Minoring in Twitter: Postgame entertainment
By dannywild2013
By Danny Wild
We’re back with the weekly rundown of our favorite Tweets from our favorite Minor Leaguers. We’ll begin with Mariners №1 prospect Taijuan Walker, who, since he’s admitting it, won’t make me embarrased to say I also have not seen all the Star Wars movies. Walker is catching up, though, between starts for Double-A Jackson:
Who of us has ever gone out to see a movie and been stunned when a medium bag of popcorn costs $10? Gary Brown, probably. Brown, the Giants’ top offensive prospect, has some beef with movie theatres hiking prices:
Brown signed with the Giants for $1.3 million, though, so he can probably survive for now. For slightly more affordable entertainment, Xavier Scruggs, a first baseman with Double-A Springfield in the Cardinals system, turns to a classic:
What if there are no good movies out and some little punk kid has already claimed the arcade machines? If you’re Mets №3 prospect Noah Syndergaard, maybe you go check out the little tropical fish or cat climbing trees:
But forget late-night entertainment — Pirates prospects Jameson Taillon (Bucs’ №2) and Tony Sanchez (№16) have to survive the morning first:
Totally. (The pancake quote is actually from the late Mitch Hedberg, who is awesome).
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that, just because you’re a professional baseball player, you aren’t necessarily a grizzled, old, scruffy, bearded, mustachioed veteran. Sometimes you’re 22-year-old Orioles №2 prospect Kevin Gausman:
Peoria right-hander Tyrell Jenkins, the Cardinals’ 2010 first-round pick and №7 prospect, discovered an unidentified teammate’s hidden talent: reading with his eyes closed. As others Tweeted, he’s keeping his hand warm, too:
Yankees right-hander Danny Burawa got innovative when he needed to follow the New York Rangers’ playoff game on Thursday:
Jeremy Barfield continues his streak of Tweets with this thought on Ian Kinsler:
Cody Decker took some time to put ham back in its place among basic lunch meats:
Taijuan Walker, evidently not inspired to meet anyone from Star Wars, holds out another dream:
Tony Sanchez was elated to get a birthday card from a youngster in this nice moment:
Chipotle Tweet of the Week
Finally, Lancaster’s Aaron West may be a pitcher, but he didn’t hesitate in going to bat for his favorite burrito house:
