Minoring in Twitter: Surviving rainouts

By dannywild2013

Marlins top offensive prospect Christian Yelich became instant friends with Jake Marisnick this winter following a trade between Toronto and Miami. Fast-forward to May and the duo is having dinner dates:

Jeremy Barfield caught our attention last week with his bizarre Tweet about having to use the bathroom while on the field, and he didn’t disappoint this time around. Barfield, who was promoted from Double-A Midland to Triple-A Sacramento, provides a look into how professional ballplayers (this one being D’Arby Myers) catch up on sleep during road trips:

Yankees reliever Pat Venditte spent last season at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, a town/region now well-known as the setting for NBC’s The Office. While the RailRiders recently hosted a farewell party with the show’s cast, Venditte is still having trouble letting go:

Harrisburg’s Paul Demny dominated for eight innings and Ian Krol tossed a perfect ninth as Double-A Harrisburg no-hit Binghamton, 6–1, on Thursday. The Senators’ Jimmy VanOstrand came through with clubhouse celebration:

Pawtucket’s Jackie Bradley Jr. is back in the Minors after some time at Fenway Park in April. He’s seems more worried about the end of the world than the end of his career though:

Cody Decker is back with his own end of the world — or end-of-Cody-Decker — scenario. It’s more along the lines of the Discovery Channel than the Weather Channel, though:

Speaking of the weather, Jupiter’s Justin Nicolino is learning about the storms that seem to hit Florida at least once a day:

Decker, assuming he goes shopping instead of fighting a bear, also had a complaint:

Brandon Workman may be one of the Red Sox’s top prospects, but when it rains, he’s just like you and me: stuck watching reality TV and playing on his phone:

James Beresford had a better idea to waste time after a rainout: cheesecake.

Noticing a trend here, Adam Pettersen shows how the Rock Cats keep busy during stormy weather:

And finally, West Virginia’s Ryan Hafner cheers us back up with some sunny skies and green grass:

Chipotle Tweet of the Week

Akron’s Tyler Holt took a bus trip to Reading last week and, evidently, there’s a lack of Chipotle in the home of the Fightins: