When it comes to betting on sports, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is a man of his word.
If there was any silver lining for Mets fans after New York lost to the Kansas City Royals 4-1 in the World Series, it was that they got to see their city's mayor, a man who governs over about 8.5 million people, sing a 56-year-old blues song surrounded by ballerinas.
Shortly before the World Series, de Blasio reached out to Kansas City mayor Sly James with the bet: Losing team's mayor sings the winner's song in a jersey. Had the Mets won, James would've sang "New York, New York" and given de Blasio a little Kansas City BBQ.
Here's the result:
That's the American Ballet Theatre backing de Blasio up on "Kansas City," an old standard sung by countless bands, not least of them The Beatles. (Here's
their version.) If you had to describe de Blasio's performance in one word, what would it be? Would it be
"frosty"?
In addition to that tasty song, he also passed along some
New York cheesecakes to Mayor James.