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NEW YORK - Whoa, baseball fans!

Check out the lyrics of "Empire State of Mind," the hit song Jay-Z and fellow New Yorker Alicia Keys plan to perform at Wednesday night's World Series opener at Yankee Stadium. Don't freak. Major League Baseball says you'll hear a more wholesome rendition.

"There's a clean version that goes out on radio, and that's what they'll use. It doesn't have bad words," Marla Miller, MLB's senior vice-president of special events, said Tuesday.

It's common for players to pick music with rough lyrics for their introductions before at-bats and pitching appearances, however, altered versions are used that drop offensive language.

Fox, televising the World Series, didn't expect any issues with the opening song.

"I'm told that a broadcast-appropriate version will be performed," spokesman Lou D'Ermilio said.