PS Quick Change - A true story

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I went to the Yankee v. Red Sox game last night (Yankees won 7-3, yeah!).

What's this got to do with PS?

Well with Gary Sheffield on the DL (disabled list) on Monday the Yankees brought up from its minor league club a young right fielder named Melky Cabrera to fill in.

Since he was a late addition and had never played for the team the guys who flash player photos up on the giant screen didn't have one of the guy actually wearing a Yankees uniform.

So for his first two at bats the picture displayed was obviously "photoshopped" where they merged his face into one of a Yankee hat and jersey. Problem was, the angle was wrong - it looked like the guy was wearing the cap at an angle (the hat was straight and face was looking to the left). Truth be told he looked like a dork. A sorry sight for 54,000 fans to see!

But, by his thrid at bat the guys in the "PS lab" had adjusted the angle of his face under the cap and suddenly he was looking at us with his hat on straight!

Nice PS quickie correction!
 
But they didn't have time to get someone to take a quickie digital snap of the guy and hustle it over in time?

Well, I tell ya, this would never happen across town. :D


- Barrett (nonetheless happy the Bombers took it on Cabrera's watch)
 
amateriat said:
But they didn't have time to get someone to take a quickie digital snap of the guy and hustle it over in time?

Well, I tell ya, this would never happen across town. :D


- Barrett (nonetheless happy the Bombers took it on Cabrera's watch)
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Barrett,

Since the poor soul probably already has a return ticket to Columbus - why waste the megapixels! :D

Oh, BTW, by crosstown - are you referring to that minor league team in Brooklyn? :p
 
"Minor" League? Ahem...!

You're likely right about Cabrera, though. He gets his fifteen minutes in pinstripes, then he's gone. Kind of a replay of the team-bus revelation in Bull Durham: "You were in the Show?"


- Barrett ("Cyclones Rule! Well, in their own way, of course")
 
I find it interesting that they didn't just use (or didn't have access to) a standard publicity shot, a headshot of some kind. They could have done the classic 'silhouette with a big question mark in the middle'. That would have been awesome.
 
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