Comprehensive Guide To Creating The Ultimate Pirates Twitter

Thanks, Charlie!

Glad you enjoyed and hope it helps some of our twitter-phobic posters out.

This is a huge help for us “old guys”… Really appreciate your efforts.

bff!! omg!!! lol!!! Now can you help me program my VCR?

Seriously, nice job. A real contribution to the site, and those who are able or inclined to take advantage of your work.

Rec’d

I’m 99% sure Garret Cole does not have a Twitter account. When he was drafted BucsInsider tweeted that

I just wish there were more manly names for “twitter” and “tweeting”…….

Kristy Robinson should be on this list.

I was just going to ask about this on a Fanshot. Great post, thanks, rec’d

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Awesome list, and thanks for the inclusion. I’d also recommend the MLB Trade Rumors account, which automatically tweets all of their posts instantly (@MLBTradeRumors). Pretty invaluable at this time of year.

I tweet about the Pirates a lot but it’s not really news like Tim tweets, or articles like BucsDugout or WHYGAVS tweets.

And, I tweet a lot about reality television.

But I did have a genius tweet the other day if I do say so myself, dealing with Sonic’s pellet ice and wondering why no other fast food chains have picked up on the pellet ice.

Raise your hand if any of you have a retweet from the Hammer? Yeah, this guy does!

Are we sure that the Gerrit Cole account is legit? I seem to remember shortly after the draft that UCLA’s media department saying that he did not have a Twitter account, and that any one out there was a fake (I seem to remember two of them floating around). Not to mention, he had a policy of not really giving interviews, which doesn’t seem to jive with someone having a twitter account to broadcast things to the world.

I’m older than 21, so my perspective will likely be different than this current generation, which has been raised in in a much more technology oriented environment than my generation. Technology, when used correctly, can be a tool which improves our lives, and gives us information at a faster rate. And I can see the benefits of Twitter when we’re talking about major, breaking news, whether it’s sports or otherwise.

But technology also raises the question of whether just because you can do something, is it really a good idea? What is actually gained by the release of information? I enjoy watching Neil Walker play for the Pirates, but I’m just not interested in what his political views may be or what restaurant he may be eating at etc. We’ve also seen countless stories of people tweeting whatever pops into their head without thinking it through, with embarrassing results.

The vital role journalists play is the ability to filter out information, and get to the heart of a story with context using experience. While everyone should have freedom of expression, those opinions should carry the weight of informed analysis.

So at the end of the day, everyone has to make their own, personal decision, whether the time given to any new technology, is worth the investment. Time does add up quickly, so
one may decide another activity is more valuable, whether it’s on the personal or professional aspect of their lives.

I and a lot of other Pirates fan get enjoyment of seeing these 140 character glimpses into the lives of our players. I like to know somethings about the players I root for. Here’s another neat example that I didn’t put in the initial article.

I’m a huge Paul Maholm fan and have always believed in him even during his rough patches of his career. Now, he’s starting to pitch extremely well, and I’m thrilled for him, we’re all thrilled for him. What makes his success even better is when I look at his Twitter, I can see how genuine of a guy he is. Here are some of his recent tweets interacting with fans:

-A retweet for a fan who’s brother is going to the Army tomorrow
-A retweet for a fan working on a Diabetes research project
-A retweet of a fan saying that his family had been going through a rough time, but hearing his at-bat music was very reassuring
-A tweet by Paul to keep the family of the fan who died in Texas in your thoughts and prayers
-A retweet of Buster Olney’s link the memorial fund for the Texas family
-Another retweet of a fan who’s family member is in the Army

The list goes on and on. Point is, without his Twitter, I don’t really know very much about who Paul Maholm is. I know he’s a pitcher, I know he is having a good season and I know the things he says to the media that are 99% of the time baseball oriented, but I wouldn’t no the slightest thing about who Paul Maholm the person is. A glance at his Twitter account, I can see he is a man who genuinely cares about the fans who support him and is in general, a good-natured human being. Either that or he’s an evil genius who happens to be a brilliant self-image creator, but I think we know that’s not the answer. Point is, I’m glad I get to see this small glimpse into Paul Maholm passed the baseball diamond, to me, it makes rooting for him even better.

Props to her for giving my article the shout out on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/#!/Kristy_Robinson/status/91956463609712640

Definitely not my favorite player, but I like his activeness on twitter. Some guy was ripping into him about his batting and Matt kept replying as a genuine person.

He also replied to my home run derby tweet so we’re pretty much best friends.

@THTFantasy and @THTLinks

This is a great post. If someone could compile all of these into a list on Twitter with a link, it would be perfect.

I wonder if Tony Sanchez will ever return to Twitter.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16901839&topic_id=7417714

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