2013 Golden GIFs: Bat Flip Nods
We unrolled the preliminary batch of this year’s Golden GIFs nominees on Thursday, but there’s more business to take care of: namely, paying tribute to 2013’s finest moments in bat flippage. Below are the nominees, in two separate categories, for Bat Flip GIF of the Year. As always, additional nominations are welcome via comment.
BEST BAT FLIP – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Yasiel Puig’s Single
Jose Constanza’s Single
Josh Donaldson’s Popup
Jeon Jun-woo’s Flyout
Prince George’s First Flip (directed by David G. Temple)
BEST BAT FLIP – DRAMA
Prince Fielder
Daniel Vogelbach
Yasiel Puig
Juan Uribe
Johnny Monell
David Ortiz
Wil Myers
Jeon Jun-woo’s Flyout foreverthebest.
An honest, conscientious man should never stereotype, but there’s no getting around the fact that Koreans have flyout/foulball batflips on absolute lockdown. No one else comes close.