WATCH: Bob Costas recites Ludacris rap on MLB Network

Sportscaster Bob Costas on the field before a game
Photo credit (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)

(KMOX) - Bob Costas is pretty good at this broadcasting thing. And even after decades of working on air and on the radio, originally with KMOX, he still surprises us from time to time. 

Most recently, he's been quoting Ludacris and giving hims "props" for using his name in a 2003 song called "Hip Hop Quotables." Costas said the lyrics on MLB Network before the New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox game:

List of Bob Costas' Career Accomplishments ---Legendary Sports Broadcaster ⚾----‍♂️-8-Time National Sportscaster of the Year ---Prime-Time Host for 11 Straight Olympic Games ---Rapping on #ChangeUp -- pic.twitter.com/FZHAIcUNnF

— ChangeUp on DAZN (@changeupondazn) August 2, 2019

The line comes from Ludacris' album "Chicken-n-Beer": “I be rollin’ torpedoes, get blunted with rastas/And for a hefty fee, I’m on your record like Bob Costas."

Ludacris saw it and loved it just as much as the rest of us, saying "Bob Costas out here changing the rap game."

---------------- RT @brucefloyd: @Ludacris Bob Costas out here changing the rap game. --(I'm so sorry.) pic.twitter.com/B26nJNTx2o

— Ludacris (@Ludacris) August 3, 2019

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