This could be a new installment that I’ll try out from time to time on the site, and it was inspired by none other than my favorite cartoon dad, Peter Griffin from Family Guy. Everyday we run across crap that is annoying or time wasting. Yesterday, I was about to put up a youtube clip of catcher Greg Zaun having an inconcievably hard time throwing the ball back to staff ace, Yorvi Gallardo. He threw three errant balls two that went about 25 feet, and one that sailed over the pichers head to 2nd base. None of the three were close, and it was pretty funny to see Zaun have that Snickers Betty White moment. Cmon Gregg! You throw like a girl!
What grinds my gears with this whole incident, is when I tried to put a clip up yesterday it worked fine, but since I was at work I didn’t post it right away. I wanted to proofread it before I posted it. When I previewed the post, everything looked good as far as the clip goes. A few hours went by, and I went back to the post when I had some down time at the office. I hit the preview button after editing it, and the video was already removed from youtube! I love how the NBA allows all thier clips to stay up, but what the hell NFL and MLB!?! Don’t you want more people viewing your sport, and getting some more publicity out of it? It’s not like youtube is making a killing off these random clips. I mean, how many people looked for Zaun throwing the ball!?! Couldn’t be more than 400-500. MCeezy’s clip of Buhrle’s Amazing Play was taken down because of copywright laws. It’s lame that all the baseball footage on youtube was filmed by a personal camcorder. Just look up Albert Pujols walkoff, and you’ll see what I’m talking about! Anyways, here’s the Zaun clip, until they take it down…
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cali4dre
chappy81
dyslecix
mceezy
April 28th, 2010 at 10:18 am
chappy
MLB and the NFL are always to be viewed as the “1,000 lb gorillas” in the room. They view their property as a God given right for them to reign over perpetuity. I wonder what they might make of it, were they to find out that many of their products are already being counterfeited in many parts of Far East Asia ?
Alan Parkins
April 28th, 2010 at 11:27 am
Haha, if we were in another country, there’s no way they could stop anyone from using their footage however they wanted to! The lamest part is 99% of people using the footage aren’t making anything off it, so why keep it from being out there!?!
April 28th, 2010 at 11:32 am
chappy
That’s what is so asinine about this all.
I’m no longer sending out resume`s for positions working for the Dolphins. I hear that the GM is looking for some ho’s to bang ? GM Jeff Ireland actually asked Dez Bryant if his mother was a prostitute ? WTF ? I’d have kicked his a_s !
Alan Parkins
April 28th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
chappy
Will this now become the norm for how the NFL conducts part of the interview process between the rookies and NFL executives a la Dolphins’ GM Jeff Ireland and Dez Bryant ? “Hey son is your mom a whore or prostitute ? Pity ” !
Hence the reason he wasn’t drafted by the ‘phins.
I’m Not Dumbfounded But Thankfully I’ve Never Been Interviewed By Jeff Ireland ……………..
Alan Parkins
April 28th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
This is straight out of Major League 2. ROOB!
April 29th, 2010 at 1:23 am
chappy
Zaun had to have been under the influence ? If not then he needs to be tested .
I know you dig the hot chics so let me know what you think as to the merits of the following ?
The Women Of Smooth Are So Friggin’ Fine It’d Be A Sin Not To Appreciate !
Alan Parkins
April 29th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
chappy
What you need to do is to patent something and then have it manufactured on a limited basis. Thereafter get yourself a product liability or corporate attorney and then start suing anyone who starts to infringe upon your original copyright. Microsoft has paid millions like since their inception and they’re still going strong.
Black Hawk Down ……..Black Hawk Down ……..Only In This Case It’s Not A Rebel Force That Have The Hawks On The Run ………..
Alan Parkins
June 25th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
[…] I always find crazy players the most fun to follow, especailly when they aren’t causing problems on my own team(s). Maybe that’s why I’ve followed guys like Milton, Artest, and SJax so closely over their career, because they will provide you some entertainment, and plenty of WTF moments if you watch them enough. Earlier today in a game that’s still going on, Big Z gave up four runs in the first, and was taken out of the game after getting in the face of one of my favorite guys in the league, Derrek Lee (If you’re curious why he’s one of my favorites read this post) and pretty much anyone else that was in the dugout. I’m with the annoucers on this, I’d love to see D Lee and Big Z in the octagon! I had to get something Cubs related up for Dyslecix’s birthday today, too bad it ended up being a lowlight… Don’t be shocked if the video gets taken down… I’ve already talked about how the MLB copywright laws grind my gears… […]
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January 1st, 2011 at 10:19 am
During the original internet dotcom boom, a lot of people believed that the internet was a gold mine for profit.
However right around where the fallout happened, people realized that unless you can sell advertising on your blog, or get a film deal out of your YouTube shit, you’re not going to make dick quat off of the internets.
Obviously, I think that there is someone in their publicity department who honestly believes that they will eventually lose DVD revenue from leaving YouTube videos online, especially with the emergence of Hulu and Vevo. This might be true, but I don’t think it’s possible to quantify how much money that would be, and I definitely don’t think it’ll be enough to justify pulling the videos in the first place.
Meehan