30 GIFs of Baseball's Biggest Bloopers
When one thinks baseball, one envisions the grace of Carlos Beltran, the strength of Albert Pujols, and the butt sliding of Jonathan Villar. Err -- maybe not. But after all, baseball is a skill sport that tolerates some out-of-shape players. And for all its great athletic plays, it has an equal number of Miguel Cabrera-tripping-over-third-base moments. Here is the worst of the worst.
SLIDING MISCUES
Ian Kinsler making sure to cover every region of his ever-dirty uniform
Kelly Shoppach did, technically, avoid the tag
The Butt Slide
BASERUNNING DISASTERS
Marwin Gonzalez steps on a land mine
Joe Kelly, safe but not unscathed
Ryan Braun in a metaphor for his season
Pablo Sandoval just wanted cake
Manny being Manny in Taiwain*
*An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that Manny was being Manny in Japan; he probably has, but the GIF above shows Manny in Taiwan.
Gerald Laird gets a 10 for the self-effacing recovery
Ben Revere impressively finding a way to remove his helmet with no hands
THROWING WOES
Don't move, Felix, the throw is coming
Dioner Navarro's hidden ball trick
Clay Buchholz holding a runner at first
via Total Pro Sports
One way or another, they're all souvenirs
FIELDING FLUBS
Lawn Dart!
via loud-mouse
That's one way to call someone off
He took two pitchers out with one swing
SB Nation
So graceful, but all for naught
The Astros
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SWINGING GOOFS
Juan Uribe -- what swings hard must fall down
You can tell CarGo isn't asked to bunt much
via IGN
Jose Constanza isn't so much swinging, as walking toward the pitch
PITCHING PROBLEMS
The problem with perfect mechanics is how bad they fall apart when done wrong
via Gamedayr
So, this is a team problem for the Giants
via Total Pro Sports
Chad Qualls gets snagged by invisible tripwire
MISCELLANEOUS
"Yeah, I think we should get Jim back on the stationary camera"
THE TARP MONSTER IS RELENTLESS
via totalprosports
Carly Rae Jepsen... juuuuust a bit outside
Last, but definitely not least: the time a sniper picked off a Mets fan
via TBL
