The Braves credited Lil B after using his cooking dance, saving us all from the Based God curse
Braves credit Lil B for cooking dance, avoid curse
Because I was not Kevin Durant.
Then the Based God came for James Harden, and we did not speak out --
Because I was not James Harden
Then the Based God came for baseball -- and there was no one left to speak for us.
It all began in the summer of 2011. Kevin Durant, basketball superstar, blasphemed rapper/motivational speaker/Celine Dion sampler Lil B. We thought nothing of it. How naive we were.
KEVIN DURANT WILL NEVER WIN THE TITLE AFTER HE SAID "LIL B" IS A WACK RAPPER, "THE BASEDGODS CURSE" #THEBASEDGODSCURSE ON DURANT - Lil B
- Lil B From The Pack (@LILBTHEBASEDGOD) May 26, 2011Since that fateful tweet, Durant has lost in the Finals and suffered through an injury this past season.
James Harden was the next man foolish enough to cross the Based God, cribbing his "cooking dance" without proper attribution -- and, like any high school English student, Lil B knows that footnotes are key.
Harden's Rockets lost in five games to the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.
Clearly, no sport or athlete in the Western Hemisphere is safe. And so, after Cameron Maybin started stirring the pot in the dugout during the Phillies-Braves game on July 3, baseball collectively gasped, and awaited its punishment:
Atlanta knew what it must do to save itself -- attention, and respect, must be paid:
Shoutout to @LILBTHEBASEDGOD for letting us borrow the Lil B Cooking Dance. pic.twitter.com/9HnBINVc7A
- Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 7, 2015Thankfully, the Based God was pleased with this offering, and spared us his wrath:
RT respect atl brave family your team and organization and staff have true honor @Braves https://t.co/Lsww26GTS5 - Lil B
- Lil B From The Pack (@LILBTHEBASEDGOD) July 7, 2015The game is safe from this supernatural menace, at least for one more day.