Oakland Athletics Fans Shine on Twitter…Again
By Tony Frye
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As is always the case, when called upon, Oakland Athletics fans shine on Twitter. Obviously, I don’t follow any other team’s social presence but I can say with certainty that the fan base surrounding the Oakland Athletics are the most creative, clever, sexy, smart and funny fans in baseball.
Yesterday marked round one of the Face of MLB “competition” in which Sean Doolittle and Jose Altuve went head to head in a beauty contest for the ages. Destroying this fun time waster for every other fan base in baseball has become an annual tradition among Oakland Athletics fans and this year, as the baseball gods intended, fans of the green and gold came out in droves and took down the popular Astro with some amazing tweets. Needless to say, Doolittle won and moves onto round two where he will be greeted by an army of fans armed with memes and funny sayings. To highlight yesterday’s festivities, and to prepare you for the next round, we’re going to look at the best of the best.
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It is worth noting that the Oakland Athletics fan base defeated the Astros without any type of incentive from the Oakland Athletics themselves but the Houston Astros were offering tickets, autographed baseballs and bobblehead dolls in exchange for retweets. It’s not about the prize, Houston, it’s about showing 29 other cities how irrelevant they are in comparison to Oakland! Without further ah doo, let’s get to Doo!
For my money, you can never go wrong with Mario inspired memes.
#SeanDoolittle #FaceOfMLB "Let's-a go!" pic.twitter.com/DGGdpkmypk
— Rally Plantain (@RallyPlantain) January 30, 2015
I won Trivia Crack with an A’s question a few days ago. It wasn’t this super easy one, though.
Even #TriviaCrack knows #SeanDoolittle is #FaceOfMLB 😆 pic.twitter.com/ENomaOyU6f
— Cassandra (@cassmoni_) January 30, 2015
Take two bows because, shockingly, you were the first person I saw tweet this yesterday!
Hoping Altuve comes up a little ahem, short, in his matchup with #SeanDoolittle for #FaceOfMLB...
— Oakland BaseballClub (@OaklandBC) January 30, 2015
*takes bow*
This reached 100 retweets four seconds before it was posted.
If this gets 100 retweets I will personally think of all of you individually while I pleasure myself #SeanDoolittle #faceofmlb
— Fake Ray Fosse (@FakeFosse) January 29, 2015
I’m going to say it publicly, I want to meet Sean Doolittle but I want to be Eireann’s new best friend.
Don't vote #SeanDoolittle for #FaceOfMLB he's walked our dog fewer times this offseason than he walked batters in 2014 #wtf #walkthedamndog
— Eireann Dolan (@EireannDolan) January 29, 2015
Well done, Brad. I see what you did there.
Hey @Athletics how many times can I VOGT #SeanDoolittle for #FaceOfMLB ?
— I know what you did (@BradWashburn1) January 30, 2015
:)
Before you judge this tweet on a scale of “crazy” to “TMI”, take a look at the time stamp. That’s dedication.
Got up to use the restroom. #SeanDoolittle #FaceofMLB
— #RF148 ReeRee (@RF148ReeRee) January 30, 2015
His face is pretty classy, that’s for sure.
#SeanDoolittle responded to fans when they sent his tweets to him after voting. Who does that? The #FaceOfMLB, that's who! 👍👊✊
— Anette Shandilya (@anetteshandilya) January 30, 2015
Involving two social mediums at once? Through in an Instagram picture of your baby and you’ll break the internet!
Glutes of MLB will be next year’s competition if this tweet gets enough retweets.
#SeanDoolittle likes to stretch out his glutes. Lol 😂😂 #FaceofMLB pic.twitter.com/UsIfgCLuFQ
— Anette Shandilya (@anetteshandilya) January 30, 2015
There’s something about the head tilt that makes this incredibly unsettling.
Welcome to DOO's playhouse nice job @RallyPlantain 😎 #SeanDoolittle #FaceOfMLB pic.twitter.com/uKZm5UIKT6
— Chris Teevan (@BayAreaTeevo91) January 30, 2015
This one made me chuckle at first and then, upon a second reading, I chuckled more. Well done!
Jose Altuve watching #SeanDoolittle #FaceOfMLB vote total rise! pic.twitter.com/xrtdoKH8mp
— Devon Reed🔰 (@DevonReed342) January 30, 2015
I mean, seriously, she’s so funny!
All the reasons you should not vote for #SeanDoolittle as the #FaceOfMLB #WeDeserveBetter #IDeserveBetter pic.twitter.com/cpqFO6rLAd
— Eireann Dolan (@EireannDolan) January 29, 2015
Ok, that’s enough for today. Swing by our Twitter or Facebook page to see the memes we put out and use them next time. Round two will be here soon enough!
Sometimes #SeanDoolittle likes to dress like a pirate. That's why he's the #FaceOfMLB pic.twitter.com/uikHar4dTy
— White Cleat Beat (@WhiteCleatBeat) January 30, 2015