A GIF and a Tune: Ian Kinsler and Modest Mussorgsky
Fellow FanGrapher and Internet superstar Drew Sheppard gifted us with the closeup footage of Ian Kinsler’s slide-fall into third from yesterday’s game.
It is a GIF of quiet sadness. Of baseballing malaise. Much like the subject of the Bydlo movement from Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Ian Kinsler is treating his neck like a beast of burden. Or perhaps the theory of momentum is the ox, and Kinsler is just the cart being pulled along the path– bumps and all.
Watch:
Listen (this is the Ravel orchestration, obvs.):
David G. Temple is the Managing Editor of TechGraphs and a contributor to FanGraphs, NotGraphs and The Hardball Times. He hosts the award-eligible podcast Stealing Home. Dayn Perry once called him a "Bible Made of Lasers." Follow him on Twitter @davidgtemple.
The FPS isn’t as good on this version of the gif, but there’s something to be said for the dejected toe-tap at the end. http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/771329679.gif?1368806878
Toe tap is indeed awesome.