Rockies, Reds engage in epic virtual snowball fight on Twitter
Major League Baseball in many respects is in a purgatorial dead zone of sorts during the winter months. Sure, there are plenty of goings-on with free agency signings, trades and the like to keep fans engaged. But once January hits things have quieted down substantially in the wake of the initial frenzy and the waiting game begins for pitchers and catchers to report for spring training.
These winter doldrums apparently impact the folks running MLB teams’ social media accounts. One needn’t look any further than how the Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds on Thursday engaged in an epic virtual snowball fight on Twitter. It was silly, not to mention quite lengthy, but ultimately an amusing way to pass the time.
The Rockies official Twitter account started it all with their Reds counterparts taking them up on the offer of a snowball fight.
Snowball fight anyone? pic.twitter.com/ETMaOJCJ6A
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) January 5, 2017
@Rockies Looks like we have plenty of ammo. Count us in. pic.twitter.com/3j9EHDzpl5
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) January 5, 2017
.@Reds Same. You guys really want to? Let’s do it!
Pick a 5-man squad: 2 pitchers, 3 position players pic.twitter.com/5LzZzMET6b
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) January 5, 2017
.@Rockies You’re not ready.
We’re gonna roll with:
#Vottomatic
@DatDudeBP
@BillyHamilton
@bfinny29
RaiselWe’re getting loose. pic.twitter.com/vGX7lyFnqH
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) January 5, 2017
.@Reds @DatDudeBP @BillyHamilton @bfinny29
Ok. Here’s who we’re rollin’ with…
1️ The Wolf
2️ Otto
3️ Nolan
4️ #CarGo pic.twitter.com/lf6Yujogrj— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) January 5, 2017
.@Reds @DatDudeBP @BillyHamilton @bfinny29
And last but certainly not least…
5️ GP @88_gparra is already hard at work. LET’S GO! pic.twitter.com/SOSMDZdmj3
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) January 5, 2017
With the teams all set, it was time to start the strangest social media snowball fight ever, if not the first social media snowball fight ever. The tweets went back and forth between the teams for quite awhile, but as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end.
.@Reds @DatDudeBP @BillyHamilton @bfinny29 @MrGrayWolf22 @CarGo5
That escalated quickly! Lets call it a day. Thanks for the snow day fun. pic.twitter.com/kYgDWqyIKK
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) January 5, 2017
.@Reds The guys are going to head in and try to warm up now.
Until next time… pic.twitter.com/aHvMqsckzc
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) January 5, 2017
.@Rockies Yep! That was a workout. Time to rehydrate. pic.twitter.com/VpvDFbKSeb
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) January 5, 2017
Well, that was certainly something. But before it was all said and done, the Arizona Diamondbacks entered the fray, although not to partake in the virtual snowball fight, obviously.
@Rockies @Reds That was fun, you guys, but we bet you’re really looking forward to visiting us (and this weather) soon. pic.twitter.com/x2YOrClD26
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) January 5, 2017
Alrighty then. Now, when exactly do pitchers and catchers report again?