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GIF: El Oso Blanco Nails Brandon Phillips at Home for a Double Play

Posted by Scott Lewis under Riffin' And GIFfin' on May 08, 2013

The Atlanta Braves are currently navigating through a logjam at catcher. Evan Gattis swatted his way into an every day gig through the first month of the season, and his .540 slugging percentage has to play. Gattis is making his third straight start in left field today with Gerald Laird handling the catching duties and Brian McCann taking a rest.

The 26-year old demonstrated his throwing prowess in the second inning of today’s game versus the Reds.

Gattis played 74 games in the outfield through various stops in the minors, so we shouldn’t be all that surprised that he can toss a strike from shallow left. Nevertheless, El Oso Blanco added a short chapter to his own legend this afternoon by nailing Brandon Phillips at home to complete a double play.

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GIF: Torii Hunter Catches Astros Napping, Steals Second Base

Posted by Scott Lewis under Riffin' And GIFfin' on May 06, 2013

The Detroit Tigers really beat up on the Houston Astros over the course of their four game set beginning on Thursday and wrapping up on Sunday. The Tigers scored a total of 37 runs, while the Astros plated eight. The final score of Saturday’s game was 17-2. Ouch.

Torii Hunter took advantage of the Astros’ woefulness in the second inning of that game by stealing second base while no one paid him any attention at first. Lucas Harrell got caught napping on this one, but Hunter’s theft mattered little as Miguel Cabrera homered to left field shortly after the sly swipe of second.

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Jose Fernandez’s Curveball Would Like Your Attention

Posted by Scott Lewis under Jose Fernandez, Riffin' And GIFfin' on May 06, 2013

Miami Marlins’ 20-year old phenom Jose Fernandez has made just six Major League starts, but he’s establishing himself as a worthy crush object. Fernandez pitched seven scoreless innings versus the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night, striking out nine while surrendering just one hit and one walk. He might be pretty good at throwing the baseball, and yes, I will mention again that he’s just 20.

As you can see in the .gif above, Fernandez made Chase Utley look like Ryan Howard with a nasty curveball. Ryan Howard did a pretty good job of looking like Ryan Howard on Saturday, too, as he struck out three times in as many at-bats against Fernandez. Consider this an announcement of further Jose Ferandez themed posts throughout the summer of 2013 and beyond.

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MLB GIFs of the Week: Dog Day Afternoon

Posted by Scott Lewis under Riffin' And GIFfin' on May 03, 2013

Here’s your weekly dose of web browser killing moving pictures. No multi-layered images or “dream GIFs” to see here. Nope. Just dogs, man.

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Jason Giambi’s #Want Knows No Bounds

Posted by Scott Lewis under Riffin' And GIFfin' on May 01, 2013

This is Jason Giambi sliding headfirst into first base. This is Jason Giambi sliding headfirst into first base in the 8th inning while his team holds a 14-2 lead. This is Jason Giambi and he has more #want than ordinary people.

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An Examination of Jose Fernandez’s Nasty Stuff

Posted by Scott Lewis under Jose Fernandez, Miami Marlins, Riffin' And GIFfin' on Apr 30, 2013

Philadelphia Phillies v Miami Marlins

Lost in the excitement of the New York Mets and Miami Marlins’ 15-inning battle and the 19-inning epic between the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was a pitching showdown between two of baseball’s most exciting young arms. Matt Harvey versus Jose Fernandez was scheduled to be some fine Monday evening viewing, on paper. Alas, Fernandez struggled with consistency and saw his night come to a halt following the fourth inning, and Harvey threw 121 pitches through 5.1 innings of work.

Harvey struck out seven Marlins while walking two and giving up one earned run on seven hits. Fernandez surrendered two earned runs on three hits and three walks, with the damage coming off a two-run shot by John Buck in the fourth. The 20-year old rookie struck out four, showing off some near NSFW nastiness in the process. We shall examine.

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Great Moments in DGAF

Posted by Drew Fairservice under HardBall Talkin', Riffin' And GIFfin' on Apr 29, 2013

Throwing a baseball is a rather violent motion. Pitching, in particular, puts incredible strain on nearly the entire body. The twisting motion, the rapid acceleration of very touchy body parts and connective tissues, it is a small wonder it doesn’t end in disaster more often.

Once this herky jerky motion begins, it isn’t a good idea to stop it suddenly. When a batter attempts to call time with a pitcher already into his motion, it only increases the chance for injury. Most coaches tell pitchers not to stop your motion, go ahead and throw the pitch anyway.

This pitcher from NPB game takes this advice to heart. He also appears to take the affront to his muscularture personally, as he fires the ball directly at the chest of the offending batter. An equally dangerous move with an even higher likelihood of wounding than stopping one’s windup, though one considerably more badass and therefore acceptable. It’s the way of the world – put another man’s health at risk only in a giffable moments. Tough but fair, badasses must be rewarded.

H/T to @Royal_Heritage on Twitter.

Update: Deadspin has more detail on the incident, as well as video. That’s Bryan Bullington on the mound!

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