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Why can't he do that in the game? (imgur.com)

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[–]tehoko 452 points453 points ago

Maybe because it didn't really happen, as it's a Gilette ad?

[–]dogismyname2 162 points163 points ago

The woman would have caught it with her face anyway.

[–]yeeerrrp 60 points61 points ago

That would have been a much better video.

[–]KratosOdinSon 1 point2 points ago

Damn.

[–]Nymaz 0 points1 point ago

Fun fact: 53.7% of all interviews between a female reporter and an athlete end with balls to the face.

[–]smackson 1 point2 points ago

I think it would have gone over her head. If it was at all real, I mean.

[–]RobJDavey 11 points12 points ago

Not so… it's on Wikipedia and therefore must be true!

[–]JesusRollerBlading 1 point2 points ago

Nice try, RobJDavey.

[–]RobJDavey 5 points6 points ago

I must say, I didn't actually add that to Wikipedia. I just went to have a read about that guy and saw it there. I love the fact that whoever did write it used title case for the whole (very badly written) sentence.

[–]Domw22 0 points1 point ago

Swang??

[–]Sean1708 0 points1 point ago

Except for "in", 'cos that would just be ridiculous.

[–]JesusRollerBlading -5 points-4 points ago

Dear diary...today, OP was not a faggot

[–]ricecoreyr 3 points4 points ago

Survey sayssssssssssss, you are the faggot.

[–]JesusRollerBlading -4 points-3 points ago

Well, I am a strong, independent black woman who don't need no man. So, I apologize.

[–]BrizerorBrian 15 points16 points ago

He begins moving his arm before he turns his head.

[–]Zbow 43 points44 points ago

Or how about the fact that you can actually see the ball he hits go flying downfield and then an imaginary ball appears and flys toward the camera?

[–]BrizerorBrian 13 points14 points ago

I did not pick up on that. I was going to say good catch, but that may have come off as sarcastic so, good eye.

[–]UZUMATI-JAMESON 20 points21 points ago

Thanks! Good uhh.. Torso

[–]momosauky 0 points1 point ago

I see you have been doing those trunk rotations.

[–]IndeedDude 0 points1 point ago

When he tosses the ball back he doesn't actually throw it, he holds on to it and drops it right below him. I watched the actual video and that's what I see, he swings his arm as if he tossed it but did not.

[–]BeatMastaD 4 points5 points ago

No, what you see is the ball coming from the pitcher before he hits it.

[–]Kroz_McD 0 points1 point ago

Yeap. This is what I see too. Still faker than Jordans tits though.

[–]Dottn 2 points3 points ago

I thought that was supposed to be the throw.

[–]Nexxxeh 2 points3 points ago

Wrong direction; the ball is heading to the batter (presumably from a human pitcher).

[–]The-Darkest-Knight -1 points0 points ago

You won.

[–]nomanoid 0 points1 point ago

Dear God, you must have superhuman sight or something. Nice catch.

[–]bulgorth -1 points0 points ago

I think he is a jedi. Seem more logic to me

[–]sapincher 0 points1 point ago

I went through the relevant frames of this GIF and there is no ball that goes flying downfield. A ball comes toward the batter, then he hits the ball, then ball comes toward screen.

Definitely still fake though.

[–]BumbleBadger 0 points1 point ago

No he doesn't. Look closer.

[–]sapincher 0 points1 point ago

His head starts to move 1 frame before his arm does

[–]Cantora 0 points1 point ago

that would only prove he was brilliantly attune to the world around him

[–]saynotoswag 2 points3 points ago

Go along with the damn joke, Meg.

[–]cmatute 3 points4 points ago

I knew this was fake and meant for viral advertising, but how exactly does this advertises Gillette?

[–]Genocidicbunny 29 points30 points ago

It's not the full commercial that's why.

[–]Sky_Captyn 12 points13 points ago

There's also like 6 Gillette logos visible in this small clip...

[–]yamehameha 3 points4 points ago

Also the guy is shaving his balls with a Gillette

[–]Iron_tiger_of_flames 0 points1 point ago

Did you lie? I was looking and looking, I couldn't find any :(

[–]GetMentalGetWeird 6 points7 points ago

Really? There's one to the left of the batter. Two up above Longoria's head on the upper deck railing (one is partially obscured). And a bunch on the walls in foul territory when the camera zooms out at the end.

[–]Iron_tiger_of_flames 5 points6 points ago

Holy shit, I'm blind.

[–]GetMentalGetWeird 3 points4 points ago

Haha I didn't notice them at first either until I read that person's comment.

[–]ComplicitOwl 7 points8 points ago

Wild guess, wordplay on cutting it close.

[–]tehoko 3 points4 points ago

"Close shave".

[–]thebeefytaco 2 points3 points ago

That part was probably cut out of the gif.

[–]yamehameha 2 points3 points ago

If this was real, the guy is from planet fucking vegeta

[–]kwalterb 0 points1 point ago

arent there more of those? like a football one or a soccer one too?

[–]SpacemanSpifffy 0 points1 point ago

Gatorade.

[–]LeCrushinator 114 points115 points ago

It took me a few seconds to realize his name wasn't Eva Longoria.

[–]wolf_man007 41 points42 points ago

He has a .963 fielding percentage in 601 games played with 61 errors. Oh, he can also hit. What more do you want from a third baseman?

[–]themospence 30 points31 points ago

The triple crown?

[–]wolf_man007 7 points8 points ago

Touché.

[–]kawthuldrok 9 points10 points ago

Cabrera!

[–]scoobydoo182 2 points3 points ago

MVP MVP MVP!

[–]iisthebat -1 points0 points ago

His name's not David Wright, so that's enough for me

[–]oozerfip -1 points0 points ago

lol fielding percentage

[–]I_Pee_Sitting_Up -1 points0 points ago

Tampa fans will do anything to avoid going to a game. Of course, it would be nice if we had an accessible stadium. But I still won't go, I'll just make up some other excuse.

[–]IanFin -2 points-1 points ago

St. Pete fans wish Tampa fans would quit bitching. We drive over the bridge to go to Lightning games and, until recently, Bucs games.

[–]kaydub88 1 point2 points ago

The Trop is so easily accessible it is ridiculous. There's an interstate exit that goes straight to the Trop's parking lot as well as all the other private parking in the area. If I would ever want to go to a Buc's game I have to drive all the way up Dale Mabry, which is a cluster fuck.

[–]Insighted_Cuttlefish 0 points1 point ago

Super powers?

[–]thesixth 17 points18 points ago

that's about how full Tropicana field is during games, so that part checks out.

[–]scoobydoo182 1 point2 points ago

It's really sad how low their prices are. An 80$ ticket at Comerica park cost us 20$ at Trop field. You'd think since the place is cool it'd be popular.

[–]thesixth 0 points1 point ago

yeah there are some outside factors for low attendance but it really is sad. they should move or something because they are a fun team to watch.

[–]MKLaw -2 points-1 points ago

You are forgetting that Rays fans are a terrible excuse for baseball fans.

[–]Greenedragon 2 points3 points ago

You are forgetting tampa didn't really want a baseball team anyway.

[–]MKLaw 1 point2 points ago

Quite true... to be fair though, Tampa didn't really get a baseball team, St. Pete did.

[–]ButtfuckPussySquirt 0 points1 point ago

The problem is that everyone from around here is from somewhere else, and they don't change teams because they move to Tampa Bay. That's why Yankee games at the trop sell out, steelers games at raymond james has more steelers fans than bucs fans.. it's kind of sad.

[–]Blake1288 0 points1 point ago

Oh, shut the fuck up.

[–]unireed 5 points6 points ago

if the fact that this was an ad doesnt make you realize its fake, just check out the girls reaction to almost dying. doesnt even flinch

[–]rlbeanman 1 point2 points ago

or the fact that it's on Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/longoria.asp

[–]unireed 3 points4 points ago

wow why is this even on snopes. snopes is for myths, not fucking tv ads.

[–]rlbeanman 1 point2 points ago

Snopes calls them "urban legends" lol, so IMHO I think this qualifies.

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[–]ENKC 3 points4 points ago

I spent too long wondering what Eva Longoria had to do with this.

[–]reddit111987 8 points9 points ago

Looks legit.

[–]alexthoms519 4 points5 points ago

He's like the MLB's "Thor"

[–]Insighted_Cuttlefish 31 points32 points ago

Like Thor you say?

[–]flamingeyebrows 3 points4 points ago

This Gif cut out the best part which is when Cap turn around see Thor's fuck up and laugh heartily.

[–]MuffinatorXIII 1 point2 points ago

i don't get that gif. the shield is CGI, so why would they add that to a failed take?

[–]CelestialCheese 2 points3 points ago

Bloopers are serious business.

[–]smackson 4 points5 points ago

You'd be Thor too if you thnagged a fathtball out of the thky like that.

[–]DodiGharib 3 points4 points ago

Where's Eva Longoria?

[–]Kyrawalton 2 points3 points ago

You can put emphasize on each word of this title and it has a different meaning

[–]1985jack000 4 points5 points ago

Took me a while to work out why Eva Longoria was suddenly black, and a reporter.

[–]ineffablePMR 0 points1 point ago

Why can't he catch a line drive that's hit directly at him? I'm pretty sure he does that all the time in game.

[–]Crapscalion -1 points0 points ago

At least he aimed at the right one

[–]herrproctor -1 points0 points ago

jpg?

[–]Quentangle 4 points5 points ago

It is actually a GIF. You can put any typical format extension in the imgur url and it will still work. For example: PNG, GIF, JPG, JPEG.

In fact, file extensions are pretty much useless outside of Windows, as the file-type is usually determined by looking at the magic numbers at the beginning of the file (a small code which should be unique to each file-type).

For example, if you look at the Wikipedia page for GIF, you will see that the GIF87a or GIF89a are the current magic numbers used for GIF files.

So if you open up the linked image in a text editor (or go here and look at the right-hand column), you will see that it starts with GIF89a, meaning that is actually a GIF, not a JPG.

[–]herrproctor 1 point2 points ago

What a wonderful, informative response. Thank you for that!

[–]Quentangle 0 points1 point ago

You are very welcome.

[–]magus424 1 point2 points ago

Because it's fake.

[–]logicalthinker1 -1 points0 points ago

"guys! it not real. He moved his arm before he saw the ball. It's a fake!"

(facepalm)

[–]MuffinatorXIII 1 point2 points ago

it's fake because it's a Gillette commercial, look at the ball when he hits it, it suddenly jumps towards the camera

[–]xenzor 1 point2 points ago

Spiderman!!

[–]Mr122 0 points1 point ago

Can someone make him catch a down vote and throw an up vote, or direct me to that gif if it exists?

[–]canadian_in_america -1 points0 points ago

I think this belongs here.

[–]mvanoort -1 points0 points ago

Wow. 'cause I've never seen that before sarcasm

[–]moetzen 0 points1 point ago

the cut is when he hits the ball, suddenly the ball takes hole differnt direction

[–]Dreddy 1 point2 points ago

Oh god it's back... This is one of four posts of the repocalypse.

[–]Nukewar 0 points1 point ago

I am pretty sure this will never stop being reposted.

[–]sharksfan93 -1 points0 points ago

have you been living under a rock

[–]SnoochieBoochies182 0 points1 point ago

It could have been epic. relevent

[–]timecronus 1 point2 points ago

because its fake

[–]Spuder 1 point2 points ago

Its not real, if it was real that black reporter would have freaked out alot more than that!

[–]recordatus -1 points0 points ago

Everytime i see this gif i have to watch it 10 or 12 times just to see if it's real.

[–]recordatus -1 points0 points ago

I still haven't decided yet.

[–]Siphor 1 point2 points ago

Its a commercial

[–]reneepussman 1 point2 points ago

Because baseball stadiums don't have CGI IRL.

[–]CallmePadre 0 points1 point ago

The batter gets ready for the gif to reset. What a champ.

[–]DrHasnoCash 0 points1 point ago

He's a superhero and playin bad is his way of differentiating his alter ego. Almost slipped up there!

[–]badgunsmith 0 points1 point ago

WOW! In all my years of using the internet I've never seen this .gif.

[–]ameilius 0 points1 point ago

OMG IS THIS NEW?!

/leaves

[–]riggsinator 0 points1 point ago

hahahahaha.... SO FUNNY! ಠ_ಠ

[–]WreckerCrew 0 points1 point ago

Because it is fake.

[–]rwingvr6 0 points1 point ago

WOW did this just happen yesterday? I've never seen it!! ಠ_ಠ

[–]dbaum85 0 points1 point ago

Fake, fake fake.....so fake

[–]thethrill12 0 points1 point ago

I would like to point out that Evan Longoria is one of the best defensive third basemen in the game...

[–]SwimmingPoolBusiness 0 points1 point ago

The most unnatural thing is the that the reporter doesn't flinch at all even though a line drive is supposedly coming at her head

[–]Roberttheavenger -1 points0 points ago

That is such a re post its not even funny!

[–]caligronk -2 points-1 points ago

If you haven't seen this before, then you just started the internet last week.

[–]easyantic 2 points3 points ago

I also started the internet in the 90's and had not seen this, despite being on reddit every single damn day.

[–]310jewel 7 points8 points ago

I started the Internet sometime in the 90s, haven't seen this.

[–]XjittzX -2 points-1 points ago

Watch the batter that originally hit it through the whole thing. That's proof it's fake.

[–]isysdamn -3 points-2 points ago

It looked fake regardless, but what kicked it was that there was another video just like this one from long ago doing the same thing.

[–]Wolfosaurus 0 points1 point ago

Fake. Repost. Not funny.

Three strikes, you're out.

[–]Cha0tikz 0 points1 point ago

Because the video isn't real. Myth busted.

[–]kleinerDAX 1 point2 points ago

Cuz... its fake.

[–]megatricinerator -2 points-1 points ago

I think we have found chuck norris' lesser known brother.

[–]zoltanps -2 points-1 points ago

Maybe because it's been on this site 217 times and you should run a karma decay check to see it's been posted so so so so so so so so many times.

[–]Jakon -4 points-3 points ago

maybe because hes the fucking coach and its not real.

[–]illuminati_by_nature 1 point2 points ago

He's not a coach, but you got the second part right.

[–]faeden -5 points-4 points ago

I like the reporters face just after he catches the ball she is all like " Damn nigga... Damn..."

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