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A baseball with red stitching and a black signature on the left, next to green text reading "NEVER LET THE FEAR KEEP YOU FROM STRIKING OUT PLAYING THE GAME..." on a purple background.

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A baseball with red stitching and a black signature on the left, next to green text reading "NEVER LET THE FEAR KEEP YOU FROM STRIKING OUT PLAYING THE GAME..." on a purple background.

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • split left-right
  • baseball on light gray surface
  • text occupies right half

Dense Caption

Left side shows a white baseball with red stitching and a black handwritten-style signature; right side features bright green pixelated text on solid purple background. Text reads: 'NEVER', 'LET', 'THE FEAR', 'KEEP', 'YOU FROM', 'STRIKING OUT', 'PLAYING THE GAME...'. Baseball is slightly angled, casting soft shadow on light gray surface behind it. All elements are static with no visible animation.

Description

A baseball with red stitching and a black signature on the left, next to green text reading "NEVER LET THE FEAR KEEP YOU FROM STRIKING OUT PLAYING THE GAME..." on a purple background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200802241608131336552073

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • baseball signature text purple green
  • stitched ball motivational quote
  • green text baseball image
  • never let fear striking out game
  • purple background baseball quote

Visible Text

  • NEVER
  • LET
  • THE FEAR
  • KEEP
  • YOU FROM
  • STRIKING OUT
  • PLAYING THE GAME...

Visually Supported Entities

  • baseball
  • signature

Wordwall

  • baseball
  • red stitching
  • black signature
  • purple background
  • green text
  • pixelated font
  • stitched ball
  • handwritten signature
  • text: NEVER LET THE FEAR KEEP YOU FROM STRIKING OUT PLAYING THE GAME...
  • solid purple backdrop

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200802241608131336552073
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
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v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC
Archive ID
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SHA-256
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:54 UTC
Run
1140
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A baseball with red stitching and a black signature on the left, next to green text reading "NEVER LET THE FEAR KEEP YOU FROM STRIKING OUT PLAYING THE GAME..." on a purple background.

Reviewed
August 4, 2026 at 03:35 UTC
Run
56
Version
v5
Elapsed
16,064 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,104, response 703

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  • purple (color, 0.80)
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  • white (color, 0.80)
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  • signature (object, 0.80)
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Colors

  • white
  • red
  • black
  • purple
  • green

Composition

  • split left-right
  • baseball on light gray surface
  • text occupies right half

Dense Caption

Left side shows a white baseball with red stitching and a black handwritten-style signature; right side features bright green pixelated text on solid purple background. Text reads: 'NEVER', 'LET', 'THE FEAR', 'KEEP', 'YOU FROM', 'STRIKING OUT', 'PLAYING THE GAME...'. Baseball is slightly angled, casting soft shadow on light gray surface behind it. All elements are static with no visible animation.

Description

A baseball with red stitching and a black signature on the left, next to green text reading "NEVER LET THE FEAR KEEP YOU FROM STRIKING OUT PLAYING THE GAME..." on a purple background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

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  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200802241608131336552073

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  • motivational
  • playful

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  • baseball signature text purple green
  • stitched ball motivational quote
  • green text baseball image
  • never let fear striking out game
  • purple background baseball quote

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  • signature

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  • pixelated
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  • static

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  • baseball

Visible Text

  • NEVER
  • LET
  • THE FEAR
  • KEEP
  • YOU FROM
  • STRIKING OUT
  • PLAYING THE GAME...

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  • signature

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  • text: NEVER LET THE FEAR KEEP YOU FROM STRIKING OUT PLAYING THE GAME...
  • solid purple backdrop
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Full source records (1)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200802241608131336552073
Archive entry
200802241608131336552073.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802241608131336552073.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802241608131336552073.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016