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Best. Celeb. Pic. Ever!

“Cocaine business controls America! Ganja business controls America! KRS-One come to start some hysteria! Illegal business controls America!” – Boogie Down Productions.

Not only is this old school hip-hop classic as timely as ever, it’s also insidiously quick to stick in my head. This is mostly because my friend Greg, couple years ago, made it Ryan Howard’s unofficial theme song, due to [Greg’s claim of] the resemblance between the baseball player and KRS-One. I was initially dubious, but over time, the link has stuck like Band-Aids.

I’ve never been Ryan Howard’s biggest fan. I like the guy – a lot – but he starts a season slower than an AMC Pacer. It’s not just the slow starts that bug me, but the way he seems to try to pull everything in sight when he’s cold. It just feels like an unwillingness to adapt. If he wants to be paid like Pujols, he just can’t start the season .167 over the first 36 games with an OPS of .608 — a quarter of the season!

After yesterday’s chest-puffing clash of the titans with Boston (video highlights), though – just over a month later– I look up and Howard’s tied for league-lead in RBI? Really? He could not have played worse in April and May. You thought maybe he could turn it around by the All Star break, and finish with respectable numbers…. But to surge into league leaders now? June 17th? That’s a Tiger Woodsian push! So, now I’m dropping “Illegal Business” every couple minutes!

I love Ryan Howard!

P.s. He’s got twice as many triples as J-Roll to this point???