PHILLIES FANS NEED BETTER SIGNS
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 22, 2010 10:00 AM EDT
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And we're just the folks to do it.
The Philadelphia fan effort in games 1 and 2 of this year's NLCS was much like the Phillies: sort of half-hearted, mildly amusing in spots, but generally devoid of passionate creativity. BED WETTER might have been the best Burrell taunt, for those who were devotees of his sexycrimes. But HIPPY TRASH? FIX YOUR TEETH? PIGEON TOED? Subpar. (Honorable mention for the corrected version of the sign that showed up in game 2). None of them came close to the winner from game 1, a banner effort that read: HEY PAT... ELVIS ROOTS FOR THE PHILLIES.
But honestly. FAT SLOB? I fear any bespectacled Giants will be hit with the dreaded FOUR EYES. Yawn.
Let's help out these high rollers with the dugout exposure and cardboard with some needed improvement. The past three games also gave us lots more material to work with. And for those of you who are more visual than textually inclined, you might look here for some inspiration (h/t The Fightins). Don't neglect the banner-sheet category.
I have a sense that, like the team, Phillies fans are padding about and procrastinating before they get around to the really good stuff.
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For Burl, how about a blowup of a Delilah’s Den VIP Gold Card, or better yet, a 2 for 1 lap dance coupon?
For the artistically inclined, couldn’t you turn Sandoval into a fat Santa, and make CFR his little elf helper?
I originally had the idea of holding signs containing nothing but simple drawings like the below for C.C. Sabathia should we meet the Yankees again in the World Series, but I suppose the idea could work just as well for Sandoval.
The image “rounding second” Sandoval cake, or even a blowup or artist’s rendering of him looking back at it, would also work at entertaining hep Giants fans as well.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 22, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Tablet PC. I’ve had one at my office for a few years now. The johnny-come-lately iPad would presumably work well, too, but there would be flicker.
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Dig in!
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 22, 2010 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This may be the greatest GIF of all time. When I first saw this last year I spent probably a solid half hour watching it and giggling uncontrollably.
Whoops, forgot the GIFTBNL.
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 22, 2010 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, the copy I have isn't big enough to see that it's Rowand crashing back to the ground.
And if I could only make one small part of this one move…
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 22, 2010 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
OT:
So I’m perusing Rowan Atkinson images.
Odd images pop up in Google searches, sometimes it’s a related image, like a teammate or a house. And I thought this one odd because of the stark contrast…
…between father and daughter.
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 22, 2010 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
As cool as that would be
Gemma Atkinson is not Rowan’s daughter.
I’m a big fan of his. And her’s too, now that I mention it.
DAMMIT
Does that mean Paul isn’t dead, either?
(Think “Beatles”)
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 23, 2010 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice!
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by Sabean's_Folly on Oct 23, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Hell hath no finer source of gifs than MCC.
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 23, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
No one saw the
“Hey Pat, Elvis is still a Phillies fan!” they had in right field
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
RIP JJ
um
and in game 1 it was in left, but YMMV.
None of them came close to the winner from game 1, a banner effort that read: HEY PAT… ELVIS ROOTS FOR THE PHILLIES.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 22, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
The “Fat Slob” sign isn’t even neatly written. It looks like he was planning on writing “Fat Blob” and then changed his mind and wrote over the “B”.
It looks like the ink was running low, too. With the cost of those seats, you’d think you’d have a new Sharpie.
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)
by bandwagonesque on Oct 22, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Really, all you need is a small tweak for the ends of innings in which Sandoval or other pudgy Giants are left standing on base:
FATS
LOB
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 22, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Non-Giants related
But there shoudl really be a “Joe Buck is a Whore” sign. I’m sure we could put this somewhere the FOX cameras would eventually have to pan to.
I was at game 4 in the 1993 world series and someone hung a “McCarver Sucks” sign. It was up for less than 5 minutes before ‘the man’ confiscated it. But I like your idea.
by Boundforbeach on Oct 22, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
No way the cameras come anywhere close to anything with WHORE on it, if they can help it.
WRT McCarver, some sort of subtlety is needed. I see a sign that is hinged in the middle. On the camera “bait” side would have to be a picture of McCarver in a Phillies uniform from 1980, or broadcast booth with Harry and Whitey.
Once the red light is on, you open to a sign with a picture with him and Buck. Simple text underneath: BAD TREND
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 22, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I like yours better.
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s just recursive.
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
NLCS/FOX
These are tried and true chestnuts. I offer these up as examples, knowing this community will quickly better them:
Never
Laugh at
Charlie’s
Strategy
Or
Fix
COdy’s
EXtreme BABIP
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)
by bandwagonesque on Oct 22, 2010 11:18 AM EDT reply actions
The FOX one is wonderful. WONDERFUL. Although the majority of people wouldn’t get it, I for one would laugh for days if I saw that in the crowd.
Contreras and I were just looking at him eating this iguana thing over white rice and he put it away like it was a double cheeseburger, you know?
by LeepinLizardz on Oct 22, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
FiX COd’ys EXtreme BABIP.
very nice. Now we’re getting somewhere. Highfalutin’ stat references needed to boost the quality of discussion.
Again for Burrell, bait and switch signage:
WHAT PAT HEARS: FOX SPORTS
WHAT PAT THINKS: Pic of stipper on pole
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 22, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
FUPA
For Sandoval.
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 11:56 AM EDT reply actions
Sorry for the size, I forget how to resize for posting
by Cormican on Oct 22, 2010 12:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
There will be training in the offseason in the TGP Instructional League.
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Paint.net
Free download.
Among other gimmicks, image resizing.
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 22, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
It should be four games er, minutes to one!
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 22, 2010 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I do what I can.
And, conversely, don’t do what I can’t.
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 23, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Ohh...got it.
Yes. THAT long.
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 23, 2010 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
MAGICALLY DELICIOUS!
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 12:17 PM EDT reply actions
ELF NEEDS FOOD, BADLY!
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 12:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Shop it for Pablo with pandas
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 12:22 PM EDT reply actions
Instructions:
1. Shop the baby as Pablo’s head.
2. Shop “mom” and “dad” as panda heads.
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Well...
…OK.
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 22, 2010 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
/preens
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 22, 2010 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Pickin' on Pablo ...
Pablo Sandowich
or
The Kung Pao Panda
or
Please Keep Feeding The Panda
or
Pablo: He said “Steady diet of fastballs, not meatballs”
+1 on Kung Pao Panda
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Fat Panda works
Or a picture of Fat Joe that says – pablo sandovals body idol
by SportingFanaticism on Oct 22, 2010 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the all but fill in the blanks one.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Oct 22, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
fill in the blanks one is awesome
Ill be in left field and i am making that sign
child please
by worldphuckinchamps on Oct 22, 2010 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Giants fan here.
I love signs at games but hated what was at CBP when I attended games 1 and 2 at CBP (the whole red October sign is getting old). However if Brian Wilson comes into a game this could help:
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
Spitting image. Ross, too.
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep.
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by victor frankenstein on Oct 22, 2010 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
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Sit down, Cody!
Clean up the background, make it more line-y.
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by RememberthePhitans on Oct 22, 2010 1:46 PM EDT reply actions
if when there’s a game 7:
CODY’S LAST ROUND-UP
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 22, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Suck it, Haighters
Haighters gonna Haight
Ballers gonna ball
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)
Some others ...
Cain Is Not Able
Send Aubrey Home In A Huff
Attention, Cody Ross! Satan Called And Cancelled Your Deal
No Ring Around “Rosie” For Posey
i dont think enough love has been given to the bedwetter theme. the man was quite prolific in his years here – the least we can do is make not-so-veiled references to his sexual exploits.
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