Guess it's time to look at some Shane Victorino gifs

August 7, 2013 12:07 PM

SB Nation's GIF Oracle is here to help you find the animated sports GIF you desire.
posted by troika (47 comments total)

Awesome.

"There are thousands upon thousands of sports GIFs spread across the Internet, but the GIF Oracle contains only 200 or so that were judged by its creator, Jon Bois, to be of exceptional quality."

200 seems a bit low, but they say it will be an ongoing enterprise.
posted by J0 at 12:14 PM on August 7, 2013

Thanks for making my co-workers think I'm laughing at their conversation.

These are great.
posted by freakazoid at 12:16 PM on August 7, 2013

I have attempted to compose a properly restrained way to express my appreciation for this post. After several attempts, I have settled on the following:

AHHHH OH MY GOD THANK YOU THIS IS THE BEST THING I WILL WATCH TERRIBLE PUNTING GIFS FOREVER
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 12:17 PM on August 7, 2013 [2 favorites]

The GIF Oracle has learned that you desire chaos

Yes, yes I do. Oh, I have to select a type of chaos? Damn, this is getting tricky.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:19 PM on August 7, 2013

There are probably 200 a day generated by the various sports subreddits due to gifbots. It would be easier to weed out the messed up ones.
posted by Ad hominem at 12:20 PM on August 7, 2013

+1 for Bulgaroktonos. THIS IS AMAZING.

And as a lifelong Bengals fan I feel perverse pride that Andy Dalton is featured as #1 for the category of "Show me a terrible pass, throw, or shot". Just as awful/hysterical the 15th time as the first.
posted by stellaluna at 12:21 PM on August 7, 2013

Sports GIFs are the only thing my wife likes about sports, but oh boy does she ever like them.

> I WILL WATCH TERRIBLE PUNTING GIFS FOREVER

Terrible punting GIFs had heart, but football in the groin had a football in the groin.
posted by The Card Cheat at 12:22 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

These are great, as are the "perhaps you arrived here from Google by searching" comments.

Favorite so far, about the Astros of course: "expressionist dance" "dada art" what does giant leather hand represent.
posted by HumanComplex at 12:22 PM on August 7, 2013

I'm hoping they either will add, or have on a page I haven't gotten to yet, THIGPEN BONK
posted by troika at 12:23 PM on August 7, 2013

Just went right for the butt-fumble, as I always do. I am not ashamed.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 12:24 PM on August 7, 2013

TIL of anguished leg jiggles and blorfball.

Perhaps you arrived here from Google by searching: pablo picasso guernica animated version
posted by filthy light thief at 12:25 PM on August 7, 2013 [5 favorites]

Perhaps you arrived here from Google by searching:

- r.a. dickey speed demon baserunning menace five-tool legend

God I'm so glad Jon Bois has made it onto the list of Things Metafilter Universally Enjoys.
posted by Navelgazer at 12:26 PM on August 7, 2013 [2 favorites]

Favorite so far, about the Astros of course: "expressionist dance" "dada art" what does giant leather hand represent.

Oh my God I am working in an open newsroom and it took every ounce of concentration I can muster not to collapse in helpless laughter when I saw that one.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 12:32 PM on August 7, 2013 [4 favorites]

This is incredible.
posted by DynamiteToast at 12:34 PM on August 7, 2013

stellaluna: Andy Dalton

Perhaps you arrived here from Google by searching:
- wrongest possible throw
- how to play blorfball
- rules of blorfball
- how to score a blorf in blorfball

I AM DEAD OF LAUGHING
posted by Rock Steady at 12:36 PM on August 7, 2013 [4 favorites]

are there any basketball players who are strange
posted by Rock Steady at 12:41 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

I'm not sure which is more funnier, the GIFness of it all or the taglines...
posted by the painkiller at 12:42 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

I LOVE YOU ROLLERBLADING RAPTOR

I LOVE YOU FOR ALL OF THE TIMES
posted by the painkiller at 12:48 PM on August 7, 2013 [4 favorites]

the painkiller: I LOVE YOU ROLLERBLADING RAPTOR

I had forgotten about Rollerblading Raptor. I am a bad person, and I am sorry.
posted by Rock Steady at 12:54 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

Excellent, excellent notes. These glosses are what separate it from the mindless Subreddits and other, endlessly-spewing sources.

Does he add new stuff regularly?
posted by wenestvedt at 1:02 PM on August 7, 2013

> I had forgotten about Rollerblading Raptor. I am a bad person, and I am sorry.

That's okay. Rollerblading Raptor only has love to give.
posted by The Card Cheat at 1:03 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

Not enough Bosh.
posted by oddman at 1:04 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

I could watch Frolik skating by the Red Wings bench forever. If I die, put it on my tombstone.

Hell, if he dies, they should put it on his because that was the second playoff penalty shot goal he's scored, and he's the only person to do that.
posted by Copronymus at 1:10 PM on August 7, 2013

Hey, they put WILL HAGERUP, THE MORTIFIED MICHIGAN PUNTER in at least two places.

Not that that's a bad thing. He should probably be in all of them.
posted by Curious Artificer at 1:16 PM on August 7, 2013

I can't stop laughing at "whose idea was it to use a genie wish on more referees."
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 1:30 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

Daaaaaw tennisshoes

This represents the point where I can no longer restrain my cackling by concentrating intently on legal briefs about Maine's water pollution control measures.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 1:31 PM on August 7, 2013

- alright google, listen. i want to see eric byrnes dressed up in an oversized helmet and a suit and loafers and everything, and i want him to run around on this little stupid-looking toy baseball field. and then i want someone to throw a baseball at his nuts. that's all i want.

I am actually laughing out loud and scaring my dog.
posted by mfu at 1:33 PM on August 7, 2013

Oh Metafilter. Whenever I am just a wee bit peeved at your persnickety ways, you give me a glorious gift like this. Thank you!
posted by Go Banana at 1:36 PM on August 7, 2013

Where is the "Do you want to see Delmon Young doing something baffling in the outfield" option??
posted by cnelson at 1:42 PM on August 7, 2013

Perhaps you arrived here from Google by searching:

- how to block a punt -football
posted by eriko at 2:09 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

This one is amazing, and just took me by surprise.
posted by Edgewise at 2:19 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

"anthropomorphic condiment balk" is a combination of words that will always produce giggle fits.
posted by dry white toast at 2:25 PM on August 7, 2013

Also, I still don't believe that Brett Williams of N.C. State is of this world.
posted by dry white toast at 2:38 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

Someday, I hope to have a day like this.
posted by feloniousmonk at 2:57 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

Rock Steady: are there any basketball players who are strange

Perhaps you arrived here from Google by searching:

- nerlens noel waving with novelty foam hand
- that isn't a novelty foam hand
- aaaaaaaaaahh
- aaaahh
- aah
- places to buy torches and pitchforks information
posted by filthy light thief at 3:06 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

Is Wonder Dan in there? I can't find Wonder Dan.
posted by The Card Cheat at 3:14 PM on August 7, 2013

Oh, there he is. In feloniousmonk's comment.

*slinks off*
posted by The Card Cheat at 3:15 PM on August 7, 2013

Has Colin Mochrie ever portrayed Jeff van Gundy? If not, why?
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 3:20 PM on August 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

This is the best thing.
posted by GuyZero at 4:03 PM on August 7, 2013

I came for the Raul Ibanez throws and was not disappointed.

Of course, there is more to Raul's greatness than just errant throws.
posted by N-stoff at 8:03 PM on August 7, 2013

RUN AWAY UTILITY CART! How could I forget about you?
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 7:52 AM on August 8, 2013

The best part of RUNAWAY UTILITY CART is the guy who somehow lands in the passenger seat of the thing, but then bails out, rather than, idk, stepping on the brake.

Also, I think we should hereby move that the official naming convention for animated GIFs be "blandly descriptive title in all caps".
posted by Rock Steady at 8:05 AM on August 8, 2013 [2 favorites]

Another angle on RUNAWAY UTILITY CART, helpfully provided by Copronymus, with whom I have been extensively discussing this GIF over e-mail.

The amazing thing about it is that you can see that the guy who catches it ran something like 85 yards to catch up with thing.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 8:47 AM on August 8, 2013 [2 favorites]

Oh and ignore the guy who makes like Donald Duck explosion sound effects when the carts hits the people in the video, it's unnecessary and real proof of why video is inferior to GIF as an art form.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 8:48 AM on August 8, 2013 [1 favorite]

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences really needs to add a Best Animated GIF category to the Oscars.
posted by Rock Steady at 8:58 AM on August 8, 2013 [1 favorite]

If you feel distressed by the lack of hockey gifs, here's a lot of them. They're all Flyers, but the Flyers are a highly giffable team. Compiled by a friend of mine, if I need a disclaimer for that
posted by troika at 10:10 AM on August 8, 2013

Here's more of the poor rollerblading raptor, whose faceplant was the second hard fall he took in a 3 minute timespan.
posted by filthy light thief at 9:48 PM on August 9, 2013