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Come Fan with UsTuesday, June 23, 2026

GIF Tournament II: ‘Gentleman Hit In The Gentlemen’ Vs. ‘Rebuffed Buck Showalter’

Monday, the eight greatest animated GIFs of the summer battle for superiority. Help us decide by voting in the most important election of 2012.

GIF TOURNAMENT II -- ELITE EIGHT

(3) GENTLEMAN HIT IN THE GENTLEMEN vs.
(2) REBUFFED BUCK SHOWALTER

(3) Happy to see you again. I am GENTLEMAN HIT IN THE GENTLEMEN.

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First round: 352 votes (59 percent)
Second round: 400 votes (60 percent)
Bid: At-large
This Week In GIFs finish: 3rd
Critical reviews from Round 2:

Gentlemen should win by a landslide. It’s the 9 layer dip equilivent of a GIF, so much going on here.

- Valued Internet subscriber 37214

so much going on [in a previously defeated Pat Riley GIF]
but not a single thing in it as good as a ricochet off a d*** into a ladies face. Nor was anything as good as a child using his glove as a shield instead of as a glove. The better gif won, sir.

- Valued Internet subscriber boyonthedock

(2) Hi! I am REBUFFED BUCK SHOWALTER!

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First round: 430 votes (73 percent)
Second round: 528 votes (79 percent)
Bid: Automatic
This Week In GIFs finish: 1st
Critical reviews from Round 2:

Buck is going all the way. No contest.

- Valued Internet subscriber JTExperience

I have a feeling Showalter is an unstoppable monster in this tourney. Getting ignored is one thing. Completing the ignored handshake is another thing. Throwing in a fist bump to no one is a third thing.

That’s three things.

- Valued Internet subscriber poploser

the Showalter gif is just so... baseball
It distills the game down to its essence - an old guy wearing a full uniform (including cap) and like a 90s starter jacket failing at a high five, like not just missing the other guy’s hand but completely not on the same page.

- Valued Internet subscriber rustyspatula

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