Byrd or puffer fish?

If I decide to follow up on last season's "Faces on the Mound" mosaic, the first image will be that of Paul Byrd, whose Pitcher Face may indeed top all of those I used last August.


I mean, how hilarious is that?! It looks like he's making a face to entertain his kids. Or imitating Dizzy Gillespie.

So I know it's been a while. I intend to produce more this week. After all, the season's just on the other side of the weekend.

Faces on the mound

Faces on the mound, originally uploaded by DC Products.

This is sort of a quick, rough draft of a project I was inspired to do because of work. I have to cut small thumbnails of photos, and when doing so for pitchers, I got to notice how some of them can make some pretty interesting faces during the act of pitching. So I thought it would make an amusing collage. I hastily put this one together yesterday, in about an hour, so I didn't pay too much attention to those that were a pixel off or that I didn't line up properly. I just wanted to get a basic idea of what it would look like. I do like it.

If you want to play along, there are 100 faces here, laid out in a pretty simple arrangement that you should pick up on once you spot a few you recognize. All but maybe 10-20 are front-of-the-rotation starters, All-Stars or otherwise big-name hurlers. There are two or three middle relievers and a No. 4 or 5 starter here and there.