The Nation has been consumed by gifs of late and it’s all Chad Dotson’s fault. Well, actually I can’t know that for sure — it could be Jason Linden or Steve Mancuso or one of the other editors with keys to the Twitter machine. Regardless, on September 4, 2018, someone decided to tweet this:
Let's describe the 2018 Reds season with gifs. We'll begin: pic.twitter.com/KiLCIQBSUt
— Redleg Nation (@redlegnation) September 5, 2018
The results were outstanding. My personal favorite came from Joe DaFazio and speaks to the Reds utter inability to get anyone out but themselves:
— Joe DeFazio (@MagicMakerJoe) September 5, 2018
Anyway, the very next night, a new gif war began.