On January 17th, 2016 the app “Vine” will be closing its metaphorical doors. After almost three years, Vine will come to an end.
The app won’t disappear completely as fans will be introduced to a “Vine Camera”. This camera will allow user to take 6.5 second videos and upload them directly to Twitter. Vine’s website will stay up and work as an archive for past videos.
Vine played a big role in the sports world over the past few years. It revolutionized how highlights were viewed due to how short videos were. With streams only lasting six seconds, it was an easy way for fans to watch and share their favorite players making monster plays.
It also gave franchises a way to give a behind the scenes view of the team. Fans were able to see their favorite team off the court or field, and got a better idea of the players as people rather than athletes.
However, with Twitter owning Vine, its management team must’ve felt that it was easier to merge both apps into one. While teams could still upload their highlights to Twitter, vines have essentially died.
But as the great Dr. Seuss once said, “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
Vine was an app that entirely revolutionized the sports media world. It made watching and sharing a six second highlight as easy as possible. Look at any of the major sports media outlet’s Twitter feeds over the last three years and I’m sure you’ll find countless amounts of Vines. Vine may be dead, but the impact it made will never be forgotten.
As for the White Sox, the team wasn’t the most active on Vine. But with over 500 posts and over 6.8 million loops the team certainly made some memories on the app.
From highlights to not-seen-on-TV footage, here are the top ten most popular Vines in Chicago White Sox history.
10.) Robin Ventura Pitches To Garth Brooks
September 12, 2014 82, 410+ Loops
Robin Ventura may not have succeeded as a coach, but his form on these BP pitches is superb. As for Garth Brooks’, outside of that poke between third and short on the first pitch, the country music star looked a lot like Adrian Beltre meets beer league men’s softball regular.
9.) Melky Cabrera Robs A Home Run
July 26, 2016 103, 576+ Loops
Melky Cabrera may not be on the White Sox for much longer, but this play will certainly go on his career highlight tape. For a 31 year old the Melk Man still got hops.
8.) Pink Fireworks Go Off To Support Breast Cancer Awareness
May 11, 2014 116, 308+ Loops
Awesome event for an awesome cause. During the game eight breast cancer survivors took the field with the White Sox. Wish more teams did this more often.
7.) White Sox Sausage Race
March 26, 2014 122, 476+ Loops
There’s no record of who actually won the race. Here’s to hoping Hawk Harrelson stretched, stretched his way to the win, and put his victory, on the board. I’ll see myself out.
6.) Brett Lawrie Gets Excited Over 2-0 Start
April 6, 2016 172, 281+ Loops
Yes the team did finish the season 78-84, but you got to love the passion out of Brett Lawrie. No one in the league has ever been that excited over a two game win streak. If they gave out World Series trophies for 2-0 starts, Lawrie would be the champ; sorry Cubs.
5.) National Bobble Head Day 2016
January 7, 2016 176, 429+ Loops
Bobble-Heads will always be cool, I think that’s why they have a whole day dedicated to them. Only confusing part of this vine is why the Sox chose Scott Posednik over an active roster member.
4.) Mark Buehrle Says Hello
June 25, 2016 180, 091+ Loops
Not really sure how/why this vine got so popular. However the little kid next to Buehrle is the star. I’m sure if any White Sox fan got to meet the former All Star they’d have the same reaction.
3.) Brett Lawrie Makes Diving, Behind The Back Play At Second Base
April 23, 2016 223, 400+ Loops
Brett Lawrie makes the list a second time. This time for one of the sickest plays of the 2016 season. Behind the back throws and two game win streaks, that’s what Brett Lawrie does.
2.) Joakim Noah’s Not-So Good First Pitch
September 11, 2014 248, 935+ Loops
Joakim Noah is very lucky that 50 Cent threw a first pitch, or we might be talking about this as the worst of all time. Atleast his second throw was right down the pipe.
1.) McKayla Maroney’s Epic First Pitch
August 2, 2014 1, 553, 228+ Loops
From the absolute worst to the absolute best, McKayla Maroney’s impressive gymnastics maneuvers land her the #1 spot. While her toe isn’t on the rubber, I’m sure every umpire in the league would allow it. Maybe all Joakim Noah needs is a back handspring to throw a good first pitch.
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