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GIF Tournament III: No. 1 'Tommy Hunter' vs. No. 8 'Joe Morgan'

With your votes, we've whittled down the field to 16. Today, we decide which animated sports GIFs will enter next week's Elite Eight.

GIF TOURNAMENT III -- SWEET 16
(1) TOMMY HUNTER VS. (8) JOE MORGAN

TOMMY HUNTER.

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Received 678 votes in Round 1.

The whole point of the gif is the endless repetition of some kind of motion. He is completely, absolutely, perfectly still. He’s the anti-gif gif.

- Valued Internet subscriber 85

He’s looking… right… at… the camera….

- Valued Internet subscriber nickjs21

It is the superior gif since it has both rising action, a twist, a climax, and denoument.

You think, “Oh, maybe this dude is gonna make an awesome catch or fall down or something. Oh, a home run. Ha! DUDE DIDN’T MOVE WHAT A PIMP.”

- Valued Internet subscriber JTExperience

JOE MORGAN.

Received 579 votes in Round 1.

I like how we extol the accomplishments of one man here instead of writing this one off as “Damn it, Buccaneers.”

- Valued Internet subscriber Jackson7

I’ve shown that GIF to more people in the last month than Joe Morgan had catches after this one.

- Valued Internet subscriber beachparty

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