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Cool New Thing

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.

 

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Do you think Tony Gutierrez follows Franklin around trying to claim that he's his long lost cousin or something?

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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.

by Dewey N on Mar 31, 2009 8:27 PM PDT reply actions  

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.

by johnbai on Apr 1, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sports hipsters.

Seems like a contradiction of sorts to me.

by SethGrandpa on Mar 31, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

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…

by Robert Lintott on Mar 31, 2009 8:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Very cool.

Like mentioned above, this tool will be nice for serious news stories, which is the bulk of front page material anyway.

by Wilder. on Mar 31, 2009 8:47 PM PDT reply actions  

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.

by katal on Mar 31, 2009 8:51 PM PDT reply actions  

Well, business is business

And also, its a sports blog, so I am guessing it was an a-political decision.

by Fin on Mar 31, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's why it doesn't totally surprise me

Just something that made me go “How about that!”

by katal on Mar 31, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dumps like a truck, truck, truck

Thighs like what, what, what

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 1, 2009 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

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.

by johnbai on Apr 1, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

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.

by Teej on Mar 31, 2009 10:47 PM PDT reply actions  

Fuck!

I mean, it looks good, I dig it.

the offseason sucks

by section331 on Mar 31, 2009 11:06 PM PDT reply actions  

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.

Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.

by JAH on Mar 31, 2009 11:22 PM PDT reply actions  

I like the fact you can add AP pictures, but I hope it's not the end of the great MS Paint stuff.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Apr 1, 2009 1:00 PM PDT reply actions  

Paint, please.

Unless of course, the picture is cool and/or funny.

by zeeehjee on Apr 1, 2009 5:44 PM PDT reply actions  

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