PhotoShop/Caption Contest: The Willy Aybar Edition

by Steve Slowinski on Sep 27, 2010 9:04 AM EDT

ST PETERSBURG FL - SEPTEMBER 26: Third basemen Willy Aybar #16 of the Tampa Bay Rays miss judges the ball for an error in the 7th inning against the Seattle Mariners at Tropicana Field on September 26 2010 in St. Petersburg Florida. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images)

There were lots of wonderfully awkward photos from the Mariners series this weekend, so I can't resist sharing at least one of them with you. Willy Aybar is a great guy, but he's certainly no Evan Longoria at third base.

On a more serious note, this may be Willy's last season with the Rays. He's got a $2.2M option for 2011, but considering he's a bench player and limited to 1B/DH, his role can easily be filled with other, cheaper options. Maybe he'll be back, but I doubt the Rays pick up his option and once he's a free agent, odds are he could get more playing time and more money elsewhere. He may not have had much of an impact on the Rays this year, but I'll always remember his well-timed hot streak in 2008. He will be missed, if only for sentimental reasons.

Oh, and the winner of this contest will have BJ Upton come and personally congratulate you...

AP Photo / Terry Renna

Feel free to write captions / photoshop whichever photo you desire...just be sure to clarify who's talking, Aybar or Upton.

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Willy Aybar took his reputation as a little league glove to a new level when a chopper off the bat caught him in the middle of his pretend pitching session at the hot corner.

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by FreeZorilla on Sep 27, 2010 9:10 AM EDT reply actions

Haha, it really does look like he's pitching

Definitely didn’t notice that at first.

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by Steve Slowinski on Sep 27, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Prediction: Longoria will sit out tonight's game

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why ownership keeps him around is beyond me
I’ve had 2 guys text me today saying his shit makes the comments here unreadable.

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by sternfan1 on Sep 27, 2010 9:48 AM EDT reply actions

I hope so, these games are meaningless and he could use the rest

I’d love to see him go on a tear over the next month that carries us to the title.

Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions

by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 27, 2010 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions

caption contest winner

by GomesSweetGomes on Sep 27, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Aybar is taking his endorsement deal wit h TPX a little too far.

"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." ~ Mark Twain

by LeeCaz on Sep 27, 2010 9:49 AM EDT reply actions

Huge infield cockroach distracts Aybar in mid-play.

Bartlett overhears Aybar say “WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS THAT!?!” in perfect Queen’s English. Thus ending Aybar’s ruse that he was from South America and not South Wales.

by FSUjab on Sep 27, 2010 10:01 AM EDT reply actions

Aybar:

Apple bottomed jeans, boot wit da fur… Aybar was staring at her.

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by Rays_Rev on Sep 27, 2010 11:48 AM EDT reply actions

Hey...

Joe told me to wear this, but what the hell am I supposed to do with it? Not to mention, it absolutely clashes with my BRayser.

by Blue or CONKZILLA on Sep 27, 2010 12:14 PM EDT reply actions

ST PETERSBURG FL – SEPTEMBER 26: Third basemen Willy Aybar #16 of the Tampa Bay Rays gets down with his bad self after the stadium inadvertently plays “Low” by Flo Rida and T-Pain during the middle of the seventh inning. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images)

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by Brickhaus on Sep 27, 2010 1:08 PM EDT reply actions