A few brief moments to remember in another lost year
Over at Notgraphs, they’re looking at the year’s best baseball GIFs. All they have from the Mets though is that one fan falling down in the background. I know what it was a dismal season, but there must be something worth GIFfing, right? Unfortunately, I don’t have most of it. Between being an out-of-market television viewer and Amazin’ Avenue’s Eric Simon going GIF-crazy this year, I’ve been off my GIF game. The competition is downright cutthroat these days, with some people spending hours every day in front of a multi-screened custom GIFfing rig so they can catch every GIFfable moment. So I don’t bother trying to get everything and just take what I can get. What follows is the second installment in our series of GIF roundups. If you missed it, here’s the first.
Read on for the rest.
Celebrations
Forget the final record, there were still some bright spots for the Mets in 2013.
What can Brown do for you? How about ending a 13-inning game?
The Mets played a lot of extra innings in 2013, but Eric Young Jr. ended this one after only 11 innings with a rare home run.
Wilmer Flores hit his first career home run in the 9th inning against fan favorite Heath Bell and was then warmly greeted by his teammates in the dugout.
And then there’s this. Justin Turner, you will be missed.
I don’t even know…
Pitching
This one was requested by Jeff Paternostro, I’m assuming for his pitching porn stash. Warning: the following may be NSFW.
Matt Harvey also faced Cano when he started the 2013 All-Star Game, but that ended in a HBP to put runners on first and second with nobody out. And then he retired the next six batters he faced, three by swinging strikeout:
Defense
Daniel Murphy doesn’t get much credit for his defense at second base. I’d say he’s starting to get the hang of it.
Billy Hamilton was unstoppable on the basepaths until September call-ups Juan Centeno and Wilfredo Tovar gave Hamilton his first big league CS.
Baserunning
Wilmer “Wheels” Flores
Other
A dramatic turn from Josh Satin to all his fans.
An intimate moment between Terry Collins and Zack Wheeler.
Daniel Murphy respectfully disagrees.
Non-Mets
Former Met Carlos Gomez managed to enrage Freddie Freeman with what may be the most unprofessional home run trot in baseball history. Freddie smash!
You can’t have a GIF collection without Shane Victorino. By the end of 2013, one of these guys would be a postseason hero in Boston and the other would be traitorous scum. It’s funny how things turn out sometimes.
Well, that’s it for this year. Kind of pathetic, I know. No home runs, no pies, just a bunch of random moments. I’ve let you down, I’m so ashamed.
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