Follow LSB on Twitter
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 23, 2009 10:30 AM CDT
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I broke down and created a Twitter account for LSB.
It is called lonestarball.
If you want to follow LSB -- I anticipate this will be getting "tweets" when new front page posts go up -- go sign up to follow us.
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shroomer was right
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 23, 2009 10:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You got me all nervous and apprehensive
for THAT??
I’m ldw_tx on Twitter.
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 23, 2009 10:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And boom goes the dynamite
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Oct 23, 2009 10:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hah someone called it.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 23, 2009 10:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tom Grieve would not be pleased
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 23, 2009 10:31 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Wow...
Sellout…haha
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 23, 2009 10:31 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
I still don't know the point of twitter
but you guys enjoy it.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 23, 2009 10:32 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Continue to be stubborn.
And the rest of the world actually will continue to enjoy it.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see
how he’s being stubborn.
Not understanding the point of twitter and refusing to use it are two completely different things.
You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.
by Escher on Oct 23, 2009 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
…he’s stubborn because he is refusing to attempt to understand.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now where
exactly did he refuse to attempt to understand?
You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.
by Escher on Oct 23, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Oct 23, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where he gave up and left it to others.
Is this hard?
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
how about
he doesn’t understand the point because there is none. you know…cause there is none.
ironic coming from the person who apparently uses it for decidedly secondary use. if twitter sticks around, it will be because of social networking and not web browsing. count on that.
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right, there's no point.
if twitter sticks around, it will be because of social networking and not web browsing. count on that.
Um, ok? Because social networking sites are relevant for FOREVER. Like Friendster. Oh wait. Like Myspace. Wait. Like Facebook!
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
exactly my point
IF it sticks around, it will be because of that – and then only temporarily until people get bored of tweeting their lives. Most likely it won’t stick around.
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your point is wrong.
Social networking sites are a “here now, gone tomorrow” thing. IF Twitter is going to stick as relevant (I’m not saying it will), it is absolutely NOT going to be because of a use as social networking.
Social Networking means it is irrelevant quickly (Friendster, Myspace). A use aside from social networking means it could be here to stay. Relevancy because of social networking use necessarily means that it will be left behind extremely quickly. So to say Twitter can only last if it utilizes social netowrking is a fallacy.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what you are saying is
“if shoes stick around, it is because they make good change purses”
Because they might be good at holding your change, but they suck at it. twitter sucks as a news collector. i know you use it as such but most don’t because it sucks. sorry.
I don’t know how you’re still arguing it. I tried it. it sucks. most others have tried it and seen it sucks. nobody is bashing twitter for lack of understanding it.
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
?
twitter sucks as a news collector.
No, it really doesn’t.
i know you use it as such but most don’t because it sucks. sorry.
Most don’t? Based on what data? And who is to say that it won’t go that direction?
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BTW
what little you know of me, do I seem like a luddite? I’ve had a smartphone for about 5 years now; twitter account for I believe 2 and a half years, I program scripts in my spare time just because I think it is fun, and I post on a message board all the effing time.
Maybe I’ve tried twitter and seen that it doesn’t work for me and have am coming from a pretty good place when I say it isn’t that good at what it’s supposed to do.
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am not suggesting that you have to use Twitter
Go ahead and don’t use it; I’m sure Twitter will march on, somehow. I think we are kind of similar – I have been using Twitter and Google Reader for years, like you, and I have found that I prefer Twitter to do the same function. You prefer Google Reader or something else. That’s all totally cool. It’s the information age, baby! You can do whatever you feel!
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here is what I don't understand
and I’ll admit, I don’t have a blackberry or iPhone or anything like that, so “mobile updates” aren’t something I entirely relate to. But one of the reasons I don’t have one is I don’t see the urgency to know everything at this instant. But still, I can understand why people want universal e-mail access or financial updates, etc (I continuously have drudge refreshing at work, just for the latest unfiltered news), but twitter seems more focused on communicating people’s latest perspectives, opinions and feelings. It is just this urgency culture to an extreme (for me), and I personally don’t understand that.
I like LSB, and am regularly reading it and keeping up to date on it. But I honestly can’t understand why someone would need to know when Adam makes a post within 30 seconds. Maybe I’m just a bit slower paced
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 23, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Twitter: Making life last longer.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Oct 23, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Concur
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 23, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
trade deadline or the draft
only time i want instantaneous news related to LSB. And usually that news comes from the comments or fanposts, not from adam (no offense to adam)
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Besides
I’d put LSB commenters right up there with the best of the best Tweeters.
I don’t think we miss much around the trade deadline or the draft. If we do, it is probably a good thing (trivial information).
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Oct 23, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The rest of the world?
Like 70% of people that sign up for Twitter don’t even use it a week after signing up.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 23, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
Well, the people that understand it use it and like it. If you sign up an account, don’t follow anything useful (or anything at all), I’m sure the benefits get lost on you.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When Twitter...
becomes anything more than a Facebook status RSS Feed, let me know.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 23, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That day is today!
If people are just posting their facebook status updates like, “Mondays are the worst!!!” then don’t follow them. Instead, follow things like LSB, Blogging the Boys, or MSNBC for actual info. You are into music; most of what I follow is music news related, so I follow a ton of music blogs like my very own DBF, Music Slut, Stereogum, Pitchfork, etc. etc.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
RSS feeds
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In my usage...
…it is a lot like a blog reader. The reason I like Twitter over, say, Google Reader or something is that it’s condensed.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
unless I am on a phone
I don’t want condensed. I want a bit more than “Morning post” with a link. Not for SBN but for the thousands of other feeds I get.
And so far, I haven’t really seen a good integration of twitter to a phone.
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What phone do you have?
Tweetdeck for iPhone is pretty good; I use Echofon. It’s pretty good too.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
iphone
but what are you using twitter for? Are you visiting those links on your iphone? I’d rather not do that since I still don’t like the web browser enough to read something unless I absolutely have to. I have feeds to 25 different sites and I don’t need information on any of them immediately.
But if I did, I’d rather get longer summaries just by using google reader (or a better RSS reader) on the iphone
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I use it for news and information.
Occasionally I do follow the links, yes. If it is something I want to know, like someone tweets about how they have posted upcoming Yeasayer tour dates, I’ll check it out. If someone tweets that the new MGMT album is coming out in March, there’s no need to follow that link.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's cool with me
I just don’t like unique usernames. I like how Facebook uses actual names.
by cmkelly29 on Oct 23, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have Google Reader...
and my web browser with extensive bookmarks that I visit daily. I guess the way we check the Internet isn’t limited to just one way anymore. That said, getting 140 character bursts of information from websites, mostly as links to their website, all day would drive me crazy.
I’m mostly being a dick. I am glad that you have found use in Twitter, like yes, many others have. I just need more actual content while checking out the sites I like.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 23, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then look at it as a screen.
There are music blogs that I don’t visit every day (like Cause = Time), but if they have an interesting video or some tour news, I’ll check it out. The only reason I’d be aware is because he tweets his updates.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i can't imagine how using google reader wouldn't be faster
you’re one of the first people i’ve met that claims twitter is a better internet browser experience. I guess for you it might be but that certainly hasn’t been the case for me.
The only true advantage I’ve seen of twitter is that people use it more actively than facebook and I’m just not that into social networking to jump on board
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you want to use it for social networking, then so be it.
I don’t use it for that at all; I use it for news. It’s a better, faster, easier integration than Google Reader and a shit ton easier to read on my phone than GR. It’s instant and real time, and it feeds precise, condensed info to me. I really see no downside to Twitter – unless you are following some weirdo who tweets annoying crap (See: Jason Grilli).
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
just all very wrong
not nearly enough information for it to be useful. I require more than 10 characters and a link to know whether I want to read something. And then when the link does come in, I’d like to read that on a computer anyway
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So
“Wilco announces tour dates” isn’t enough to tell you if you want to check it out? If it’s a band you like, click the link to read it all. If it’s “Miley Cyrus tour dates,” I don’t need to see the whole post; I don’t care and don’t want to see it.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why wouldn't you want to know Miley Cyrus tour dates?
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Oct 23, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
maybe you go to different websites
but of the feeds i look at, maybe 5% would be something instantaneous that I need right away. Otherwise, it’s a complete duplication of effort as I’m just going to look at everything on google reader anyway next time I’m on a laptop -which btw is about 9 hours a day
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nobody needs anything right away aside from medical care.
To discount Twitter because “5% would be something instaneous that I need right away” is silly. You’re being silly.
If you want to use Google Reader to read full entries of blogs, then go for it. I’m not saying google reader sucks. I’m just saying I prefer condensed headlines only so I can pick and choose which info I look at an entire post for. If it’s something I want to see/read about, I’ll go to the site. If it’s something boring/irrelevant/whatever, I’ll just skip it.
Skipping one tweet is a lot easier than looking through 500 blog entries via my Google Reader.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
google reader isn't entire entries
and I usually just hit “next item” for most of them or skim the article. Get a much better idea of what the article is about.
and i don’t even know what your last sentence means. 500 blog entries is comparable to 1 tweet? Are you even trying anymore?
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Am I trying what?
And google reader absolutely has a large portion of the entire article and/or blog entry, not sure what you are talking about.
Skipping a tweet is a lot easier than scrolling through an article.
Reading 140 character summary of an article is a lot easier than skimming an article trying to get what it is about.
Are you trying? I don’t get that comment.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
140 character summary?
yeah, chalk full of information
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you can't communicate the gist of an article in 140 characters...
…the author is probably not worth reading anyways.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
From the author's P.O.V.
wouldn’t it then prioritize the tweet over the article?
For instance, you better get that Tweet right so that FuturePants’ attention is captured enough to go read the article. And with all the other Tweets you’re competing against, it better stand out. Nevermind the article.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Oct 23, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is why Twitter is superior.
It forces you to be a concise writer or not drive traffic.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn...
do you have twitter stock of something? Perhaps a family member of yours is the founder?
If you like it, use it. Great. If others don’t want to (myself included) then who cares. Some of us don’t think it’s a big deal or all that great. It’s an opinion. Who cares.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 23, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
All of this was started by my innocent comment
that I hope people who get the point of twitter to enjoy it.
FuturePants is obviously very sensitive to twitter doubters. He’s like an Apple user circa 1992.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 23, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok
now you’re just being retarded. you have no concept of what good writing is if you think writing has to be parsed down to 140 words. Do I need to go to your blog to prove this up?
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
*characters
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
replying to AB to keep the flow of the thread
Future, you keep talking about music which led me to this thought…
Choosing what you like based on 140 words would be kind of like dismissing an entire album for a band you like because you hated the title track.
by bdavison94 on Oct 23, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree with everything you said
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
people did say the same thing about myspace
i am on the fence about twitter. still don’t see how it is better than facebook or the internet in general. when i discern a comparative advantage maybe I’ll jump on board
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
It’s not social networking, it’s completely different. You CAN use it as social netowrking, sure, but it’s way more valuable in a different capacity.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
RSS feeds
and RSS feeds work better
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I saw your comment above. I disagree.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
RSS feeds
My bloglines feed doesn’t update immediately…if will sometimes be a few hours before I see that a blog has updated.
That’s part of why I did this…because you can get RT updates.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 23, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
that does seem to be a problem with SBN blogs in general. But that is specific to SBN it seems.
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think it is just SBN
I have about three dozen blogs on my RSS feed, and the delay is there for all of them.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 23, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Substantial?
SBN for me is substantial. But other blogs, the delay is maybe a few minutes at the most. I’m ok with that.
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
An hour or two
I don’t have a ton of them on there, but the DMN Rangers feed, Gawker, Slashdot, and some others are included, and they all have a significant lag time.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 23, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that is pretty much the best
and for me the only argument for them. Maybe I just haven’t noticed a substantial delay and there actually is one for all of my sites. But that also speaks to how much I really don’t need instant information for most of the websites I vist
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 23, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BOOOOOO
gave into the pressure huh?
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 23, 2009 10:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well
SBN encourages it. And the platform is set up so that I can just hit a button when I’m doing a post, and it automatically gets tweeted.
I figure this is just a convenient way for folks to know when a new post is up.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 23, 2009 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know
it is just funny how well twitter has embedded itself into the tech infrastructure.
Most people, myself included, did not expect twitter to maintain the success it has. I guess it really is here to stay… At least now it is being used more as a news reporting tool and less as a social networking tool.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 23, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I certainly didn't
I’m still not sure how it can make any money, although I guess a company could use it as a loss-leader if it fits with the rest of its model.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 23, 2009 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It needs to be paired with something else and drive traffic.
But yeah, as it is, I’m not sure how they make even one dime.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I used it lots with my last job
when I was a recruiter, I picked up 500 followers within a month in early 2008. I wouldn’t say that it is here to stay, but it is definitely here until the next big thing comes along. I don’t use it for personal and/or entertainment purposes though that is its main use now.
by Mark from OC on Oct 23, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
News reporting
Without that, I doubt anyone takes twitter seriously. Even LSB’s use of it falls into this category.
It’s tough to argue with the instant-ness. Certainly worked around the trade deadline.
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Oct 23, 2009 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Strong Homo
This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC
by nikpin on Oct 23, 2009 10:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
When it comes to LSB
the refresh button is my twitter.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Oct 23, 2009 10:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yup
I don’t use twitter so therefore I may be missing something here… what’s the difference between hitting the refresh button on twitter to see if a new tweet is up, than just hitting the refresh on LSB to see if the new post is up? Unless you’re getting these tweets sent to your phone or something
by Mike E on Oct 23, 2009 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Adam...
You going to befriend Josh Lewin and FoxSportSW on Twitter now?
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 23, 2009 10:46 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
I shaved my legs for this?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 23, 2009 10:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
oh wow how neat!
So what are you doing now? I can’t wait for the every 15 minute report, please leave deuces out of it. Thanks!
Good help doesn't come cheap.
- Gil LeBreton
by BigGuns on Oct 23, 2009 10:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Is Emily Jones going to be promoting your twitter feed too?
by MikeEl on Oct 23, 2009 11:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh Man
The FSSW Twitter is a classic example of what I do not want. So much irritating crap on there; very little baseball news.
by FuturePants on Oct 23, 2009 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tweh.
I’ll probably get an account one of these days since 99% of the civilized world seems to have one, but the only Twitter feed I read right now is Kurt Sutter’s- he’s the show runner/creator of Sons of Anarchy.
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by RCCook on Oct 23, 2009 11:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Follow me!
@tepper
What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit?
by ghtd36 on Oct 23, 2009 11:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Only if you follow me!
Mine is the same as my SBN username.
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Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 23, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hell with it - what is an RSS feed v. Twitter v. Google reader
Yes, I could probably figure this out on my own but don’t have the desire. But if I’m missing something that’s really useful I might as well find that out if someone thinks they are useful.
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
by WyoRanger on Oct 23, 2009 12:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Seconded
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 23, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like twitter
I’m all aboard the fucking twitter train. I hate it, it sucks, but what are you gonna do. I love it.
It has a way of working into your life. Funny to see google and Ms basically fighting over twitter too now (who gets the twitter search deal! 25 batrillion twitters a day!).
I see it as the revenge of reading. I looked at how phenomenally popular youtube got and was like you know, that’s video. Wheres the reading site that catches on. Because reading>video. Well it’s twitter.
by Sharky on Oct 23, 2009 12:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh but basically
It’s a personal website thats just dead simple so any idiot can do it. I mean, even a blog requires a little work or knowledge I guess. Twitter, ANYBODY can do.
Also, interestingly I’ve been reading how facebook is all scared of twitter, so much so they you know, twitterized facebook now. Made facebook more like twitter. Cause they’re scared. Interesting stuff.
I dunno, predicting internet trends is interesting, I mean who saw twitter coming? Who saw youtube coming? Not Mark Cuban, for sure, lol. He was busy with broadcast.com that in the end nobody gave a flying crap about.
by Sharky on Oct 23, 2009 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of Twitter
if you are one of Franie Piliere’s first 1000 followers, you’ll gain access to complete scouting reports of all the AFL prospects. He has to have those 1000 before the AFL ends though.
Also, Adam, I have invited him to come by and have a Q&A with us. I’m still waiting for your permission.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 23, 2009 12:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Frankie worked with me at Scout for a couple of years
Great guy, and a great baseball guy. He just left the Rangers’ scouting department to take that job at AOL FanHouse, and so far he is doing a great job.
I made fun of Twitter when it came out, and resisted for awhile. Now I’ve found it to be a great way to get prospect info. The majority of the people I follow are guys like Ben Badler, Jonathan Mayo, Jorge Arangure, Kiley McDaniel, and Frankie. If you use it right, it can be a great center for info.
by JasonCole on Oct 23, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is exactly why I have one.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 23, 2009 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, feel free
He can do a FanPost and ask for questions, or you can do a Q&A with him and post it.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 23, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BTW nice OP adam
No link?
I mean I know you named it, but who wants to type the shit. Poor effort.
by Sharky on Oct 23, 2009 12:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So here you go
This twitter seems kinda redundant though, if it’s just gonna parrot the blog. We’ll see. And no smexy Adam profile pic??
by Sharky on Oct 23, 2009 12:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Geez
does somebody need to tampon?
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 23, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No...
he makes a good point.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 23, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adam is already following 117 people?
Wut?
by Sharky on Oct 23, 2009 1:10 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I used my LSB email account
And just agreed to follow anyone in my contacts who has a Twitter feed.
So most of those people are either writers I’ve emailed with in the past (Keith Law, Rob Neyer, etc.) or other SBN bloggers.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 23, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So
I will take this opportunity to tell people to check out Digsby… Its a little program that allows you to put your twitter feed updated, facebook status updates, all email and other chat programs in one thing, pretty cool stuff. Go Google Digsby and give it a try
TCU AD/PR Student: I Need A Job
by PM Productions on Oct 23, 2009 1:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My twitter
I signed up for an account a while ago because of CJ. He and Grill are the only two people on and I’ve made 0 tweets.
But for some currently secret reasons a couple weeks from now if I have even a handful of followers I’m going to start sending out some occasional messages in it regarding various things in areas you might suspect.
If anyone wants to follow me (trust me, 0 non-baseball things) I’ll return the favor though i may not actually check the site to read other peoples stuff=p
DShep25 if anyone wants to.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 23, 2009 2:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Uh
Twitter.
We couldn’t find anyone named DShep25.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 24, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try
i’mjesusbc
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Oct 24, 2009 8:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just tweet @DShep25
follow and go back and delete the tweet.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 24, 2009 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't read any of this thread but i imagine it goes something like this
“twitter is gay”
“you suck, i hate twitter”
“you gave into twitter”
“you only did this because Nolan Ryan forced you to do it”
by Agreen07 on Oct 23, 2009 3:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You forgot
“twitter is really so awesome”
by tyd3311 on Oct 23, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so the shift key just broke on my 80 dollar keyboard
there goes that. complicated little mechanism in it to make is easier to press breaks.. as if shift keys on normal keyboards are hard to press… sigh.
this is why I havn’t tweeted before btw, this is the kind of thing I would end up writing. instead i post it here, woo!
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 23, 2009 3:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Whatever.
So, what’s the “huge announcement about LSB”?
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 23, 2009 6:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This thread is amazing
I have no use for Twitter, but I don’t understand the vitriol directed at it by some, either.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Oct 24, 2009 2:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hah when I woke up this morning the 2 new people following me
were Josey Wales and HurlerHurley, and I went ahead and followed in return.
Hmmmmmm….
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 24, 2009 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Irony
why hasn’t this post been “re-tweeted” like the posts preceding and succeeding it, which were twooted, properly.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Oct 24, 2009 10:12 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I can't even begin to imagine how retarded this world will be in 15 years
by oc on Oct 24, 2009 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Oct 24, 2009 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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