I sure do love when sports team social media accounts anthropomorphize and act like people.
For example, the Cubs and Yankees are having some fun on Twitter as we speak. An innocuous beginning …
Well now you've gone and done it.
@liamgordd @Yankees— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) February 8, 2016
And the Yankees fired back in the most Twitter appropriate way:
@Cubs @liamgordd pic.twitter.com/lGyobnaiBW
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) February 8, 2016
@Yankees @liamgordd pic.twitter.com/lCx2Qag3Ao
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) February 8, 2016
And then the Yankees got in – let’s admit it – a superior burn:
We're new to this poll thing @Cubs. Do the #Yankees have …
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) February 8, 2016
At least the sides could come back together and e-hug it out.
@Yankees Thought we were friends. pic.twitter.com/pSfTKn4iao
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) February 8, 2016
@Cubs Fine, friends. pic.twitter.com/xTfTNkIBZE
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) February 8, 2016
The two teams have had little occasion to fight on the field over the years, so it’s nice to see a couple historic franchises getting into it on Twitter. The way the baseball gods intended it.