Minoring in Twitter: ‘Going deep’ with Cubs’ Giansanti, Pirates’ Taillon
By dannywild2013
By Danny Wild / MiLB.com
This week, we carefully wade into the entertaining though sometimes bizarre Twitter timeline of Cubs prospect Anthony Giansanti, currently in his third season with Double-A Tennessee. With that kind of experience, the outfielder appears to have developed a certain comfort level, leading us to this: the Tennessee Smokies as you’ve (probably) never seen them:
https://twitter.com/giansanity/status/603034348389031937
Giansanti channels his inner Tom Hanks:
https://twitter.com/GianSanity/status/602992281805856768
And then he has this deep conversation with teammate Bijan Rademacher:
https://twitter.com/GianSanity/status/600845389227491328
How many times do you think he tried to record this?
https://twitter.com/GianSanity/status/599779543465984000
And, over at Cracker Barrell, he captures Smokies ace Carl Edwards Jr. turning to his iPhone during a checkers match:
https://twitter.com/GianSanity/status/602530899406761984
The always quotable Jameson Taillon gives advice on insomnia:
https://twitter.com/JTaillon19/status/595066175475818496
Taillon, who previously bragged about his expert PB&J skills, reveals another winning combo:
https://twitter.com/JTaillon19/status/602929428323291136
And when the big Pirates right-hander tells you to avoid a certain map on Call of Duty, you best believe him:
https://twitter.com/JTaillon19/status/601537136358199296
Padres first baseman Cody Decker, who has five homers and 12 RBIs in his last eight games, got some encouragement from WWE Hall of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan:
https://twitter.com/OfficialHacksaw/status/604033515055796224
First-world problems:
https://twitter.com/nickgreenjeans/status/604024039082954753
Red Sox prospect Mauricio Dubon isn’t afraid to embrace pink:
https://twitter.com/Mauriciodubon10/status/604011431848210432
Indians prospect Dace Kime, again, is connecting with me. I’ve been planning to try the new “Jurassic Smash Blizzard” (peanut butter cookies smashed together with chocolate chip cookie dough) at Dairy Queen this week (“An adventure in every bite!”). The question here is, what’s the struggle? Just get it:
https://twitter.com/DaceKime/status/603318637932498948
Also, congrats to Dace, who was promoted to Class A Advanced Lynchburg earlier this month. I downloaded this game a couple weeks ago, too (13 days until Jurassic World in IMAX 3D):
https://twitter.com/DaceKime/status/601775902628978688
Nationals farmhand Bryan Harper announced he has finally begun watching Game of Thrones:
https://twitter.com/BryanHarper45/status/603958629813919745
Another huge announcement:
https://twitter.com/B_Rock_one5/status/603811942185107456
What do baseball players do without Netflix?
https://twitter.com/N_Witt/status/603927059887476736
