Minoring in Twitter: Opening Day arrives, and Taillon spares a bug
By dannywild2013
By Danny Wild / MiLB.com
The Minor League season began with — and this is real — Rex Ryan throwing the very first pitch of the season. Buffalo hosted Rochester in the season’s first game, and the former Jets and current Bills coach was there to take the mound:
https://twitter.com/BuffaloBisons/status/586250165733957632
Looks… icy?
https://twitter.com/ddahl21/status/586265373319815169
Ryan Verdugo is done with baseball season:
https://twitter.com/teachmetodugi11/status/586261681682182144
What the heck is Byron Buxton wearing?
https://twitter.com/ChattLookouts/status/586206544674578432
https://twitter.com/mlohlman/status/586248059467788288
https://twitter.com/blakedrake9/status/586247190391234561
https://twitter.com/DoctorChill6/status/586244124044566528
https://twitter.com/B_Davidson06/status/586243757860900864
https://twitter.com/RyanYarbrough2/status/586242402018586625
https://twitter.com/Decker6/status/586238385309818881
https://twitter.com/TimAnderson7/status/586233345668997120
https://twitter.com/bari14/status/586229913369317376
https://twitter.com/_TylerWagner_/status/586229622641164288
https://twitter.com/toddvs35/status/586228860624179200
Pirates prospect Jameson Taillon, who knows first hand the challenges and struggles of injuries and setbacks (he was the metaphorical bug to the windshield of Tommy John last year) spared a small, brave insect:
https://twitter.com/JTaillon19/status/585538320807108608
We actually were able to acquire a photo of Jameson’s roadtrip (the bug is too small to see, but wow…)
With that in mind, a flashback to JT, circa March 2014:
https://twitter.com/JTaillon19/status/450309885788700672
Huge thanks to Padres first baseman Cody Decker for tweeting this gem of a clip from Late Night with Seth Meyers (Game of Thrones fans, this is a must-watch, and for everyone else, spoilers within):
https://twitter.com/Decker6/status/585495646184026114
Speaking of, did you know the Staten Island Yankees are hosting a Game of Thrones night this summer? Staten Island is like the “Pyke/Iron Islands” equivalent to New York City:
https://twitter.com/SIYanks/status/583996161050030080
My advice: invite Hodor (Kristian Nairn) to play music at the ballpark — he’s a real DJ who is currently on tour.
Not bad:
https://twitter.com/Zach_Wright20/status/586169177934663680
Nick Wittgren tweets about not tweeting. Does that count?
https://twitter.com/N_Witt/status/585497649270366210
Sometimes being a Minor League means following weird rules, like wearing your pants legs up or shaving:
https://twitter.com/JordanDeLorenzo/status/585483819169554432
Last week, we discussed my our collective excitement over Jurassic World, the long-awaited fourth film in the Jurassic Park series. But, as Australian Twins reliever, Taylor Swift lover and Jimmy John’s aficionado Todd Van Steensel points out, some clowns made a movie in 2013 with the exact same plot as Jurassic Park. Classy:
https://twitter.com/toddvs35/status/585557631651176449
That movie has a 2.9 rating on IMDb. To quote Dr. Ian Malcolm, “You didn’t earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don’t take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could, and before you even knew what you had, you patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox.”
Also, Reds prospect Joel Bender caught my Jurassic Park rant last week on the blog and tweeted this great T-shirt (which I own. Two of them. No shame):
https://twitter.com/MiLB/status/584115426910547968
Minor League bus rides are even worse without closed captions:
Not a bad view for a Minor League dorm room:
https://twitter.com/toddvs35/status/585539088058609664
Jordan Lennerton takes us behind the scenes in Toledo:
https://twitter.com/oppo_jack_lenny/status/585503843158470657
Sure, he’s smiling now. He doesn’t know about the 11-hour bus ride in two days:
https://twitter.com/Mauriciodubon10/status/585533090304524288
See? I told you:
https://twitter.com/bmeezytrain/status/585579922229489664
Twins prospect Jose Berrios shows off his new uniform (Minnesota’s Double-A affiliate went from New Britain to Chattanooga this year):
https://twitter.com/JOlaMaquina/status/585531436859535360
Yes, it’s illegal:
https://twitter.com/toddvs35/status/585525344142229505
Louisville’s new camo uniform:
https://twitter.com/LouisvilleBats/status/585517110308298752
Albuquerque, now a Rockies affiliate, has introduced a purple uniform that is sure to please Marie Schrader (Breaking Bad reference):
https://twitter.com/JoeyKawikaWong/status/585502754107449346
Which one is the Minor Leaguer?
https://twitter.com/bour41/status/585502364813103104
Nick Gordon Selfie of the Week
Chipotle Tweets of the Week
Someone get Rays first base prospect Jake Bauers a burrito! Now!
https://twitter.com/JakeBauers11/status/585828959197261825
