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Tweet of the Week
Yankee pinstripes, awesome. Very slimming but awesome.
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 6, 2014
Honorable mentions
#Dbacks RHP Josh Collmenter is shagging balls during BP with an American flag draped around his neck like a cape.
— Steve Gilbert (@SteveGilbertMLB) July 1, 2014
#Dbacks question of the day: is this a nightmare season OR is it a Freddy Kruger kill-you-in-your-sleep nightmare season?
— Seth (@seth_in_az) July 3, 2014
Paul Goldschmidt, All-Star
Why Paul Goldschmidt is an All-Star both on and off the field: http://t.co/Hajc1HwsMH @MLB @Dbacks #AZ #PHX pic.twitter.com/LDNN4e8cJ5
— Friends of PCH (@FriendsofPCH) July 7, 2014
Paul Goldschmidt as unassuming and modest as any big name athlete I've covered in my 38 years with AP
— Robert Baum (@Thebaumerphx) July 6, 2014
Which perhaps explains this ignorant one: [NFSW: language, the more dainty may care to avert their eyes]
Who the fuck is Paul Goldschmidt?
— Connor (@Conyeezy10) July 6, 2014
But this was kinda weird. While looking for the above, I found a Tweet saying, "I would love to hate Paul Goldschmidt but I can't. He's a total professional and an exceptional talent. He's just plain good and not a jerk." Fair enough. But then I found another. And another. A search shows the exact same sentiment being Tweeted - not retweeted, note - by 33 different people, since June 30, more than two months after its apparent original use by @TheDodgerhater. Is this some kind of Twitter spam, trawling for favorites? I mean it's nice that @AsianEscortYNi thinks so highly of Paul, I suppose....
The Games in Diamondback Tweets
Diamondbacks 2, Pirates 3
Wade Miley heads back out to the mound in the bottom of the 9th looking to complete his first career shutout. #Dbacks #WadesWorld
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) July 2, 2014
1 manager later... RT @nickpiecoro: The ninth inning begins with Wade Miley working on a two-hit shutout. It ends with a Pirates celebration
— Steven Burt (@stevenburt) July 2, 2014
Diamondbacks 1, Pirates 5
Me thinks the @Dbacks are going to make a defensive shift so drastic against the @Pirates tonight it's gonna look like Shiva is playing SS.
— Chris Argentine (@christhebetter) July 3, 2014
I will keep eating Popsicles until the @Dbacks win tonight.
— Chelsea Schmidty (@GoldSchmidty) July 3, 2014
Diamondbacks 10, Pirates 2
Here's a sign of the Pirate times... Oliver Perez just came in to pitch for the Dbacks and I think 3/4 of the crowd has no idea who he is.
— Dan Bartholomae (@danbart3) July 4, 2014
The Dbacks went from being no hit in the 6th inning to dropping seven runs in the 9th... That's our season in a nutshell right there
— Tyler Pollard (@tylerspollard) July 4, 2014
Diamondbacks 2, Braves 5
The #Dbacks will join the rest of @MLB and wear this patch on the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's speech. #Gehrig75 pic.twitter.com/bsHq9AtzMm
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) July 4, 2014
The #Dbacks just got shafted on two straight bad calls. I will take it since I'm a #braves fan but man those were some bad calls
— James Evans (@jdub2527) July 5, 2014
Diamondbacks 4, Braves 10
Nothing changes with the dbacks giving up leads like they giving away free candy on Halloween
— Flaco P. (@1Flaco_P) July 5, 2014
This must be like the absolute end of the bench for FS1 baseball announcers
— soco (@socosoco) July 5, 2014
Diamondbacks 3, Braves 1
You know it's a bad day when your team has more GIDP than hits. #Dbacks
— Alex Dowd (@dowd_alex) July 6, 2014
"We can hear him grunting with every release." -- Chip Caray referring to the Diamondbacks' Brad Ziegler ... hopefully his pitching.
— Dustin White (@Whitey_83) July 6, 2014
Diamondbacks 9, Marlins 1
Water makes waves, fish swim in water, marlins are fish. Doing the wave makes you a fish-faced Marlins fan. DON'T DO THE WAVE!
— Jeff Summers (@azjazzyj) July 8, 2014
THE #DBACKS ARE THREE OUTS AWAY FROM FOURTH PLACE THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY/SADDEST TWEET OF MY LIFE
— Justin Emerson (@J15Emerson) July 8, 2014
The Week in McCarthy's (other) Tweets
@SteveGilbertMLB @HardballTalk 'one of a kind lifestyle property' (you can watch tv and nap on the couch unlike other places I guess)
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 7, 2014
@CampbellJamie I plucked each one out individually
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 7, 2014
Signs of the apocalypse, #37. I am now following a Yankees player on Twitter. So, even though he's no longer a D-back, expect to hear more from McCarthy going forward...