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Zack Greinke to Arizona: The Twitterverse explodes

When it happened, it happened quickly. Which made Twitter the ideal place to follow yesterday's stunning news, as Zack Greinke signed for the Arizona Diamondbacks

The first whisper
Needless to say, initial reaction was... skeptical, to put it mildly. In the spirit of our Gameday Threads, let's turn some of these red! [Kathleen did later follow-up, "LOL JOKES ON ME", so credit for that] Even our colleagues over at Fake Teams were raising a sardonic eyebrow.
Atom bomb dropped. Clean-up on Aisle 5
Reaction was swift, decisive and at the hysterical level of CAPS LOCK ON over-reaction only Twitter can deliver. However, there was some well-considered analysis also to be found. Hey, Greinke DID have more home-runs last year, than Cliff Pennington in his 72 games...
The ripples spread
Cry havoc, and let slip the Hudson of war!
The Diamondbacks' social media attack dog didn't hang around. Trying to remember the last time a D-backs' player's Tweet was retweeted over a thousand times! Never change, Huddy. Never change.
But, wait! There's more
Oh. My. [Read in a George Takei voice] Interesting times, folks. We live in very interesting times. 2020 might suck, f'sure, but right now? I'm as excited to be a D-backs fan as any time since Game 5 of the 2011 NLDS.

I'll leave you with this plaintive little reaction, full of poign.