This gag has been floating around the Internet since March, but as baseball’s midsummer classic inches closer, it’s as good a time as any to examine the box score of a thrilling, fictitious game between the Wu-Tang Clan and The E Street Band as dreamed up by FlipFlopFlyin.com. It reminded us of our own really weird (but very real) softball matchup from 1979, when the Rolling Stone staff took on the Eagles.

According to the box score, RZA had a fine day on the mound, giving up three runs on seven hits in a 4-3 complete game victory. The E Street Band was sluggish at the plate, with sax man/first baseman Clarence Clemons hitting a home run and Springsteen himself driving in two (perhaps his RBIs came from hits to right field, where the deceased Ol’ Dirty Bastard is holding it down). Left fielder Masta Killa went yard for the Wu, and Method Man racked up a solid three hits.

A few questions, though: who decided to put Ghostface Killah so late in the batting order? He has the potential to be a power hitter. Furthermore, Clemons seems like he’d make a better catcher than Patti Scialfa, since no one would want to charge headfirst into that dude. But there’s always next season to make some tweaks.

In this awesome, alternate reality baseball league, the Wu-Tang Clan are off to the championships, which are set to take place at Earth, Wind & Fire’s Boogie Wonderland Park. We’ll be standing by the telegraph to await the results.