Okay, so before you start going all Hollywood on us Lastings, don’t ya think it might help to play at least a full season in the bigs?

Well, I don’t know a whole lot about it, but Lastings Milledge, once a sure thing prospect, now becoming a bit of a question, put out a rap song on his own label… all while still in the minors. Hopefully its just for fun, and he’s not taking it serous, but his team is taking it serious because of course it being a rap song its not talking about lollipops and holding hands:

Mets prospect Lastings Milledge is in trouble with the team once again, this time for making a rap CD that uses foul and offensive language.

The song, “Bend Ya Knees” was on the Web site www.souljaboirecords.com, the record label the 22-year-old outfielder founded. Milledge can be heard using a racist term for blacks and language derogatory to women.

“We don’t approve of the lyrics,” New York general manager Omar Minaya said Wednesday.

I was a huge Mets fan in the 80’s, and my favorite player was of course the Straw, so I couldn’t help but think of the parallels between one young outfielder’s rap song from 1987, and another young Met outfielder’s release in 2007. What is funny to me is that Milledge’s song is full of “foul and offensive language”. Compare that with Straw’s song in ‘87, and don’t forget that this guy was fresh off of a World Series win, really at the pinnacle of his career, and probably coked out of his mind:

My name is Darryl, I’m a baseball player
One thing I forgot to say-a
When I’m on the field I’m on top of the world
I get screams from all the girls (Dar-ryl!)
Everybody in the stadium, screams for me
Strike one, strike two, but no strike three
When I’m runnin, all the players make space
I run, I slide, and then I’m safe
“Cause you’re DEF!” Yo, I ain’t soft
I even get paid on my days off
Grandslammer, “Are you as good as they, say?”
I guess you never came to see me play
Any pitch you throw I control it
Lookin for third bass, yo I stole it, that’s right
I took it while you wasn’t lookin
So give me your beef, homeboy I’m cookin
I can get loose so don’t you try
I graduated from Crenshaw High
You can even ask Eric ‘Boogie’ E

Man, even on his biggest stage, Darryl may have embarrassed himself by being another failed athlete rapper, but at least he was smart enough not to rap about stuff that would make Don Imus blush. No wonder Milledge’s teammates put a sign on his locker that said “Know your place, rook. Your teammates”.

He’s only played 59 games in a Met uniform, but I’m starting to wonder if he hasn’t worn out his welcome already.. and with 18 year old outfield prospect Fernando Martinez in the system, I’d look for Milledge to get traded before it turns out that he is baseball’s answer to Ron Artest.

• Milledge’s rap sheet grows — new CD by Mets prospect upsets team (AP)