George R.R. Martin, the man who ripped out your heart in his Song of Ice and Fire series and then made you eat the pieces on HBO's Game of Thrones, just went on casually enjoying his life while more of his characters died over the weekend.

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's skills include rapping, surviving gunshot wounds, never masturbating , and clowning on Solange and Jay Z . But, as we saw Tuesday night at the Mets-Pirates game, they don't extend to pitching. The announcers generously described 50's ceremonial first pitch as "a little outside."