Twitter and Baseball
by Wimb on Mar 23, 2009 10:37 AM EDT
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Hello chaps!
I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to post this :(
But, one thing that I can't seem to escape being a broadcast journalism student is the emergence of Twitter.
For those who don't know it's a microblogging site where you're allowed to post 'tweets' of no more then 140 characters. You can then follow other people and read their tweets. It's kind of like facebook's status updates but filtered to people and organisations that you may want to keep up with etc etc.
I just wondered if anybody had good twitter feeds for baseball news and scores, and if there was anyway to get a twitter feed going for the 'pit?
With the new content we are getting from KTAR and the number of posters and editors we have, it would be nice to get a few strong feeds for D-Backs news.
oh and I'm @wimby
Thanks guys and sorry if this is in the wrong place Jim!
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I just don't get it
I am far from technology averse, but I don’t really get Twitter. At all. I even tried it for about 2 days with my own twitter account but I just didn’t see the reasons behind it.
If someone feels like telling my why I need to receive (or post) daily (or hourly) 140-character posts throughout my day I’d love to hear it.
Zug be with you.
And also with you.
by NewJackCity on Mar 23, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I
like the stream of conscienceness nature of the posts, but I won’t follow someone unless they’re funny (like Shaq) or someone I know.
I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.
by soco on Mar 23, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
*consciousness?
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
by DbacksSkins on Mar 23, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure
what ever.
I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.
by soco on Mar 24, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
*whatever?
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
by DbacksSkins on Mar 24, 2009 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dont care
I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.
by soco on Mar 24, 2009 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
*Don't?
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
by DbacksSkins on Mar 24, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sports and Twitter haven't 'Gotten It' Yet
I think that twitter really emerged nationally during the last election cycle and that was about when the season was winding down. The most useful thing is getting the instant updates to your readers as a feed and re-link, and hope that your baseball fan is following, re-tweets, etc.
I think we will see it emerge more this year, but I haven’t seen a sport blog really latch on to it yet. I know that tweets from ballparks, tinypics, brightkite, etc will be more useful this year for people planning on meeting up/keeping in touch with their baseball. Or at least, i’m hoping it helps with the weak economy possibly keeping people away from the parks.
As for the Pit getting on twitter, that’s all up to Jim … But in the past he hasn’t been interested in social networks tied back to the pit (Like Myspace). Plus, the updates in the last yer to SB Nation have made it a sports social network onto itself … throwing something else on there for him to juggle would probably suck for him and Mrs. Snakepit :).
by Captain D Bag on Mar 23, 2009 3:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, baseball is lagging behind...
But basketball is certainly picking up on the Twitter trend. Check out Bright Side of the Sun and you’ll see how much. It helps that Shaq is so active with it as a way to communicate directly with his fans, and he even snuck in a halftime tweet the other day (as did Charlie Villanueva of the Bucks). Steve Nash, Jason Richardson and Alvin Gentry also have them, among many others. I’ve seen very little involvement from baseball, but basketball is quickly becoming the pioneer for bringing those two elements together.
by Azreous on Mar 23, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly,
I’m not a fan of Twitter, either, even though I am somewhat involved in social networking. (Have a MySpace account that’s mostly unused, but was probably one of the first 50,000 or so Facebook users)
We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan
by DbacksSkins on Mar 24, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the 140-character limit
Is a bit of an issue for baseball, which tends to require a bit more analysis. Most of my sentences tend to run longer than that! :-) But it certainly seems to have its uses as a promo tool. Interesting piece in the Republic tonight: Suns riding the digital wave. It’s maybe something to look into, but is one piece of technology where the D-backs are well behind the Suns.
'As times goes by, as times goes by, they say "he's washed up", "he's finished" , "he's a loser", "he's all through". You know what? The only one that's going to tell me when I'm through doing my thing is you people here.'
by Jim McLennan on Mar 25, 2009 12:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mrs. SnakePit has a Twitter
If anyone is interested in ‘following’ her – as I believe you kids say… Click on the pic below:
'As times goes by, as times goes by, they say "he's washed up", "he's finished" , "he's a loser", "he's all through". You know what? The only one that's going to tell me when I'm through doing my thing is you people here.'
by Jim McLennan on Mar 25, 2009 11:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't want to touch twitter with a 20 foot pole
Already got enough sites to check daily to keep me busy.
"I always think one step ahead, like a carpenter....the builds stairs"
by sergey606 on Mar 26, 2009 2:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
My twitter feed:
@BtB_Sky
Twitter’s going to continue to be huge. It’s one of those things, like gmail accounts and facebook, that will eventually help connect everything together.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on Mar 26, 2009 1:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that is not always
a good thing though.
We weten allemaal dat het de beste is.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Mar 28, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, I cracked
Set up a Twitter account, mostly to stop someone else from doing so. :-) I am:
'As times goes by, as times goes by, they say "he's washed up", "he's finished" , "he's a loser", "he's all through". You know what? The only one that's going to tell me when I'm through doing my thing is you people here.'
by Jim McLennan on Mar 31, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Uh oh.....
can Facebook be far behind?
Insert witty and/or humorous signature here.
by DbacksSkins on Mar 31, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't feel bad, Jim
"Scott, are you evil, or are you really happy?"
by kishi on Apr 1, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
::sigh::
That story makes me sad.
...Is it Opening Day yet?
It would be poetic if it didn't suck so much (RIP Pushing Daisies...)
by emilylovesthedbacks on Apr 1, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ummmm...
Anyone notice the date of the story? ;)
Time for another drink then?
http://www.wimbles.wordpress.com
by Wimb on Apr 1, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn't
gonna say anything….
Insert witty and/or humorous signature here.
by DbacksSkins on Apr 1, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Goddammit.
I did successfully convince someone I was engaged today…
But I kinda forgot it was April Fools Day.
...Is it Opening Day yet?
It would be poetic if it didn't suck so much (RIP Pushing Daisies...)
by emilylovesthedbacks on Apr 1, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome
A mammoth project is also under way to rewrite the whole of the newspaper’s archive, stretching back to 1821, in the form of tweets. Major stories already completed include “1832 Reform Act gives voting rights to one in five adult males yay!!!”; “OMG Hitler invades Poland, allies declare war see tinyurl.com/b5x6e for more”; and “JFK assassin8d @ Dallas, def. heard second gunshot from grassy knoll WTF?”
'As times goes by, as times goes by, they say "he's washed up", "he's finished" , "he's a loser", "he's all through". You know what? The only one that's going to tell me when I'm through doing my thing is you people here.'
by Jim McLennan on Apr 1, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i have an account...
… but it must be an age thing or something — none of my good friends have an account. Plus, for some reason I can’t seem to be able to switch back and forth b/w my wife and my account that easily. i’ll stick with FB, thankyouverymuch.
"Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America."
-- Bruce Catton
by njjohn on Apr 1, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're
on FB?
Insert witty and/or humorous signature here.
by DbacksSkins on Apr 1, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sure am… what’s your acct?
"Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America."
-- Bruce Catton
by njjohn on Apr 3, 2009 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Search the email address
in my SBN profile. :-)
There’s actually a bunch of us on there.
Insert witty and/or humorous signature here.
by DbacksSkins on Apr 3, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um.
Unbeknownst to me, I also have a Twitter account.
Seriously. I forgot about that thing until I got the email saying “Jim (AZSnakepit) is now following you on Twitter! Follow Jim?”
Must’ve been a bit out of it when I did that.
...Is it Opening Day yet?
It would be poetic if it didn't suck so much (RIP Pushing Daisies...)
by emilylovesthedbacks on Apr 1, 2009 1:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
LOL
When I signed up, it went through everyone in my Gmail contacts list and pointed out everyone who had a Twitter account. I added most of the people I have actually met – I still feel a bit stalkerish about “following” people I don’t feel I know!
'As times goes by, as times goes by, they say "he's washed up", "he's finished" , "he's a loser", "he's all through". You know what? The only one that's going to tell me when I'm through doing my thing is you people here.'
by Jim McLennan on Apr 1, 2009 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay,I signed up,I’m “hotclaws” on there like I am everywhere.I’ve found I can’t get on Facebook much but I believe it’s because my internet provider does not like sites which try to track users .Redbricks Internet Co-op hates Facebook with a passion.
I’m off to track you all down.
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
by hotclaws on Apr 1, 2009 1:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure I'll ever reduce myself to Twitter.
But I finally caved and got a FB, so anything’s possible, I guess.
I feel so empty.
by Azreous on Apr 1, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I signed up too
after I saw a thing that said Fox Sports Net AZ was on twiter, I caved! I am weak…
Should’ve done my ‘Pit name but I’m “elvenjen”. Followed the ‘Pit too. I’m confused, how do you comment on someone’s feed, is that the @AZSnakepit stuff?
by snakecharmer on Apr 1, 2009 4:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes
@[username] is a “response” to someone. If you want to make something searchable, then do #[subject]. So let’s say you want people to find a post about the D’backs, you would say
#dbacks are awesome!
I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.
by soco on Apr 1, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am still confused... :(
I tried #AZSnakepit and @AZSnakepit and it didn’t show up on Jim’s tweets like emily’s does, it just published to mine…
by snakecharmer on Apr 1, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I
don’t see any posts on your page? The way it works is that you only see your feed at any given time. So if you put @AZSnakepit, it will show up on your page and AZSnakepit’s as well.
I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.
by soco on Apr 1, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ohh...
I did delete if off my page, but that was after I saw it didn’t appear on AZSnakepit’s. So I guess I need to leave it there? I’m really impatient, I probably deleted it too fast. ;)
by snakecharmer on Apr 1, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see your post on my page either :(
I don’t geeet iiiiiit. ::whines::
by snakecharmer on Apr 1, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You
don’t see my post because you’re not following me. The only things you’ll see is your own posts and the people you’re following.
I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.
by soco on Apr 1, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm... ok, but I'm still confused
because I don’t see my comment on AZSnakepit. Shouldn’t it show up there like emily’s do?
by snakecharmer on Apr 1, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh those were posts TO you and Emily...
So only Jim can see the “mentions” of AZSnakepit..
Okay, but this is still weird.
by snakecharmer on Apr 1, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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