Jake Donahue v. YouTube – Part 2

It’s been a week and no response. The only difference is that when you click on the video from my personal channel on YouTube you are greeted with this little ditty:

I’ve noticed there are now three other uploads featuring the exact same Nike commercial (one is actually from Nike Sportswear). I’m not sure why the two non-Nike uploads haven’t been removed just yet, but if they make it through and I do not, I’ll be pissed.

At the very least, I do have solace in knowing that people can still view the commercial. After all, whether it’s my upload or somebody else’s, I’m just glad people are still excited about KGJ.

But as for YouTube, this isn’t over quite yet.

Jake Donahue v. YouTube – Part I

Well, well, well. It seems the powers that be over at Google’s YouTube have blocked my latest videos.

On Monday, I uploaded the new Nike commercial featuring my childhood and adult-life idol Ken Griffey Jr. I then uploaded the tribute video that the Mariners shared on the big screen during the game after he officially retired last month. In less than 36 hours I garnered close to 20,000 views on the Nike commercial – a video that brought tears to many people – and close to 1,000 on the video tribute from Safeco – you want to talk about making grown men cry, watch that video more than once (I will post it to my Vimeo stream soon).

I’ve been getting dozens of e-mails like this:

getoharmony23 has made a comment on Ken Griffey Jr - Goodbye Baseball Hello Cooperstown - Nike:

Greatest of All Time. Brings tears to my eyes even thinking about how I will never get to see the most exciting player that ever laced up the cleats. . :(

And this:

azarel7 has made a comment on Ken Griffey Jr - Goodbye Baseball Hello Cooperstown - Nike:

I don't even play or follow baseball very closely but I know that the man is a legend. Man just played well, no scandals, no drugs, no arrogance, just the game. Sports needs more athletes like him.

Yes, “azarel7,” sports DO need more athletes like him.

But if you click on the videos now, you will be greeted with the following bar across your screen:

What’s more, they put a “strike” in my YouTube account’s “personal record”:

(click to view larger if you want to actually read it)

I have since responded with an e-mail to YouTube protesting the matter. They will forward that on to “MLB Advanced Media,” the originators of the complaint. Since I’ve seen many baseball and Nike commercials/videos all over YouTube already, I must only assume I’m in the right.

Furthermore, this little ditty seems to make it seem like I’m acting within the legal boundaries:

Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use

So, while I wait for things to be sorted out with YouTube, here is the video in all its original glory (thanks to Vimeo):

Goodbye Baseball, Hello Cooperstown from Jake Donahue on Vimeo.

Fist pumps of fury

I was watching a Gillette commercial this morning when something hit me like a bat out of hell: the amount of athletes who “fist pump” after winning. I mean, just look at my little cornucopia above.
Looking back, however, I noticed that I have fallen victim as well. Whenever striking a batter out during my slow-pitch softball days, I, too, could be seen fisting the sky victoriously. Even following the most pedestrian of accomplishments (i.e. striking out a girl, catching a  routine fly ball to end the game, beating a video game, running a stop light near a cop and escaping or winning an argument against Holly) I often punch the clouds.
The origins of fist pumping date all the way back to the ‘50s: According to iLikeToFistPump.com, “Fist pumps were used in the 1950s and 1960s by kids wanting to get passing truck drivers to blow their air horns. The air horns were typically on the roof of the truck and a horizontal chain near the ceiling was pulled by the driver to sound the air horn. The kids used that gesture to get the truck driver to blow the horn and when successful would exclaim ‘YES!’”
What’s more, fist pumping is also known as “Rock Concert Movement #2” at any Blue Man Group concert.
But there is no doubt that it’s the athletes for which this grandstand is famous. Perhaps my affinity toward this audacious act beckons from those same athletic celebrities, and I feel honored to fall into this category with such athletes:

 
Kobe Bryant

 
Derek Jeter

 
Maria (I’m a hottie) Sharapova

Tiger Woods

 
Rafael Nadal

But every once in a while there are extremely special fist pumps. A little Google Images research and I uncovered some of the best fist pumps of recent memory:

The “Triple Pump”

 
The “Little Leaguer”

 
The “Sarah Palin”

And lastly, perhaps the greatest fist pump of all-time:

 
The Jordan

Photo Gallery

Click Here for the link to an online photo gallery I've made through Google's Picasa albums. They're photos I've probably already posted, but still some extras. Nevertheless, I'm going to keep adding to this album every time I put a photo online.

The Matrix Breakfast Club

I was searching for “Real Estate” photos under Google images tonight, when what to my wondering eyes to I see? On the 10th page of results for large images, this little guy reared his ugly head. Thanks to this Real Estate website for freaking me out.