A Festival of Iconz: Pitching iconz!
by souldrummer on Sep 18, 2010 7:39 PM EDT
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PrintPer request, I've decided to collect the iconz that I use in one place so that when I'm out at the park people can try to link back and post the iconz in gamethreads or use them elsewhere on the interwebs for their own maniacal purposes. A disclaimer: I'm going to start only putting the iconz that I've collected. Miss B has some more elaborate iconz that I hope she'll post in the comments or come up with her own "gallery" of favorite graphic designs and iconz. Rikki Tikki Tavi, The Cookie Monster, Bubble Gum Kong, The Stammen Apples, and the Super Strasburgs are all worthy of their own tribute. I'll put the iconz and what the connection is after the jump.
We start our tour of the iconz with current members of the rotation.
Livan Hernandez - I believe this was the first of the iconz. Cuban cigar for the original Mr. National.
via a3.twimg.com
John Lannan - Over the last couple of years John Lannan has earned a reputation for being a cool customer on the mound. I saw Cool Hand Lannan in one of Patrick's game summaries and chose this image from the timeless classic "Cool Hand Luke" as his icon. Cool Hand Luke eats 40 eggs on a dare in the movie and that's where the "eating 40 eggs" comments that sometimes follow come from.
Ross Detwiler - He gets Wile E. Coyote for his icon because we hope he can become a crafty lefty. Possibly open to change though. There's been some sentiment for him as The Rossweiler or other suggestions.
via www.testq.com
Ed. Note: I found the Stammen apples in an earlier gamethread. Here they are.
Swingin:
Lookin:
Craig Stammen - Craig Stammen's original icon was a stamen from plant biology class. MissB improved upon this with the Stamen apples. Check out a Stammen gamethread to see one of those.
Stephen Strasburg - MissB came up with the looking and swinging Strasburg iconz.
via www.iwise.com
Ed. Note: User Andrew Davidson suggested a Marquis Grissom icon for Jason Marquis. Here it is. Who better to kick some sense into Jason Marquis than this Expos great?
Jason Marquis - The 15Million Dollar Man has no icon as of yet. This is the Marquis de Sade. We're going to punt on using something related to a balloon related to his ERA.
via www.vespinoy.com
(Ed note: Added 8/23) Scott Olsen's icon is taken from his smoking habit and the strikes needed to get his Ks.
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We continue our tour of the iconz with current members of the bullpen.
Tyler Clippard - Tyler Clippard gets the peach because his entrance song is "Peaches" from the Presidents of the United States of America at the ballpark. He got this weird song as some kind of joke in the minors and it stuck. While our intrepid reporters are working on the full story behind "Peaches" for the moment, Clippard has resisted giving up the goods.
Doug Slaten - Doug Slaten has shocked the world by remaining on the team as long as he has as a decent lefty out of the pen. He lasted long enough to get a halfway decent icon.
Sean Burnett- For the moment, Sean Burnett gets the "Burn"ing flame icon. Admittedly, there's room for some kind of crooked cap thing for the crooked cap this screwy lefty wears when he comes into the game. We could also tap into something with his 80s "Here I Am Again On My Own" theme song, too.
Miguel Batista - The Miguel Batista Fan Club was struggling for an icon for awhile. They were looking for some kind of novel to celebrate his literary career. Maybe a saxophone to celebrate the musical abilities of this renaissance man. Or perhaps a simple flag to share his love of country. Then he threw 5 innings for Strasburg, became famous, joked about Miss Iowa, and got Miss Iowa to come throw the first pitch of a Nats game against the Phillies. For the record, this is not the Miss Iowa who threw the first pitch at Nats Park. I think it's one from like 2007 or a couple years before. I just google 'em. There's certainly room for a better Miss Iowa Batista icon. But act quickly. Batista's nervous about all of these starters coming back with Stammen pitching well enough to justify long man consideration in the bigs.
via phoenixstorm.files.wordpress.com
Collin Balester - Let's just say we hope Bally-star can be fit. This one worked out better than his previous Star Trek icon in an earlier thread.
via www.wowforge.org
Drew Storen - Our new closer, Drew Storen gets his Thunderbolt Storm icon from Patrick's "STOREN WARNING" posts in the gamethreads.
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Before we move on, let's consider some iconz of the departed:
Luis Atilano - Puerto Rican Luis Atilano got the flag. One of his lifetime highlights was getting a win pitching to fellow Puerto Rican great Pudge Rodriguez in his first start.
JD Martin - John Dale Martin got a Jack Daniels icon. Win or lose, good times with the drinks and one of my favorite iconz.
via images.lids.com
Matt Capps - Matt Capps will be missed. He brought competence to a bullpen with "closer" GasCanrahan at the beginning of '09 and the wild stylings of Mike "Mac the 9th" Macdougal. Washington Capitals and Nats fans joined as one with the "Let's Go Capps!" cheers brought over from the Verizon Center led here by superfan "GOAT". I was using a Nationals Cap for his icon in his last couple of road saves. Let's hope we'll all gather together to watch Capps, a competent closer who first showed us that this year's team was going to be a different animal, close the World Series for the Minnesota Twins.
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Well , there you have it. The iconz you know and love. Let's hope we can put the Pitch To Contact rotations of yesteryear behind us and build a stiff breeze with the whiffs of visiting batters in next year's rotation and lots more iconz!!!!
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Hope you like it folks...
…feel free to rec this one (and unrec one of my other threads that are surfaced if you rec’d one of those) so that we can keep the iconz front in center for future game threads.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Rec'd.
The Jason Marquis one is horrible. Needs a replacement.
Screech's Godson
UMD Class of 2014! GO TERPS!!!
Any suggestions?
I came up with that one in like 5 minutes. You could do something related to the size of his contract or the horrific game he pitched earlier, but I try to keep these positive and rooting for the guys to succeed.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
I think we should see how he performs today
If he sucks, maybe an anchor or some other dead weight. If he pitched well, then who knows.
by The Herndon Kid on Aug 8, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
how about
a Marquis Grissom picture or something?
I will gladly eat crow if Brandon Jones does well for the 49ers in 2010.
by Andrew Davidson on Aug 8, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
You got me here?
What does Jason Marquis have to do with the Golden Fleece? Brain cramp: Jason and the Argonauts? Something like that? You’d have to submit an icon for that one.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
For me, the Golden Fleece is a perfect icon for Marquis...
1. From Greek mythology, Jason was challenged to search for the Golden Fleece to reclaim his rightful throne. However, once he got the golden fleece (with the help of Hera in many guises), he grew overly bold and broke promises to Medea …and thus infuriated Hera. She then doomed him to wander alone and unhappy for the rest of his life.
Alas, Marquis may never again find his sweet pitching mojo.
2. To fleece someone is to take money or valuables by fraud or hoax. I’d say the Nats were definitely fleeced by Marquis.
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
So here are the Golden fleece icons....
Golden fleece Swinging:
Golden Fleece Looking:
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
Whatever floats the boat....
…I supposed we are all edified by these icons and the other Marquis icons weren’t going over well. So there you have it….
Marquis the Golden Fleece.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Wow.
That’s a lot deeper than the “ram” I thought I was seeing.
Well done, MissB, if a tad bit obscure… :-)
Rob
"Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." -- Red Smith
Yep..
..when I first saw it, I didn’t get it. It’s not only an icon; it’s a teachable moment!
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
by souldrummer on Aug 20, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I continue to look for a solid Marquis icon.
An idea based on RobBobs suggestion:
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
An idea based on sweetpearacer's suggestion:
I have to say this may be the best one of all:
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
I'll post some of MissB's relevant icons in the comments as needed....
here’s KONG!!!!
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Here's the Big Dunn-K Kong...for those multiple jack nights...
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
Cool hand Lannan's favorite Missb special.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
And let's not forget Popeye Riggs
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
Popeye Riggs is the best. i ALWAYS chuckle when he "pops" up
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by Dave at District Sports Page on Aug 20, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
And for the generic K's
Looking:
Swinging:
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
Rikki Tikki Tavi...just in case...
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
And, heck, why not? More Cowbell!
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
And because we know the circus will toll in too often...
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
souldrummer, love using Goat as the dearly departed Capps’ icon. Got a little teary-eyed (ok, not really) when “let’s Go Caps!” was heard around the park tonight, since Bruce was in the house.
Watching the O’s try to use strategy is like watching Mike Green trying to figure out the difference between "your" and "you’re"--Terpgrrl
Donation info for SAVES FOR KIDS 2010!! Make a difference.
I hope that deal works out for everybody.
Matt Capps pitched well for us, pitched well in the all-star game, and has earned himself a higher profile job in a pennant race to help improve his contract status for next year. He was looking to showcase himself as a closer where he passed on setup jobs for better teams by signing with us. We were looking to profile him because we probably weren’t going to pay him arbitration anyway and we had Storen as the closer in waiting.
It’s the “Clipp and Save” stuff and the “Let’s Go Capps!” chants that are the only casualties. But hey, the man does still pitch. I need to make sure that I’m keeping gameday open more so that I can post it in a Twins thread next time he gets a save.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
by souldrummer on Aug 14, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
CURLY W icon...for those yummy winz.
Small:
Large:
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
Here's hoping for more of these...
Rob
"Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." -- Red Smith
Scott Olsen just got added to the iconz thread.
Please add comments if any others are missing.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
I propose a new icon for John Lannan
I know, it’s too easy, but it’s a good picture
:
Rob
"Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." -- Red Smith
A new missB favorite....
….Spidadina!
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Amazing....
…Wil Nieves earned this icon!
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
A fresh Missb special...
….the Silver Zim!
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Jordan Zimmermann got an icon from MissB
He’s probably pretty fortunate because if I’d been on the ball he would have gotten the HOV aka the Jiggaman aka Jay-Z. That would have been unfortunate for me because I am so not a Jay-Z fan.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Miss B adds a new Olsen for the bullpen.
Not sure this is an efficienet use of her time as it appeas more and more likely that Olsen’s days are numbered.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
@RobBob
My suggestion is to actually search or create some of your own iconz with your spirit of as the resident statistical revolutionary at FB. Then you can post some of your own K-walls and build support for some of your following. Back in Gooden’s heyday they would have multiple K-walls. Sadly, NatsPark is resistant to more than one K-Wall.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Here's the Looking version:
Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say.
William Watt
Also i reworked your new Jordan Zimmermann icons...
so they’re smaller and also both Looking and Swinging:
Swinging:
Looking
Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say.
William Watt
Here are all the Lannan iconz that we were working on last week...
Lannan 1- Swinging:
Lannan 1 – Looking:
I don’t much care for them, but here they are per someone’s request:
Lannan 2 – Swinging:
Lannan2 – Looking:
Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say.
William Watt
Here's yet another icon...for those dreaded leadoff walks
Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say.
William Watt
Here's Maya's icon.
Taken from Mayan mythology.
The wait for 10/7 begins. This man is focused. Are you?
MissB has hooked up the better icons
Looking
Swinging
The wait for 10/7 begins. This man is focused. Are you?
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