Goodies // Random Awesomeness I Encounter

Animated World Cup 2014 highlight reel

By Ben | art, sports

This is pretty. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLphIufs8_4] Richard Swarbrick has done all sorts of these types of [&hellip

All of Tim Howard's record 16 saves in one GIF

By Ben | sports

I'm late to the Tim-Howard-saves-everything game here, but this is another fantastic use of the [&hellip

Which domestic league is best represented?

By Ben | infographics, sports

Did you find yourself wondering how many players in the World Cup play for each [&hellip

Baseball Card Vandals

By Ben | clever, sports

This, my friends, is what happens when you combine a mostly worthless collection of baseball [&hellip

Holy Grail of Baseball Cards: The T-206 Honus Wagner

By Ben | amazing tales, history, sports

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3BtIUSmbk "Starting from January 1909, the [American Tabacco Company] sought authorization from baseball players for [&hellip

Drew Sheppard: Turning Baseball GIFs into Real American Monies (ft. Miguel Cabrera)

By Ben | sports

The subtitle of this post is, of course, "6 Homeruns, 1 GIF." Previously featured on [&hellip

The Mona Lisa of Baseball GIFs

By Ben | sports

What you're looking at are 5 different pitches by Yu Darvish: 97 mph 4 seam [&hellip

Incredible Wingsuit Flight Through a Narrow Cave

By Ben | adventure, sports

"Wingsuit / BASE-jump athlete Alexander Polli does the never before done—a tactical flight through a [&hellip

Opening Day! Who's on First? (Kinetic Typography)

By Ben | funny, sports

In honor of the Detroit Tigers 2013 Season Opener (and the return of all everyday, [&hellip

A Civil War Game-Used Baseball

By Ben | history, sports

from The Vault: "During the War Between the States, the game was played on the battlefields and [&hellip

First Person POV of an Ice Climbing Fall

By Ben | amazing tales, sports

"In late February, Mark Roberts was soloing Parsley Fern Lefthand Gully when he was knocked [&hellip

If Major League Baseball Teams Wore Soccer Jerseys

By Ben | art, sports

  M. Willis, in what started as perhaps a frivolous exercise, wanted to play around [&hellip

Hunter Pence hits a baseball three times with one swing

By Ben | sports

from SBNation via FanGraphs.com Does that mean his batting average was 3.000 for that at [&hellip

Boy vs. Cups: The UK Cup Stacking Champ Shows Off

By Ben | sports

by FutureLabLondon, via NOTCOT.org

Tigers v. Indians: From a 0.5% win probability to 100%

By Ben | infographics, sports

Source: FanGraphs The Tigers were down by 3 in the bottom of the 10th with [&hellip

One 100m Race, Every Medalist Ever

By Ben | infographics, sports

via nytimes.com Usain Bolt is very, very fast. Jesse Owens 1936 Gold Medal Winning time [&hellip

This Is How Olympic Divers Really Look While Diving

By Ben | funny, sports

See many more funny diving faces at thefw.com