The Week In Diamondback Tweets

Tweet of the Week

All my fans in Arizona I appreciate your support during my time in Phoenix. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to play for the Dbacks

— gerardo parra (@88_gparra) July 31, 2014

and will miss playing in Arizona. I wish my teammates the best of luck and will miss playing beside them.

— gerardo parra (@88_gparra) July 31, 2014

Honorable mentions

oh well there goes half an article on martin prado and 1st pitch tendencies. @AZSnakepit

— Steven Burt (@stevenburt) July 31, 2014

I just told my boss I needed to go home early. It's a tragic day in dbacks world. He replied with "nice try" so I cut his throat.

— Amalia (@azdbacksgirl87) July 31, 2014

Everyone's expendable... RT @VisaliaRawhide: We offered @TipperTheBull AND our broadcaster @DonnyBaarns to the Rays for David Price...

— Donny Baarns (@DonnyBaarns) July 31, 2014

@azjazzyj @dbackschick1 #shoefie pic.twitter.com/hWF3NpLS86

— Tim Crispy (@DBDancingCamMan) August 2, 2014

@Tim_Red24 I’ll answer that by saying I would understand if the roles were reversed. I’m scared of twitter

— Daniel Hudson (@DHuddy41) August 3, 2014

A farewell to Eric Chavez

Eric Chavez walks away at the end of an outstanding career with 260 career homers, six Gold Gloves, and tremendous respect from teammates.

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 30, 2014

Want to thank Eric Chavez for always being the definition of a professional and one of the best teammates I've ever had. What a career!!

— Tuffy Gosewisch (@santiagosewisch) July 30, 2014

One of my favorite Chavy moments was his pinch-hit single to break up Yusmeiro Petit's perfect game bid in San Fran. #ThanksChavy!! @dbacks

— Jenny (@azsnakecharmer) July 30, 2014

The Curse of the Bobbleheads

@AZSnakepit nope because I dont believe in curses

— Mr X (@mrxsports) August 1, 2014

Two days later, after Goldschmidt was knocked out for the season...

@AZSnakepit I STILL DONT BELIEVE IN CURSES

— Mr X (@mrxsports) August 2, 2014

@AZSnakepit If that happens I will pay you 1 TRILLION DOLLARS

— Mr X (@mrxsports) August 2, 2014

The Games in Diamondback Tweets

Diamondbacks 0, Reds 3

Paul Goldschmidt is 0 for 4 tonight against Mike Leake and 2 for 16 against him in his career. Leake is like the anti-Lincecum.

— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) July 30, 2014

Good news Dbacks fans, To get into playoff contention (91 wins) they just need to win 55 of their remaining 55 games

— OJ Carrasco (@RattleAndHowl) July 30, 2014

Diamondbacks 5, Reds 4

Sitting in bar in middle of England watching Dbacks game, now having to explain what 1-5-6-4-1-6-4 rundown is. They wish they'd never asked.

— Paul B (@Sedona_Red) July 30, 2014

Addison Reed gives up his contractually-obligated HR #dbacks

— Kurt Snyder (@newarkurt) July 30, 2014

Diamondbacks 7, Pirates 4

Isn't that woman sitting behind home plate at the Arizona Diamondbacks game a little too old to wearing an OBEY shirt

— Chris Burdick (@burdick6) August 1, 2014

Andy Marte is slugging 4.000 on the season. #DBacks

— J.P. Breen (@JP_Breen) August 1, 2014

Diamondbacks 4, Pirates 9

Raise your hand if you envisioned a putout going Andy Marte to Jordan Pacheco at the beginning of the year

— Zach Buchanan (@azc_zachb) August 2, 2014

Collmenter loses seeds on the bill of his hat, @Dbacks lose the lead. Coincidence? I think not. #Tomahawk

— Jeff Smoke Adams (@RealSmokeDogg11) August 2, 2014

Diamondbacks 3, Pirates 8

B4 interview w/ @DidiG18 he got tapped on shoulder by #MLB reps 4 drug test. Didi said *When I hit a HR v CIN, I knew this was coming*

— Cindy Brunson (@CindyBrunsonAZ) August 2, 2014

Always see something new at the ballpark. Tonight #Dbacks gave out zombie bobblehead. pic.twitter.com/VgkxQPCYu8

— William Boor (@wboor) August 3, 2014

Diamondbacks 3, Pirates 2

I hope the dbacks drill someone today. Because #PretzelLoveSongs makes me violent.

— Mike Smith (@polluxmike) August 3, 2014

New walk off fashion Dbacks win...

— Sir Didi Gregorius (@DidiG18) August 3, 2014

The Week in McCarthy Tweets

I'd like to take a minute to acknowledge all those who write Yelp reviews for Supercuts. Keep being you, you beautiful weirdos.

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 31, 2014

*spends entire meal bitching about everything from decor to food* "how was everything?" "It was good, thanks."

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 31, 2014

@Jody_Jackson whatever Prado introduces gets accepted

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) August 1, 2014

@BMcCarthy32 @Jody_Jackson I feel like giving him that latitude can be dangerous.

— Zach Buchanan (@azc_zachb) August 1, 2014