MLB, Twitter, and Baseball’s Looming Age Problem
If you’re like me, you use Twitter. Twitter’s awesome! It gives you breaking news, reports on the latest trades, and also whatever this is:
Time for The Rock to layeth the Smacketh Down on Mookie Betts' and Mike Trout's candy asses in this A.L. MVP Race!!!! pic.twitter.com/4X1voYVU1Y
— Shaquille Cole-Cephus (@radioshaqtive93) July 27, 2018
And without Twitter, we wouldn’t have unfettered access to Brandon McCarthy’s observations of the world, which are worthwhile…
as someone who travels a lot for work I feel comfortable saying this: your local grocery store has a stupid name
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 23, 2016
does MetLife stadium double as a dog park?
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 26, 2018
I consider the Kit Kit to be one of the healthier candies
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) June 29, 2018
you hear Yanny? Well then your ears are like MLB's replay system. Trying their best, but just not good enough
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) May 16, 2018
Banister will be nervous about Bartolo’s pitch count soon. Anything more than 300 and he’ll risk not pitching in his 50s.
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) April 16, 2018
Twitter can be good, in other words.
As anyone familiar with that particular platform knows, however, it’s not always. As MLB learned this week, sometimes tweeting can become a pretty risky exercise. Not only have three young players been forced to contend with the ugly sentiments of their younger selves, but the league’s main account has also found itself in the middle of something, as well.
It started with this:
RT to trigger a Yankee fan. #PrevailingMoments pic.twitter.com/Hi3MRCiZPJ
— MLB (@MLB) July 25, 2018