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Come Fan with UsThursday, July 2, 2026

Best of ‘12: Baseball Nation’s favorite GIFs, part IX

This is almost certainly the least necessary installment, but it felt at least somewhat necessary. Here are the GIFs that just don’t make a lot of sense.

This is an installment for the completionists, really. There isn’t going to be a lot of commentary on these -- they’re GIFs that work better when you strip them of context.

So enough talking! On to the random and odd GIFs from the corners of the 2012 dustbin!

5. Candy Maldonado playing catch with Smokey the Bear

Here is Candy Maldonado playing catch with Smokey the Bear.

4. Barry Bonds hits a home run despite unfair trickery

In this one, Barry Bonds hits a home run despite unfair trickery.

3. Jeffrey Loria murders a relative of Youppi

This is actual footage from a hidden camera, and it shows Jeffrey Loria murdering someone.

2. Apparently this Diamondbacks player had sex with a triceratops or something

I don’t want to start scurrilous rumors or anything, but it sure appears that this Diamondbacks player woke up after a night of partying to find out that he slept with a purple triceratops.

1. Here is a horse playing baseball

This one is probably fake because horses don’t play baseball. But here is a horse playing baseball.

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