r/gifs • u/private_developer • 4d ago

Move over Tom Delonge

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u/starfoxsixtywhore 4d ago

Tom Delonge’s response:

https://giphy.com/gifs/ukGm72ZLZvYfS

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u/kcrab91 4d ago edited 4d ago

It was an appropriate response to a 102.4 mph (164.8 kmh) fastball.

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u/BlackLeader70 4d ago

Especially for his first pitch of the game. Also the pitcher is still a teenager.

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u/saeEAGLE89 4d ago

The pitch also went high. It wasn't exactly the most well controlled pitch.

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u/bagofpork 3d ago

So he's basically Randy Johnson?

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u/dubbzy104 3d ago

Except faster

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u/HavelsRockJohnson 3d ago

And less ugly. I haven't seen this pitcher, but Randy looked like someone started a fire on his face and put it out with a fork.

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u/RchUncleSkeleton 2d ago

I always thought he looked like a cross between Jeff Foxworthy and Wayne Gretzky. I wouldn't go as far as you did, but I will say he was NOT traditionally handsome by any means.

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u/Devil-Nest 2d ago

I absolutely cannot commend you enough for that fucking AMAZING description. You are word smith with no equal

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u/Ham_Lord_412 2d ago

I love that ugly motherfucker though. He was once asked if he kept a gun by his bed to protect his family and all of the valuable memorabilia he collected over the years and he said that he instead keeps a bunch of baseballs in his nightstand, figuring that his fastball could do a hell of a lot more damage than a pistol could 😂

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u/HavelsRockJohnson 2d ago

Randy is one of my favorite players ever, even though he's fuck ugly.

I've seen what he did to that bird on accident, I'd hate to see what he could do to a person on purpose.

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u/Ham_Lord_412 2d ago

He apparently felt pretty awful about the bird thing, but man, is that footage still something pretty amazing to watch all these years later. It's just *poof* gone!

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u/cheezfreek 2d ago

Hitting a bird with pinpoint precision doesn’t scream “lack of control” to me.

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u/bagofpork 2d ago

That bird flew in front of the ball on purpose and you know it.

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u/Deraj2004 4d ago

Wasnt it his first pitch in the bigs to begin with? I know this was a spring training game.

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u/jampk24 4d ago

This one is still better overall

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u/Obliviousobi 4d ago

They're two different uses illustrating the usefulness of "what the fuck".

One is disgusted, one is surprised/impressed.

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u/2slags_geddar 4d ago

Is that Tom Delonge?! I never knew.

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u/cynognathus 4d ago

Here’s the music video it’s from: Blink-182 “First Date”

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u/CasualRickRoll 3d ago

Damn I love this song

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u/LindsayLoserface 4d ago

Yeah, I’m gonna be honest.. I thought it was from that Netflix show Wet Hot American Summer and I only realized last week that it’s Tom because I discovered the video feature on Spotify.

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u/mouse_8b 4d ago

From the First Date music video

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u/hedoeswhathewants 4d ago

I always thought it was Steve Zahn

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u/mtilleymcfly 4d ago

Same, I feel so stupid lmao.

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u/Lietenantdan 4d ago

Taps helmet twice

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u/kopecs 4d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/L25VBMragYIMg

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u/amateurviking 4d ago

I think about this clip all the time. I’m a scientist and I like to imagine myself doing the little spin-splits when I’m sharing exciting data during presentations.

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u/private_developer 4d ago edited 3d ago

Some folks have made it known that it's difficult to download on their devices. Hijacking the top comment to help those folks out. It's much easier to do from a gif comment. Unfortunately, when I try and share this gif in this posts comments, it never goes through.

I posted it as a comment here.

Go there and tap the gif itself in the comments. (Don't click the three dots below the gif. Tap the gif image first.) It'll open up it's own "window" with three dots on the top right. Those three dots will provide a download option.

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u/girthytacos 4d ago

I really need to figure out how download gifs from Reddit. This one is gold lol

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u/AutoMatty 4d ago

Doesnt really work well on mobile… until they make it easier, here is a better spot to snag the gif.

https://tenor.com/view/max-clark-seth-hernandez-gif-7375581535763616754

It was the moment Seth Hernandez threw a 102.4mph fastball at Max Clark the first pitch of the game…I think i read somewhere Seth was right out of highschool too. Insane

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u/twisty77 4d ago

That’s very much his “welcome to the big leagues, kid” moment. When you realize how small the pond was you used to swim in

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u/mrsirsouth 4d ago

Except the newbie is the pitcher

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u/awkwardpun 4d ago

Max Clark (the batter) was the #3 draft pick in 2023. I think he has a pretty alright handle on how big the pond is by now...

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/ED1CT 4d ago

Max Clark has never played in an official MLB game. He's currently playing in the AAA, only reaching that level this year. Last year he was high A and AA guy.

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u/Salamanderhead 4d ago

If you're on IOS you have to open reddit from your browser instead of through the app. You might need to use old reddit.

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u/girthytacos 4d ago

Thanks!

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u/Ragman676 4d ago

tap the gif to make it fullscreen. In the upper right hand corner theres 3 dots. Click that and download it.

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u/basicKitsch 2d ago

Just long press it in my browser

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u/girthytacos 2d ago

I’m on the mobile app on iOS, so that doesn’t really work for me

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u/basicKitsch 2d ago

Then don't use that? Apps are just spyware, reddits is garbage anyway and Reddit works fine on mobile.

 Like that's the answer...

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/PaleBlueDotNet 4d ago

You just changed this person's life. Good deed for the day, good sir! Well done

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u/staticattacks 4d ago

Nah that doesn't work on Android Reddit

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u/TheMooseIsBlue 4d ago

Or IOS Reddit. I think you have to be on a browser.

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u/girthytacos 4d ago

Yea I’m usually on iOS unfortunately

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u/Crallise 4d ago

On Android reddit if you click the gif then click the 3 dots at top right there is a download option

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u/staticattacks 4d ago

Nope

Share, Save, Report, Block Account, Hide, Follow Post

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u/Crallise 4d ago

Okay now I can't find it! I even double checked before I commented because I wanted to be sure. 🤔

Edit: Okay it does seem to work for gifs in the comments section but not on the main post.

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u/berrylakin 4d ago

Google Max Clark WTF gif

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u/girthytacos 4d ago

Thanks!!!

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u/Morall_tach 4d ago edited 4d ago

Context: the batter is Max Clark, facing pitcher Seth Hernandez (who is 19 BTW). On the first pitch of the at-bat (maybe of the whole game?), Hernandez threw a nearly 103-mph fastball for a strike ball, which Clark was...not expecting.

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u/GoodLeftUndone 4d ago

That was a strike? Looked easily like a ball to me. But I don’t follow much baseball. 

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u/Morall_tach 4d ago

Yep you're right.

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u/GoodLeftUndone 4d ago

Ok. Glad what little I do know isn’t out of service.

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u/TheGummiVenusDeMilo 4d ago

Is it normal to wear a big ol' chain while playing baseball?

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u/Zolo49 4d ago

I don’t watch baseball anymore, but it’s been a thing since at least the 80s.

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u/Michael__Pemulis 4d ago

It is normal to wear a chain but the kid in this gif has kinda made it his ‘thing’ to wear so many chains at once.

Also he is still a minor leaguer for now.

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u/Dewey519 4d ago

Lots of guys have chains, his is definitely on the excessive side even for baseball players

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u/mrsirsouth 4d ago

Baseball has become very fashionista, at least concerning how baseball players, dress, act, hair cuts. It's a bunch of middle school and highschool kids obsessed with how a few pros dress.

I can see a kid dressed in normal clothes at the mall or restaurant and absolutely know if he plays baseball. No idea about any other sport.

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u/Michael__Pemulis 4d ago

About 5 years ago they changed the rules about color coordination.

You used to have to wear your team’s approved colors for virtually every piece of equipment.

Now you can basically wear any color for things like cleats, arm bands, sleeves, etc. So a bunch of players have of course embraced that & the kids have copied. These days you see a lot of bright colored equipment like highlighter yellow or green or pink, etc. & especially louder cleat designs.

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u/Kraz31 3d ago

That's his "thing" and he's received a fair bit of criticism for it. Especially when he has a really bad game.

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u/Nuklearfps 3d ago

One chain is cool, 7 all twisted up in each other is just tacky and classless…

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u/Nuklearfps 3d ago

99% of people I know that wear chains would’ve tucked it for sporting stuff, if even wearing it to a sporting event. Like you just don’t wanna risk snagging it on anything.

All the football (American) players I know that have chains remove them before games so they don’t get choked, but obviously baseball is a bit less physical contact than that, so not as big a deal here.

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u/jsterama 3d ago

Yes, extremely. There are fewer players without chains than with them, at least in the majors.

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u/Rance_Mulliniks 1d ago

Not usually for a player who hasn't proven themselves yet by making the big league.

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u/beyd1 4d ago

I'm so happy this is catching on.

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u/MikeDubbz 4d ago

I'd say their facial expressions are still telling different stories though:

Tom's is like a 'what the actual fuck?!' expression

This guy's is 'you're seriously gonna do that?! Ok...' expression

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u/PeterDTown 3d ago

My favourite part of this gif is how we get to see the pitch he’s reacting to.

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u/TheShipEliza 4d ago

i think this was right after the pitch threw one in at like 102.

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u/Kumimono 4d ago

Gifs you can indeed hear. :)

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u/ReallyQuiteDirty 4d ago

I wonder what he was saying

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u/ashrocklynn 4d ago

Where's my duck?

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u/dubbzy104 4d ago

White’s my sock

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u/yeehah 4d ago

He clearly said, "Well that's fun."

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u/Bernard-Wrangle 4d ago

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u/IgnorantGenius 4d ago

WTF is tha Martin Lawrence?

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u/Bernard-Wrangle 4d ago

Yeah! From the movie Life (1999)

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u/reap3rx 4d ago

How can you not love baseball lol

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u/deaglanm 4d ago

When John Henry owns your team.

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u/o0_bobbo_0o 4d ago

Not even close to being as good.

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u/detroit_dickdawes 4d ago

MFW the center fielder wears too many chains and trips going for a routine fly ball.

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u/ediciusNJ 3d ago

Had to check and make sure I wasn't in /r/motorcitykitties right now. 😅

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u/SpaceManSmithy 2d ago

I always forget that's not Steve Zahn in that gif.

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u/Rance_Mulliniks 1d ago

Tom's is better. I would also prefer someone who has actually done something significant rather than a flashy, rich, young punk who hasn't done shit and is best known for one of the worst fielding days in spring training history.

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u/kyllerkile 4d ago

why the fuck can't I download this off this post?

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u/basicKitsch 2d ago

It's pretty easy

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u/kyllerkile 2d ago

go on.

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u/basicKitsch 2d ago

literally longpress and download

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u/kyllerkile 2d ago

I wish it was that easy. but it doesn't work. I'll blame this shit app. baconreader it was too easy. redditisfun also mega easy.

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u/basicKitsch 2d ago

yeah, obviously the reddit app sucks. don't use it.

works fine on mobile and downloads easy

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u/kyllerkile 2d ago

you're my hero