GIF of the Day: Nominations Thread
There are six spring-training games available on MLB.TV today, which equates to roughly 18 hours of baseball, which suggests that probably at least one marvelous thing will happen today.
Because we at NotGraphs are dedicated to documenting the marvelous — and because the present author is the sort of person who has “downloaded” the necessary “software” — it follows that we should render footage of said marvelous thing into GIF form, fit for public consumption.
Having said that, it should be noted that the author is unable — owing to his many Important Duties — the author is unable to watch all 18 of those hours of baseball. So it falls to the bespectacled readership to serve as the eyes, ears, and (for some, unrelated reason) glistening biceps of said author.
In the event that he/she isn’t too busy, the attentive reader would do well to report in the comments section any instances of the following, with a view towards that manufacture of a GIF:
• Decidedly breathtaking pitches
• Particularly amusing incidents
• Probably anything Melky Cabrera does
Providing the inning and batter and count and whatever-all-else would be helpful, as well.
Allez, NotGraphs, allez.
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During yesterday’s Red Sox game a drunk man fell over the railing and onto the field and had considerable difficulty returning to his seat. I laughed at his lack of sobriety and general clumsiness.
It was late in the game. 7th, 8th inning?
It was a red sox game. since matty said the man returned to his seat we can easily deduce that this was before the game even started, such sobriety is uncommon in sox fans after the 1st.
the guy was wearing a yankees hat, actually, which only added to the moment’s value for this exercise
Also featuring a lengthy discussion between remy and don on whether or not the equator was ‘real’ and if, upon crossing the equator, the ambient temperature would be instantly colder. 8th inning, I think.
You missed the best part – not only did he fall on the field and generally flounder for a while, but when he got up and turned around we got the first glimpse of his Yankees cap.