Here is Ozzie Smith, doing what he did — i.e. turning all balls hit within 40 feet of him into outs.

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This doesn’t really need any introduction…

Manny thought he was doing a good job. He put his body on the line. He went all in. Such was Manny’s career afield. It is like he never understood what a baseball glove was.

It is not unlike the time you approached that attractive person at that brewpub, began to compliment that person’s eyes, then realized that person was blind, then tried to sneak away. We wish we had the resources to make GIFs of your life, too, but we will have to settle for Manny Being Manny.

I’ll be taking time in the next few weeks to illustrate, via advanced and computerized “GIF” files — i.e. I will be taking the time to GIF-ustrate — some common baseballing phrases. I will then inject these advanced and computerized files into this website using an internet so you can view them using another similar-but-entirely-different internet. Enjoy my files but stay off my internet!

First installment:

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