Baseball Gif Thread

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I feel like there should be a thread for just baseball .gifs. This is great:

 

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2556311/umpthrow.gif

[Banedon]

I feel like there should be a thread for just baseball .gifs. This is great:

 

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2556311/umpthrow.gif

 

Haha...I love the look at the end...where he's realizing how dumb he just looked.

 

EDIT: I liked your idea of the gif thread. So, done.

[Banedon]

Just a bit of english.

 

http://i.imgur.com/zh18pEE.gif

[OleMissCub]

One of the stranger rules in baseball. Rarely see that.

[jersey cubs fan]

One of the stranger rules in baseball. Rarely see that.

 

what's so strange about it?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

There was a fun article in one of the SABR journals a few years back about the reverse of that. For some period in the 19th century, the rule was that a ball was fair if it landed fair, without having to pass either base.

 

So some hitters mastered "fair-foul hitting," where they'd try to chop down on the ball and have it hit the ground in front of the plate with backspin, going straight back behind the catcher.

[Banedon]

There was a fun article in one of the SABR journals a few years back about the reverse of that. For some period in the 19th century, the rule was that a ball was fair if it landed fair, without having to pass either base.

 

So some hitters mastered "fair-foul hitting," where they'd try to chop down on the ball and have it hit the ground in front of the plate with backspin, going straight back behind the catcher.

 

Ha! Did it say how successful they were at it?

[OleMissCub]

One of the stranger rules in baseball. Rarely see that.

 

what's so strange about it?

 

Perhaps the rule itself is not strange, but it looks odd when it happens like that. Doesn't occur very often.

[witty alias]

There was a fun article in one of the SABR journals a few years back about the reverse of that. For some period in the 19th century, the rule was that a ball was fair if it landed fair, without having to pass either base.

 

So some hitters mastered "fair-foul hitting," where they'd try to chop down on the ball and have it hit the ground in front of the plate with backspin, going straight back behind the catcher.

 

Now that's gritty. They had TWTW

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Found it:

 

http://research.sabr.org/journals/files/SABR-National_Pastime-20.pdf

 

The article is the first one, on page 3. It's pretty interesting.

[Guest]

that was an amazing article. i wish i could see it done.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1586069/OGCPLYT.gif

 

And a bonus .jpg:

 

http://i.imgur.com/KWYhH9F.jpg

[Banedon]

Boop

 

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images//visual/whatshot/Jeff-Francoeur-Royals-rascal-basket.gif

[OleMissCub]

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1586069/OGCPLYT.gif

 

Probably no one remembers, but that sliding to a stop reminds me of Phil Nevin's shoulder injury a decade ago.

[OleMissCub]

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/5/1/17/anigif_enhanced-buzz-5508-1367442831-0.gif

[Banedon]

Gonna get a bunch of those now?

[Guest]

http://cdn2.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BORBON.gif

http://files.upit.me/1367580957.gif

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Well, Borbon just shot up in my list of favorite Cubs right now.

[Sammy Sofa]

That was impressively Jeter-esque.

[Pushfrog98]

#twtw?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Rizzo's awesome catch:

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/15wZlxl.gif

 

Edited May 7, 2013 by Tangled Up in Plaid

[Banedon]

Torii Hunter vs Astros:

 

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1590251/hunter_steal_5-4-13.gif

[OleMissCub]

ha, it's like high school

[Banedon]

http://i.imgur.com/BVmIHV0.gif

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

http://i.imgur.com/BVmIHV0.gif

 

Not today, Ron. Suck it.