The Brewers, Twitter and You

by KLSnow on Oct 30, 2009 1:00 PM CDT in Conversation Starters Comment 15 comments

Whether it's just a fad or a new mainstay in social media, Twitter is probably one of the more polarizing services on the Internet. For some, it's an everyday must-check. For others, it's a joke, and its consistent users something to ridicule.

For the uninitiated, Twitter is a social networking service that allows you to send 140 character-or-less "tweets," and subscribe to and follow the tweets of others. At its basic level, it's a tool for feeding people a lot of information they didn't need to know or don't care about (like the results of one's recent trip to the bathroom), but some people use it for more than that, thankfully.

For Brew Crew Ball (@BrewCrewBall), Twitter is a great way to spread the word about new content, interact with Brewer fans and occasionally make fun of the Bucks. I use the BCB Twitter to follow several official Brewer sources, journalists following the team and other Brewer bloggers and fans. It's frequently entertaining, and occasionally a source of breaking news I would not have immediately found elsewhere.

So, if you're thinking of starting a Twitter account, follow the jump for 46 Twitterers (and my recipe blog) to follow to get yourself started. And if you already use Twitter, here's a list of people to be sure you're following:

Official Brewers

@Brewers: The team's official Twitter.
@BrewerAsh: Brewers Assistant GM Gord Ash
@Brewercom: Tyler Barnes, Brewers VP of Communications
@BrewCharities: Brewer Charities Inc., the official charity arm of the Brewers
@RickPeterson3P: Brewer pitching coach Rick Peterson
@73_MC: Seth McClung
@BradenLooper (Inactive since August)

Brewer Minor League affiliates and minor leaguers:

Journalists covering the Brewers

@AdamMcCalvy: Adam McCalvy, MLB.com
@CFly: Colin Fly, Associated Press
@Haudricourt: Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

National journalists and bloggers worth noting

@BaseballAmerica
@Baseball_ref: Baseball Reference
@BenBadler: Ben Badler of Baseball America
@D_A_Cameron Dave Cameron of FanGraphs/USS Mariner
@jh_moore Jack Moore of FanGraphs/Beyond the Box Score
@Jay_Jaffe Jay Jaffe of Baseball Prospectus
@Jaysonst: Jayson Stark of ESPN
@JPosnanski: Joe Posnanski of Sports Illustrated and joeposnanski.com
@SI_JonHeyman: Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated
@JonathanMayoB3: Jonathan Mayo of MILB.com
@KeithLaw Keith Law of ESPN
@MLBTradeRumors
@RobNeyer: Rob Neyer of ESPN
@Trenni: Trenni Kusnierek of MLB Network
@Wezen_ball

Other Brewer twitterers/bloggers (with blog name, if it's not obvious)

@BrewCrewBabe
@BrewTownBeat
@CreamCityCrushrs
@DWalshMKE: Dan Walsh of the Daily Drink
@jdondlinger: Jason Dondlinger of View From Bernie's Chalet
@MillerParkDrunk
@MillerParkNorth: Mark Lange of Wisconsin Sports Tap
@poonix: SgtClueLs of Fire Doug Melvin
@SconnieSports
@SheffieldsHouse
@SportsBubbler
@untuckem

Members of the BCB Family:

If I missed someone, let me know.

Thanks, and feel free to RT!

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Of course you forgot an important one

@Enrico_Palazzo_

Your source for Brewers thoughts, Top Chef live Tweets, and just general random links… like this one…

It’s that time of year!!!

"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."

by Hyatt on Oct 30, 2009 2:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

other baseball writers

@kileymcd – Kiley McDaniel, BP
@jazayerli – Rany Jazayerli, various pubs
@pgammo – Peter Gammons, no explanation necessary
@joe_sheehan – Joe Sheehan, Jeff’s favorite BP-er
@injuryexpert – Will Carroll, multiple pubs
@kingclip – Kevin Goldstein, BP
@BNightengale – Bob Nightengale, USA Today

by Hyatt on Oct 30, 2009 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I follow you

But sometimes it’s hard, because you really go overboard during Top Chef.

I also follow most of the people you’ve listed above, but had to draw the cutoff somewhere. Would have listed Will Carroll, but doesn’t his last tweet say he’s not going to tweet for a while?

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by KLSnow on Oct 30, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m @jasonbraatz if anyone cares

i like twitter

by warwick5s on Oct 30, 2009 2:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

@oldhossradbourn – baseball commentary from the grave. outstanding.

and of course @shitmydadsays

by caseymqn on Oct 30, 2009 3:46 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Old Hoss is friggin awesome

I love that feed

Be cool, and relax. Take a breath, take ten paces back.

The coolest motherfunker on the planet.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 30, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

holler!!!

http://twitter.com/JamieEngber

Spring Training 2009 Pics!

by Jamie in LA on Oct 30, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

For the tragically unhip (to wit: me) ...

Can somebody explain the presence of the “@” in these Twitter accounts? I don’t get it. Is it like email?

by Rubie Q on Oct 30, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The @ symbol is the symbol you put before someone's name on Twitter when you're talking to/about them.

It makes the message show up in their replies.

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by KLSnow on Oct 30, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So you have a private replies page ...

that only you can see, that’s different than the public Twitter that’s out there?

I swear to God, I feel like Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer sometimes with this $#@%ing technology.

by Rubie Q on Oct 30, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not quite.

You have a page that lists all of the replies to you, but it’s not private. If you search here, you can see all the times that someone has mentioned your (or anyone else’s) name. The @ sign is basically Twitter’s way of figuring out that you’re talking to/about someone, as opposed to just typing random words.

Twitter does have a function for private messages, but that’s not what the @ sign is for.

by Cheeseandcorn on Oct 30, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm a bad twitterer

@atmeiller

Enjoy the suckitude! Most of my tweets are when I have the Sony earbuds in

Be cool, and relax. Take a breath, take ten paces back.

The coolest motherfunker on the planet.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 30, 2009 4:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The best thing about Twitter

is Paula Poundstone.

I just came from the cello fixer. The bridge was broken. The bow was broken. There was a bullet hold in the neck, and a kitten inside it

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Oct 30, 2009 5:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

ugh

twitter is the start of the end of humanity as we know it

by Tick on Oct 30, 2009 6:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm @s99psk

But the last post I started with one of my convos with KLaw didn’t go all that well…

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Oct 30, 2009 7:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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