It’s time for the annual Pitcher GIF Database Scavenger Hunt!
Every year here at Pitcher List, we update our GIF Database with over 2,500 new pitching GIFs across all of our player pages on the site.
For the unaware, the every pitcher who pitched in 2019 has a player page featuring GIFs showcasing each pitch in their repertoire. For example, here is Clayton Kershaw’s page.
What better way to explore the hundreds of GIFs than with a fun hunt? The Pitcher List staff has identified 27 different items to find across our database, and it’s up to you to find them all.
This year, we’re going to spice things up a bit. We’re going to be giving away two items of merch of the winners’ choice from our store to those that can find all 27 items!
- One winner for the first person to submit a fully completed list of all items
- One winner randomly selected among all the other participants with a fully completed list of all items
To enter, please send an email to info@pitcherlist.com with the subject line:
PL GIF Database Submission
and containing descriptions of each item. For example:
- Corey Kluber’s slider
- Zack Wheeler’s entire repertoire
- etc.
We will be accepting submissions through Thursday, March 12th at 12:00pm EST.
Here are the items to find!
1. A batter loses his bat swinging at strike three
2. A pitch thrown during a 21-6 blowout against the Astros
3. A secret handshake (pinkies out) between fans during the pitch
4. A batter asks for time and doesn’t get it granted
5. A pitcher in an all-black jersey dealing to a player in an all-white jersey.
6. Teoscar Hernandez gets spun around
7. A hitter swings and misses at strike three before losing his helmet to reveal a bald head
8. A fan pops his Lamar Jackson jersey during the pitch
9. A cameraman runs onto the field after the pitch
10. A Baltimore batter leans backward after taking a called strike
11. Most of the fans wearing clear ponchos in the rain
12. A changeup forces Shohei Ohtani’s helmet to fly off
13. A pitch thrown in the 18th inning of a game
14. A pitcher who has three GIFs while on one team and one GIF on another team
15. A pitch that Anthony Rizzo throws his bat to the dugout after because he thinks it’s ball four
16. An insurance commercial mainstay is eating cotton candy in the backstop advertisement
17. A fan gives an emphatic strikeout signal after strike three
18. “Kids Run The Bases Every Sunday” can be found in the background
19. All six pitches featured are strike three
20. A catcher does a behind the back transfer from glove to hand on a curveball
21. Todd Frazier swings at strike three and in the process throws his bat and almost hits the pitcher
22. A swinging strike on a bounced pitch in Pittsburgh
23. Jorge Polanco swings through a changeup and almost does a split while going down to one knee
24. A fan uses binoculars in the front row during the first pitch of the ninth inning of a YouTube-broadcasted game
25. Pete Alonso bends the knee after swinging through a slider
26. A pitch with only two people in the background and they seem to be ballpark employees, not fans
27. A cartoon dog and cat in the background of a pitch
A big thanks to everyone on the Pitcher List staff who helped find the huntable items.