SB Nation and the AP have reached an agreement that lets us utilize their game photos automatically in stories. This will allow us to add a little more visual pizazz to game recaps or basically any story. If it weren't for the much more interesting writing and abundant use of swear words, this place might actually start resembling a quality media outlet.
As a test of this newfangled set up, I've decided to include a picture of something we hope to see plenty of this coming season, Franklin Gutierrez catching a fly ball. I would include a similar photo of Raul Ibanez not catching a fly ball, but the system seems to have a built in limitation of one AP photo per story. Lets work on that SBN, eh?
Overall thoughts? Is it cool? Distracting? Prefer MS Paint representations? Sound off in the comments and I promise that I will at least nod with a thoughtful expression on my face as I skip over them.
Do you think Tony Gutierrez follows Franklin around trying to claim that he's his long lost cousin or something?
0 recs | 87 comments
I was wondering what the story was with that new disclaimer at the bottom of the page.
More material at your disposal is cool in my book.
BrianL - March 31, 2009
Now if only you could reach an agreement with MLBAM
to let you use screencaps and .gifs created from MLBTV
Bearskin Rugburn - March 31, 2009
I like it in moderation
OlSalty - March 31, 2009
Meaning only for serious news where the joke writers are on vacation
OlSalty - March 31, 2009
I like LL when it was underground
None of this mainstream shit. Next thing you know you’ll be filling us with lies that the man tells you to tell us.
Dewey N - March 31, 2009
Redhook is very good beer!
Matthew - March 31, 2009
I do love their ESB something fierce.
thewyrm - April 1, 2009
My thoughts exactly...
this photo is clearly just a way to slip more subliminal advertising into the site. I will personally boycott any posts with AP photos inserted.
johnbai - April 1, 2009
Sports hipsters.
Seems like a contradiction of sorts to me.
SethGrandpa - March 31, 2009
Sell outs!
Fin - March 31, 2009
You mean before you found it?
Bearskin Rugburn - March 31, 2009
heh heh heh
brayden04 - April 1, 2009
I saw this utilized at Lone Star Ball
And didn’t even notice.
ThundaPC - March 31, 2009
I like this if it means that LL generated graphics show up on the AP wire
Corco - March 31, 2009
If this means fewer photoshops then it can't be good.
Mariner John - March 31, 2009
It's ok, so long as we don't lose the WE charts
But also, MS Paint is just such a wonderful tool for you all. What can a professional photo tell us that MS Paint can’t?
So I guess I’m torn. Not that you care. Your fault for asking though, Matthew…
Robert Lintott - March 31, 2009
I think SBN should employ a designated MS Painter for each site and compensate them appropriately.
Robert - March 31, 2009
Lord knows the creator of the dogrections deserves a King's ransom
abender20 - March 31, 2009
Agreed.
royalcurve - April 1, 2009
Personally I'm a fan of the MS Paint stuff
You can get game pics anywhere.
Fett42 - March 31, 2009
This feature looks good when DRaysBay uses it.
Hmmm…..
ThundaPC - March 31, 2009
Very cool.
Like mentioned above, this tool will be nice for serious news stories, which is the bulk of front page material anyway.
Wilder. - March 31, 2009
Being how often Kos rants about the AP, this somewhat surprises me
Very cool, though. I’m curious to what extent including AP images will really benefit this sites’ analysis, but it certainly can’t hurt.
katal - March 31, 2009
Well, business is business
And also, its a sports blog, so I am guessing it was an a-political decision.
Fin - March 31, 2009
That's why it doesn't totally surprise me
Just something that made me go “How about that!”
katal - March 31, 2009
I think it could be useful but only in moderation.
Aaron Campeau - March 31, 2009
The limit of one photo is fine for my dialiup.
So lah dee fucking dah. : )
Slica - March 31, 2009
I am sure being related to Franklin Gutierrez will get you places.
Fin - March 31, 2009
I wasn't planning on using this much at all unless something strikes me as particularly hilarious
Jeff Sullivan - March 31, 2009
Wait, an unphotoshopped version exists?
JI - March 31, 2009
Can you hook me up w/AP creds?
:-)
PositivePaul - March 31, 2009
Nothing AP can provide can't be done with MSPaint
Gihyou - March 31, 2009
but the AP stuff is smaller
pdb - March 31, 2009
I thought baseballs were rounder
OlSalty - March 31, 2009
Motion blur
It’s an action shot
tootthekazoo - April 1, 2009
I like it!
Franklin’s gained weight.
Jeff Sullivan - March 31, 2009
and appears
to either be smoking something or have a forked tongue.
pdb - March 31, 2009
I would love him forever if he played every day with a joint in his mouth
OlSalty - March 31, 2009
Chewing a scorpion
lemonverbena - April 1, 2009
How badass is that!?
johnbai - April 1, 2009
Why choose?
Jeff Sullivan - March 31, 2009
touchè
pdb - March 31, 2009
Goatees are hard
Although I like it better if you think that’s what’s going on
Gihyou - March 31, 2009
Badonkadonk
abender20 - March 31, 2009
Dumps like a truck, truck, truck
Thighs like what, what, what
tootthekazoo - April 1, 2009
Vidro'd
ThundaPC - March 31, 2009
No, that's a picture of Gutierrez in the photo, not Griffey.
JLC - March 31, 2009
This needs to happen for every AP photo used
put them to shame, Gihhie
Bearskin Rugburn - March 31, 2009
That's an ass that could stop traffic
JI - March 31, 2009
*in three time zones simultaneously
PositivePaul - March 31, 2009
You keep this up, the AP is going to be linking to you in no time.
Wilder. - March 31, 2009
Smaller!
I kid
Bearskin Rugburn - March 31, 2009
I still haven't stopped laughing at this.
Shawk - April 1, 2009
I know it adds all the color to this pic, but I can't stop looking at the REDHOOK logo
If you could photoshop all the pics and delete all the advertising, I’d give you $500 worth of crack cocaine.
johnbai - April 1, 2009
Opinion of a former page designer:
It’s hard to ever go wrong by adding a photo. It adds something while seldom taking away anything. But the Web often seems ill-equipped to handle photos in a clean manner. While InDesign is a godsend, HTML is a fucking whore. For example, in this current example, I shudder at the fact that the text doesn’t line up with the bottom of the photo, leading to some trapped white space that isn’t easy on the eyes.
In a perfect world, I would like every photo to be perfectly horizontal and rest above the story. But that leads out a shit-ton of great photos. So if it’s vertical, I think we should give it some breathing room so we can take it in, and put the story below it.
This comes with the obvious caveat that I’m not much of a complainer, and that I like photos more than I like pristine design. Photos seldom hurt. I think this is a low-risk, high-reward feature.
Teej - March 31, 2009
Whoa there's no need to fly off the handle like that
OlSalty - March 31, 2009
Fuck!
I mean, it looks good, I dig it.
section331 - March 31, 2009
Looks good.
But if it starts substituting for hilarious game recap images when things go inevitabely wrist-slittingly-bad then I’ll be a sad panda.
JAH - March 31, 2009
Ah, memories
JLC - April 1, 2009
You can never have too many pictures to work with.
Big Jared - April 1, 2009
Can't we do both?
Post a cool AP photo that pretty much encapsulates the highest leverage moment in the game then have the rest of the images be the usual reaction fare.
The Typical Idiot Fan - April 1, 2009
At zero point did I ever suggest that AP photos would replace anything normally done on the site.
I have no idea why anyone came to that conclusion.
Matthew - April 1, 2009
welcome to the internet, enjoy your stay
pdb - April 1, 2009
The internet is stupid and I hate it.
Matthew - April 1, 2009
What the fuck is the internet?
d0nkey - April 1, 2009
A place where awful people meet.
Matthew - April 1, 2009
Hello, my name is d0nkey. What is your name?
d0nkey - April 1, 2009
Thrown off by one comment.
Asking for preference got me boogitybrained.
The Typical Idiot Fan - April 1, 2009
The internet is my lovechild
It’s something my family doesn’t like to talk about and it costs me lots of money.
micahjr - April 1, 2009
And you presumably created it while very drunk and in Reno
abender20 - April 1, 2009
I like the fact you can add AP pictures, but I hope it's not the end of the great MS Paint stuff.
Thingray - April 1, 2009
Our MS Paint license has expired.
There will be no further Paint pics.
Matthew - April 1, 2009
Curse you Bill Gates!!!
Another name for the list
OlSalty - April 1, 2009
Pirate a copy
Robert - April 1, 2009
LL's bar for rec-worthy comments is getting far too low.
This is like the steroids era all over again.
Matthew - April 1, 2009
Recced
for the irony.
johnbai - April 1, 2009
We're going to need asterisks for the rec leaderboard
OlSalty - April 1, 2009
Except for the fact that this era's Bonds is clean.
Robert - April 1, 2009
Why would people reccommend reading a comment that consists of a picture of a dog with a giant erection?
seattlebruin - April 1, 2009
I think you just answered your own question.
Aaron Campeau - April 1, 2009
Bullshit.
Matthew - April 1, 2009
Beer was legal when I used it in all of my top reccing threads.
Robert - April 1, 2009
I'm not talking about that.
I’m talking about stuff like the above. You’ve pandered to the press so much that you can do no wrong now and every little thing you do gets written up as a testament to your great clubhouse energy.
Matthew - April 1, 2009
Superstars get superstar calls
Deal with it bitch.
Robert - April 1, 2009
Oh, I just did.
Enjoy.
Matthew - April 1, 2009
You wouldn't have even dared....
Robert - April 1, 2009
Paint, please.
Unless of course, the picture is cool and/or funny.
zeeehjee - April 1, 2009
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