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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer responds to his critics … in a rap song

(sports.yahoo.com)

posted on February 14, 2013 at 03:14 PM by RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) to brett anderson, diamondbacks, indians, miguel montero, rap battle, trevor bauer | 19 comment(s)

Montero said earlier this week that Bauer, among other things, didn’t listen to Montero when he was his catcher with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Bauer has since been traded to the Cleveland Indians. Which leads us to this song ...

“You Don’t Know Me” was posted online on Wednesday. But MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian reports that Bauer recorded the song in December, which is when he was traded.
Bauer, in not exactly the cleanest of flows, says things such as:

“Its time to get back to all these fans that I’ve been losing due in part to the rumors moving about that that I refuse to listen / So people get this vision of me, no one goes up hitting for me / I swear I’ve never been gifted nothing.”
“Now I’m the bane of society, I’m the villain / millions judge me, even quicker than winning a boxing match by killing / and most of its unjustly given.”

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1. JJ1986 posted on February 14, 2013 at 05:41 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

no one goes up hitting for me

Someone should tell him that Cleveland is in the AL.

2. Robert in Manhattan Beach posted on February 14, 2013 at 05:47 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

What a tool.

3. charityslave is thinking about baseball posted on February 14, 2013 at 05:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Rap response. Good idea.

4. the Hugh Jorgan returns posted on February 14, 2013 at 06:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

That's ok, he can listen to Dice-K now and really learn how to pitch.

5. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on February 14, 2013 at 06:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'd like to hear Kevin Towers drop a few verses in response. This could be the new Jay-Z vs. Nas feud!

6. Der_K posted on February 14, 2013 at 06:05 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Whither Eric Gagne?

7. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on February 14, 2013 at 06:16 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This is kind of douchey, of course, but I don't see that it's really all that much different from guys like Scott Radinsky writing songs that obliquely reference life as a ballplayer.

8. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on February 14, 2013 at 06:19 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

But it's so terrible. It's like Chet Haze bad.

9. Greg (U)K posted on February 14, 2013 at 06:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

But it's so terrible. It's like Chet Haze bad.

Odd, because Consummate4Sight is such a great name for a band.

10. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on February 14, 2013 at 06:27 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well, yeah, it's awful and Radinsky's band was/is actually pretty good. I'll grant that as a big difference.

11. zachtoma posted on February 14, 2013 at 06:30 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Hmm... I guess the D-Backs were right about him after all.

12. Flynn posted on February 14, 2013 at 06:45 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Dan, you weren't kidding.

They're the most Epitaph, Orange County punk sounding band ever, but they aren't bad at all. I don't even like that subgenre that much but they're very listenable.

13. Simpson posted on February 14, 2013 at 07:22 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

sigh... I clicked the rap battle tag and was sad that no other thread came up...

14. thetailor posted on February 14, 2013 at 08:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Remember all that talk about how smart Trevor Bauer is? ... yeah forget about it.

15. Avoid running at all times.-S. Paige posted on February 14, 2013 at 08:20 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Further proof that Drake has ruined rap.

16. zonk posted on February 14, 2013 at 08:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Am I right that everyone's familiar with Epic Rap Battles of History?

Because if not, you should be...

EDIT: Dammit... new laptop and upgraded browser - but forewarned that their homepage autoplays the current week's battle (Adam vs. Eve) and it's NSFW.

17. Eric Ferguson posted on February 15, 2013 at 12:03 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I can only hope he ends with "Oops pow surprise!"

18. Everybody Loves Tyrus Raymond posted on February 15, 2013 at 03:16 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Wait, did I miss the Vin Scully part?

19. Matt Waters posted on February 15, 2013 at 06:08 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Baseball players have gotten more interesting again in recent years.

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