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This Week In GIFs: Excessive Flopping, Rebuked Gestures, And Shots To The Groin
This Week In GIFs Results: ‘Rebuffed Buck Showalter’ Edges Competitors In Inaugural Contest
gifstitle5-11 Friends, I’m proud to announce the winner of the inaugural installment of THIS WEEK IN GIFs. Having captured 430 of a total of 1,657 votes, and narrowly beating out UNHELPFUL AMAR’E STOUDEMIRE (376 votes) and GENTLEMAN GETS HIT IN THE DING-DONG (367 votes), the champion is ...
The context: Mark Reynolds finally hit the first home run of the year. In accordance with tradition, his teammates in the dugout gave him the “silent treatment,” refusing to acknowledge him as he trotted off the field. Here, manager Buck Showalter says “p’shaw to all that,” and extends a gesture of congratulation. But Reynolds is too clever for that, and reciprocates a weird tradition that makes no sense at all.
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