Bobby Cox’s Last Ejection: The Animated GIF
Bobby Jedi says good bye
CL staffer Glenn Lafollette likes GIFs. He’s prolific at making them, actually. He says he’ll soon graduate to flash video. I, for one, hope he doesn’t abandon the wonderful aesthetic and convenient medium of the GIF. Every one is a treasure worth discovering.
Anyway, upon hearing the news that one Bobby Cox would retire, Glenn decided to conceptualize the importance of this announcement in the form of an animated GIF.
As far as Cox’ legacy beyond the animated GIF, ie, baseball? ESPN’s Rob Neyer’s post puts it in good perspective:
Really, the only thing missing from Cox’s resumè is World Championships (plural). He’s won just one of them, fewer than non-Hall of Famers Danny Murtaugh, Billy Martin, Tom Kelly, Ralph Houk, and Cito Gaston.
Which won’t keep Cox out of the Hall of Fame. It’s a lot harder to win the World Series than it used to be, and winning just one World Series certainly didn’t keep Earl Weaver out of the Coop.
(Photomontage awesomeness by Glenn Lafollette. Cross-posted from UmpBump.com)