50 Cent shows off award for ‘memorable’ first pitch

Earlier this week we learned that Topps is set to release a special set of baseball cards featuring 15 celebrities, personalities or otherwise notable humans who threw out memorable first pitches in 2014. We also learned that among those featured will be rapper 50 Cent, who unfortunately achieved that status by unleashing perhaps the worst first pitch in the history of organized baseball.

Yes, it was really that bad.

Bad enough, it turns out, that the new card wasn’t the only “honor” the southpaw from Queens earned. He was also the runner-up in MLB Network’s Social Media Award for most Memorable First Pitch, which was voted on exclusively by the fans and actually netted him a pretty nice trophy.

Observe, via 50 Cent’s personal Instagram.

He looks grateful, right?

Maybe?

Not so much?

To the attached (and censored) caption we go for clarification.

“These people sent me the most [expletive] up pitch award. Ain’t this a [expletive]. Lmao But it ain’t funny – 50 Cent

Yeah, we’re still not sure if we’re laughing with him or at him, so we’ll go with the smiley face emoji instead of the uncomfortable ‘lol’ acronym just to be safe.

By the way, Agnes McKee, the 105-year-old Padres fan, took first place in the voting. We couldn’t be happier about that, because we know without any doubt that she’ll appreciate her new piece of hardware. Congrats, Agnes.

BLS H/N: For The Win 

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Mark Townsend is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Townie813