NEWSLETTER
I’m not going to spoil the experience you’re about to enjoy with a bunch of unnecessary words up front, so let’s keep this simple, shall we?
Someone named Shanna Shi on Twitter posted the thread to end all threads today. Enjoy famous Major League Baseball players and their Pokemon counterparts:
machop (066) / manny machado pic.twitter.com/v78yWECSKb
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
alolan vulpix (037) / bryce harper's short-lived perm pic.twitter.com/ZtAJenJt9r
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
exeggcute (102) / dustin pedroia pic.twitter.com/xPqAtZawZ4
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
kricketune (402) / daniel mengden pic.twitter.com/Qa9dahjHvd
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
pyroar (668) / justin turner pic.twitter.com/DsDCUccr4y
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
ninetales (038) / josh donaldson pic.twitter.com/B34d4sSa9f
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
walrein (365) / khris davis pic.twitter.com/2zq2me4JZ4
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
deino (633) / kiké hernandez pic.twitter.com/n2jbDr74wc
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
ponyta (077) / devon travis pic.twitter.com/5yphS1mF9I
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
bidoof (399) / anthony rizzo pic.twitter.com/anBd7wSjz3
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
whimsicott (547) / harrison bader pic.twitter.com/1hat5DqsTW
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
jangmo-o (782) / alex bregman pic.twitter.com/Xxsd025SFX
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
alolan geodude (074) / justin verlander pic.twitter.com/yV62kDaos3
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
luxray (405) / edwin diaz (and scott servais) pic.twitter.com/Qh5170ndcq
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
lopunny (428) / mike clevinger pic.twitter.com/Z6c5iKhzop
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
Hilariously enough, Pirates pitcher Trevor Williams caught wind of the fun and asked to be made into a Pokemon, and Shanna Shi landed him with … Rhianna? Who cares, this is too much fun:
— Shanna Shi (@shanna_shi) January 30, 2019
Others big leaguers are catching on, and I think this is just the beginning:
https://twitter.com/rhyshoskins/status/1090724542488690688
