under-utilizing Fransisco this postseason.

Now it might seem like I'm favoring the Phillies but not really. Overall the Phillies are better defensively but the Yankees aren't going to make a TON of errors. Their infield is EXTREMELY solid. Their outfield though? Just hope no balls get hit to the wall Yankee backers. Unless you want to see Swisher and Damon run into the fence and not make the catch.

Above I was comparing position by position which hides the fact that the Yankees have a better lineup. I mean Jeter in October is like Sunday Tiger in Tiger Woods Golf, Damon who's gonna hit a few 200 feet homeruns, then Tex, A-Rod...WOW. That lineup doesn't quit. The Phillies have an almost American League lineup though and are definitely no slouch.

Pitching.
Game 1-Lee vs. Sabathia (battle of the Indians Cy Young winners. How long before one of these teams have Sizemore too?)
Game 2-Pedro vs. Burnett MUCH more on this in a minute.
Game 3-Hamels vs. Pettitte
Game 4-Blanton vs. Gaudin? Sabathia? I'm guessing C.C on short rest. But if the Yanks are up 3-0, 2-1..I wouldn't be surprised to see Gaudin.
Game 5-Lee vs. Burnett
After that who knows? Hamels could jump Pedro for game 6 depending on how the series plays out. Should be interesting.

Now Manuel either made a brilliant move or terrible move here. 38 Year old Pedro in Yankee stadium. He was lights out against the Dodgers. Would I put him in Game 2 in Yankee Stadium with that short porch? However if the series is going south having Hamels there for Game 3 could be huge. (How fitting was it by the way that Pedro was the man who mathematically eliminated the Mets this year? Tim Redding? Come on Omar.)
I'll be rooting for Pedro in this one without a doubt.

The bullpen might be what decides this series. Hughes looked like a deer caught in headlights in his last appearance, the Yankees have destroyed Joba. Joe Girardi's moves to the bullpen have been asinine. Is Coke still on the Yankees? My first guy outta the pen would have to be Robertson if I'm the Yanks. Lidge was awful the 2nd half of the season along with Madson, but Lidge has been good in the postseason. I predict Chan-Ho getting lit up by the Yankees at least 1 time. Don't be surprised if Mariano leads the Yankees in innings pitched this series. Seriously, you gotta bleed Rivera dry this series.

Ok approaching the home stretch here. Girardi what the hell are you doing? 9th inning you're gonna pinch run for A-Rod? (A-Rod by the way is a great baserunner.) What happens if you tie that game Joe? Who plays 3rd? 2 Outs bases empty...you take out Robertson? For ACEVES?? Bases loaded 1 out...You take out Damon for HAIRSTON JR??? That made the Yankees lose their DH spot by the way and forced Mariano to hit, which forced them to pinch hit Fransisco Cervelli..I could go on all day...

The aforementioned Cervelli is not on the roster so it looks like AJ is gonna have to pitch to Posada. Randy Johnson, Mike Mussina, and now AJ Burnett.. Posada can't catch curveballs and refuses to call them. Make the guy a DH if you keep him next year.

If you're a betting man, Yankees to win series -220. Phillies to win series +180.

My prediction: Phils in 6 or 7.