Ryan Dempster's "Flutter-Glove" Wind-Up: Is It Effective?

You've seen that "flutter-glove" thing Dempster does before his windup, right?
"What's up with that?", you ask.
Well, apparently it's a real distraction for the batter.
Some see the skull.
Some, Marissa Tomei.
Others see Don Zimmer, and he's REAL mad.
Whatever, they're all distracting.

But I guess it didn't work on young Hunter Pence last night.
He smacked a grand slam and got more than enough runs to beat the Cubs, who could only come up with 2.
So, not gonna dwell on it.
Wednesday night is our own young Sean (Gallagher) against their Shawn (Chacon).
Sean, if you win, you should demand a re-shoot of the picture they use on Cubs.com.
You don't really look like that, right?

Lastly, frequent bright and funny commenter DB went on an autograph hunting spree the other night, getting DeRosa, Theriot, and Dempster at various Sport Authorities.
She was kind enough to share her photos, so we can see what those guys look like without hats on.

Comments

[kmac]

i've been following your blog for a few weeks now; this gif is brilliant!

[Tim]

Hey kmac, gifs are the new black, at least for me. I actually had years of practice doing "animatic" test commercials for like, General Mills and Frito Lay when I was a baby art director.
Anyway, please keep coming and tell your friends.
Gracias.

[DB]

I feel all fuzzy inside. But not from the game.

[Tim]

thanks again DB, the whole little story is awesome.
and you know how much hate-stuff there is in the blog world about Theriot and his sub-par numbers? Well, A) I think he's a good example of why Lou is the manager and B) He looks like a guy you'd like to have a cold one with.

[DB]

I saw little glimpses of Theriot blog-hating and don't get it. I think Theriot's doing a damn good job. I also saw sites wanting Pinella fired and/or saying DeRosa was the dumbest idea back when he was first picked up. WTF? Me, what I don't get is Soriano. He's just too darn inconsistent, he's HUGELY overpaid on a contract lasting WAY too long with a no-trade clause and there are too many times where he doesn't hustle. Don't get me wrong, he's great when he's on, but how often has that been for us? He was back to swinging wildly at crap last night. If he would just show more PATIENCE...

[Tim]

DB - Wow. If I had more time I might read around more. Or maybe not because I'd probably just get mad. The Soriano thing, I know: the wildest peaks and valleys.
But, I'm gonna try to not do the same with my opinion of him.
He goes slumpy, I'm going to keep thinking that before the season's over he will carry this team for a month.
And if that doesn't happen by the end of the season, hey wait...breaking my own rule already, so pretend I didn't bring that up.
See?
I'm happier!
I just talked to a guy at work who's first trip to Wrigley this year was Soriano's first lead-off homer game.
It's a pretty goose-bumpy story.

[Anthony]

I think its ridiculous. Baseballs first magician, and as we all know, magicians are *%$ gay.
(edited comment - Anthony, watch the language).