BYB Twitter Guide

by Kurt Mensching on Apr 25, 2010 2:35 PM EDT

Ian is never one to let emerging social media technology get by without seeing if it might be useful in some way. For that reason, Bless You Boys was actually at the forefront of SB Nation when it came to using Facebook and Twitter to help stay in touch with fans and expand the audience a bit.

Twitter, you probably know, is basically just an IM service where everything you say is open to the public. Or else you can think of it as microblogging. Of course, some people just want to tell you about their cereal (cheerios, today, by the way) or that it's snowing in the U.P. in April again (guilty) but it actually does have some purposes, especially for the sports fan.

When it comes to breaking news, Twitter is almost certainly the first place you'll find it. Or maybe you've got an interesting statistic that doesn't really fit in there, Twitter is a great place to mention it. It could be that there's an interesting link to share. Or maybe the lineup. Or possible an observation during the game. As a tool, it's immensely useful for the news-hungry sports fan.

As well, you'll find varying levels of interactivity. You can send a message to your favorite blogger or sports writer and -- depending on the individual of course -- there's a good chance you'll hear back. Fortunately from our perspective, some in the Tigers media were early adopters of the communication tool as well.

So we fully endorse Twitter around these parts and provide this guide to people you'll want to follow, whether you've just signed up today or you've been around for awhile.

In Twitter speak, when you put @ at the start of the name, it alerts them that you sent a message. But you don't need it when looking for a profile, so I'll leave it out. I'll include links to the profiles to make it easier for you to add them.

Tigers Tweeters list

I try to keep this up-to-date with a good mix of Tigers media, bloggers and regular fans. Just follow the list and you save a lot of effort.

Your BYB team

Bless You Boys
Kurt
Big Al
Allikazoo

Official Tigers on Twitter

Official_Tigers -- The team's Twitter feed
UpstateBaller -- Outfielder Casper Wells

RobbieW19 -- Pitcher Robbie Weinhardt

willrhymes -- 2nd baseman Will Rhymes

Tigers media

This is a constantly growing list, which is pretty cool.

Jason Beck -- MLB.com's writer is really the godfather of Tigers media tweeters and does an excellent job.
Tom Gage -- Detroit News writer
John Lowe -- On the Freep's baseball account
Pat Caputo -- Of the Oakland Press and one of the most interactive you'll find
Steve Kornacki -- MLive's own just joined
Dan Dickerson -- Tigers radio play-by-play announcer joined recently too
Rod Allen -- Hasn't tweeted since August! Sad face
Larry Lage -- AP sports writer in Michigan
Mark Anderson -- of Scout.com's Tigers page: TigsTown
TigsTown -- the entire site
FOXSportsDet -- obvious!
NewsTigers -- Just runs headlines from the Detroit News
Detroit_Tigers -- MLive's headlines
1130WDFN -- Detroit sports radio

Bloggers to follow

BigLeagueStew -- Yahoo!'s MLB blog
Billfer -- Bill Ferris of DetroitTigersWeblog
DailyFungo -- Mike McClary's blog
iancass -- BYB editor emeritus Ian Casselbloggy
MotorCtyBengals -- John Parent's blog
TigersScorecard
ebajek85 - Doesn't blog as much now but great source of info
CoPaKings -- a new Tigers blog on the block.

National media

KenRosenthal -- of Fox Sports
JonMorosi -- Former Tigers beat writer and currently of Fox Sports
Buster_ESPN -- Buster Olney
Keith Law -- Also of ESPN.com
Rob Neyer -- ESPN.com
Jayson Stark -- ESPN.com
JPosnanski -- JoePos Of Sports Illustrated
SI_JonHeyman -- self descriptive
Scott Miller -- Of CBS Sports
Danny Knobler -- Former Tigers beat writer, now with CBS
BNightengale -- Bob Nightengale of USA Today

Injuryexpert -- Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus
TBrownYahoo-- of Yahoo! Sports
JeffPassan -- Also of Yahoo!
Pgammo -- Peter Gammons of MLB Network
TheMayorsOffice -- Sean Casey !!! of MLB Network
Ed_Price -- AOL Fanhouse

Others of interest

MLBTradeRumors
MLBTRTigers -- Tigers version
Stats_MLB -- Stats.com
Tweeting Tigers -- Blogger headlines

Tigers minor league stuff

Mudhens -- Triple A team
Erie SeaWolves -- Double A
LkdFlyingTigers -- Advanced A
WMWhitecaps -- Single A
Nick_Underhill -- SeaWolves.com beat writer
Matt Wallace -- Take75North blog
UtBaseball30 -- Hens pitcher Scot Drucker

BYB Folks

This is where you come in! Post your Twitter login in the comments! i'll update this list when my elbow recovers from adding all these links.

Plus there's probably more Twitterers I don't even know about, so feel free to mentoin those too.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Bless You Boys writing staff.

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Detroit4lyfeRob is the account I use the most. I sometimes use foul language on there, just to warn those who may be offended.

Detroit4Lyfe

by Rob Rogacki on Apr 10, 2010 1:22 PM EDT reply actions

@ChrisDallasTX

It’s the place to go for up to the minute commentary about Mario Impempa’s hairline.

by ChrisDTX on Apr 10, 2010 1:22 PM EDT reply actions

following you now....

Welcome to Detroit, NO sissies allowed

by Detroitchik on Apr 10, 2010 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions

me too

Director of the 2010 Free Casper Wells campaign
No Run Support

by allikazoo on Apr 10, 2010 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions

@fightnightatjoe is mine. Gives you a Norwegian perspective on the Wings and Tiger. Also links to all new posts from my Wings blog Fight Night at the Joe.

And I am waaay more profane in my language than Rob

http://fightnightatthejoe.blogspot.com

by Andy from FightNight on Apr 10, 2010 1:24 PM EDT reply actions

he is

His last post was entirely composed of BJ jokes.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

Science nerd and proud of it!

by Baroque on Apr 10, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions

that's a lie and you know it

The recap also had like 10% recap before and after the glorious BJ jokes that made up 90 % of the posts… And they were glorious…

http://fightnightatthejoe.blogspot.com

by Andy from FightNight on Apr 10, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

True story

Detroit4Lyfe

by Rob Rogacki on Apr 10, 2010 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions

@Baroque97

Although I aspire to be the boringest woman on twitter, I seem to not be doing well at that pursuit.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

Science nerd and proud of it!

by Baroque on Apr 10, 2010 1:24 PM EDT reply actions

and I guess I need a disclaimer, too

I talk baseball (likely will be ranting about the Great Lakes Loons shortly, as their season has started and I will be attending games pretty regularly once the weather is nicer), hockey, and general grumbles about work, and rambles about my hobbies.

Pretty much everything.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

Science nerd and proud of it!

by Baroque on Apr 14, 2010 2:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Leyland

Jim_Leyland is a fake account, but pretty funny.

Detroit4Lyfe

by Rob Rogacki on Apr 10, 2010 1:32 PM EDT reply actions

I enjoy that account.

They chose a good, cranky and cantankerous Leyland face for their account.

Dontrelle Willis apologist.

by 13194013 on Apr 10, 2010 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions

@theonlycolors

Now that I’ve been sucked into Twitter vortex, I suspect I won’t be able to resist tweeting about the Tigers.

Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!

by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 10, 2010 1:41 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

the gravitational pull of twitter

Is incredibly strong.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

Science nerd and proud of it!

by Baroque on Apr 10, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions

ahtrapsm

some other guy named Partha apparently beat me to the twitter. So I added my initials. Clever, huh?

Official BYB Juju Consultant...now accepting rally creature applications!

by ahtrap on Apr 10, 2010 2:26 PM EDT reply actions

madpoopz

I’m surprised nobody has stolen it yet.

My Music: Some Sorta Giant
My Blog: Strike Three Mechanics

by madpoopz on Apr 10, 2010 3:20 PM EDT reply actions

I just need to make a couple of notes:

first: Thank god for twitter lists.

second: My account covers my personal stuff, my blog, and my music. So if you’re not interested in any one of those, be prepared.

My Music: Some Sorta Giant
My Blog: Strike Three Mechanics

by madpoopz on Apr 14, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for this, I needed some more Tigers people to follow.

Mine’s rcpratt88, don’t really do much tweeting myself, though.

by rcpratt on Apr 10, 2010 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

hint: REC

Bless You Boys.com

by Kurt Mensching on Apr 10, 2010 4:30 PM EDT reply actions

i caved and signed up

@jason_d_price

now i’m probably going to spend most of the night adding peeps

by rock n rye on Apr 10, 2010 5:46 PM EDT reply actions

don't feel bad...

DetroitChik and Baroque willed me to do it a little while ago. It’s fun so far.

My Music: Some Sorta Giant
My Blog: Strike Three Mechanics

by madpoopz on Apr 10, 2010 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions

@detroitchick

Welcome to Detroit, NO sissies allowed

by Detroitchik on Apr 10, 2010 6:24 PM EDT reply actions

my baseball tweets and such are on @norunsupport

which is also linked to my other blog…

if you care to see stuff that’s more personal (and probably more boring), I’m also @allikazoo on there. I use that one a lot more, and it’s locked to friends only but obviously I’ll add any friends from BYB.

Director of the 2010 Free Casper Wells campaign
No Run Support

by allikazoo on Apr 10, 2010 6:40 PM EDT reply actions

@parttimesloth

I like sloths.

Dontrelle Willis apologist.

by 13194013 on Apr 10, 2010 7:00 PM EDT reply actions

@domdecaria

I do all my tweeting there. Kurt’s already following me as a Tiger Twitter-er. Notes on Tigers, baseball in general, broader news and interesting science finds, University of Michigan sports and other topics, board games, and the occasional random tweet.

2010 is Year 4707 in the Chinese Calendar - The Year Of The Tiger

by TigerFanInCleveland on Apr 10, 2010 7:45 PM EDT reply actions