Minoring in Twitter: Best Halloween costumes from the Minors
By dannywild2013
By Danny Wild / MiLB.com
CNN made Justin Jackson a minor celebrity by featuring his Tupac Halloween outfit on the CNN.com homepage:
https://twitter.com/SaltwaterGenius/status/528281423372099584
https://twitter.com/JaxChillinONE/status/528344399819079681/photo/1
Ryan Verdugo declared himself a “Beerfest character,” although he wasn’t totally sure. “A Bavarian I guess,” he said. He was like, this year, I’m totally wearing suspenders. With shorts. Done.
https://twitter.com/teachmetodugi11/status/528350935488405504
Cubs outfielder Anthony Giansanti was a bloodied, decaying zombie, but a zombie who still knows how to tie a neat bowtie:
https://twitter.com/GianSanity/status/528359504946425857
Padres prospect Cory Spangenberg better have walked around the entire night in this exact pose, ripping open his shirt — otherwise he just looks like a dude coming home from the office:
https://twitter.com/spang19/status/528368442504904704/photo/1
The Gordon brothers, Nick (Twins) and Dee (Dodgers) swapped jerseys on Halloween in a unique but somewhat lazy concept. Surely one of our Minoring in Twitter readers dressed up this October as their father, Tom “Flash” Gordon, right?
https://twitter.com/NickyG_IV/status/528381128697466880/photo/1
The Arizona Fall League’s Salt River Rafters posed for a Halloween team photo:
https://twitter.com/ahaines19/status/528386063342247936
Let’s dissect. I see Superman and Batman, Luigi (of Super Mario fame), a cowboy (Woody?) in spandex pants, Peter Pan, the Grim Reaper, a banana and probably my favorite costume so far, some guy dressed as the late Kim Jong Il. Other guys here, I’m not so sure about … a ping pong player? A dude in a bike helmet? Someone in a sombrero? There’s one guy wearing yoga pants, a cup and a camo shirt? And the guy next to him is in red fuzzy pants? The one guy in the back in the burka is kind of funny — I thought initially he was a ghost wearing sunglasses — but again, Kim Jong Il gets my vote, I’m dying to know who that is:
More from Arizona, here’s the Scottsdale Scorpions:
https://twitter.com/steven_okert/status/528366225869398018
Obviously we have another Spiderman, plus Santa, Snow White, Randy Johnson and a full-size bikini model. But come on, that is a weak Mr. Met costume.
Moving on, here’s the AFL’s Mesa Solar Sox:
https://twitter.com/KieBOOM22/status/528226759989555200
I don’t even know where to start with that one. I see two guys riding inflatable monkeys… a viking… someone in jeans and a tank top? I guess the skeleton guy gets some points for just going with a classic look.
I can see the whole concept in this photo, but otherwise, if you’re just walking around in a sweater vest like that… I dunno:
https://twitter.com/realmatttenuta/status/528339890891915264
D-backs Minor Leaguer Dallas Newton had this combo to offer:
https://twitter.com/Dallas_Newton/status/528319993994563584
Travis d’Arnaud’s mask kind of makes you uncomfortable just looking at it:
https://twitter.com/TdArnaud/status/528221548964884481
https://twitter.com/MichaelChavis11/status/528281745259778048
Yankees prospect Peter O’Brien is outed as Salt Rivers’ Peter Pan:
https://twitter.com/MelanieLynneN/status/528249727741997056
Princess Peach makes an appearance:
https://twitter.com/Jason_Hursh/status/528400728339931136
Another weird trio:
https://twitter.com/TRenda28/status/528204065986347008
Cardinals prospect Mike O’Neill shows off his ball-spinning skills:
https://twitter.com/MikeONeillUSC/status/528388605819908096
For those who forgot already, he’s channeling Will Ferrell from 2008’s Semi-Pro:
Colin Walsh revealed, however, that an entire team of Jackie Moons was out in force on Halloween night. Apparently they don’t sell jerseys of other Flint Tropics players:
https://twitter.com/colinwalsh13/status/528396301709635585
Cubs prospect Addison Russell with one of the most terrifying looks of Halloween 2014:
https://twitter.com/Addison_Russell/status/528298603228303360
Here’s Jake from State Farm and Flo from Progressive:
https://twitter.com/MarcoGonzales_/status/528406705970110464
Blue Jays prospect Dalton Pompey went as Aunt Jemima, best known for her maple-flavored high fructose corn syrup and pancake mix. His teammates, unidentified, appear to be sunglasses-wearing blonde women in yoga pants and Ugg boots holding pumpkin spice lattes, and honestly, you have to admit these guys pull off the yoga pants pretty well:
https://twitter.com/DaltonPompey/status/528262459258585088
Athletics outfielder Jaycob Brugman has sort of but not quite an adorable family photo:
https://twitter.com/bruggy4/status/528719113947213824
Braves right-hander Alec Grosser. Boo this man:
https://twitter.com/Alec_Del/status/528262110120538112
More superheroes:
https://twitter.com/Rudy_Owens/status/528732409735307264
Reds slugger Donald Lutz didn’t actually have ceiling fan blades coming out of his mask (I think):
https://twitter.com/braunerhulk/status/528297537837756416
Tony Thomas with a classic, iconic character:
https://twitter.com/GoldGlover2B/status/528296729947693056
Not really a scary costume, but it involved multiple people:
https://twitter.com/SBPatton/status/528327969287454720
The D-backs — and we’ll allow Major Leaguers here for now — were hard to beat:
https://twitter.com/Dbacks/status/528229002583240704
https://twitter.com/NickMartini26/status/528300873932222465
The Albuquerque Isotopes’ front office dressed up, and no one went with a Breaking Bad character? Really?
https://twitter.com/AbqTopes/status/528307750040662016
This dog is just confused about that cloudy wallpaper behind him:
https://twitter.com/Pugs51/status/528308594710970368
Asheville took a family photo but didn’t invite Mr. Met (I don’t blame them):
https://twitter.com/GoTourists/status/528311877684969474
Frederick second baseman Jermone Pena basically wore the same thing the Fresno Grizzlies debuted this summer:
https://twitter.com/Jalopena2/status/529307899634675712
https://twitter.com/mattdero44/status/528816429118668800
Kevin Pillar and his wife went as boxers, or more realistically, they put on hooded bath robes and used some of Mrs. Pillar’s eye shadow for a quick Halloween solution:
https://twitter.com/KPILLAR4/status/528796976025186305
Allan Dysktra, the reigning Triple-A All-Star Home Run Derby champion, got his house dressed up:
https://twitter.com/allandykstra/status/528414845193158656
Frank Viola III, released by Toronto at the end of this season, earns a spot here for this one:
https://twitter.com/FrankViola3/status/528388726112915457
Oakland righty Tanner Peters found a mermaid, and that apparently was his costume — standing next to her:
https://twitter.com/PeteSauuce/status/528637799277555712
https://twitter.com/dannyblackKAB/status/528287168549367808
https://twitter.com/ZacharyCgreen/status/529118405421305856
In non-Halloween breaking news, Joe Gatto took to Twitter to make his long-awaited public announcement that, finally, he’s growing out his hair:
https://twitter.com/JGatt33/status/528358774609022976
Want to get trash-talked by a baseball player?
https://twitter.com/BarfontheField/status/529059615489921025
Indians №2 prospect and first-round pick and generally extremely talented athlete Clint Frazier was not able to get an offseason job as a part-time sales associate at a local athletic store. Wow.
https://twitter.com/ClintFrazierr/status/529098483232698368
Rockies left-hander Christian Friedrich shows the lineup at Game Stop when the new Call of Duty went on sale. A guy who appeared in 16 Major League games last season for Colorado, standing in the back of the line in a dark strip mall parking lot at midnight:
https://twitter.com/CFRIED12/status/529136108622602241
A weak showing from players declaring their Chipotle love this week despite the Mexican chain offering $3 burritos after 5 p.m. on Halloween. I had high expectations, but we’ll have to settle for Rangers infielder Seth Spivey (no relation to Junior), who asked a simple but polarizing question:
https://twitter.com/Seth_Spivey6/status/529733891486408704
Seth, this may be before your time in the Minors, but I myself asked this very same bold and important question to every single Minor Leaguer back in 2012 when we conducted player polls. Simple: In-n-Out or Chipotle?
Chipotle won with 66 percent of the vote.
Oh wait, what’s that? Pirates 2014 first-rounder Cole Tucker has made a shameless attempt to be featured here? Fine:
