When the cold stove can’t keep you warm, at least NL Central rivals are there to take humorous shots at each other for our delight and amusement.
To set things up, the Brewers recently announced a Wisconsin-only pre-sale for tickets to Cubs games, with a specific reference to Cubs fans:
It’s not that we dislike Cubs fans, per se. We just really prefer Brewers fans.
This special presale begins tomorrow. Details: https://t.co/mcq3bGeeDv pic.twitter.com/RgG50qhlLj
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) February 8, 2018
The Cubs had a perfect response:
http://twitter.com/Cubs/status/961736352084701184
Today, the Brewers kept things going with a reference to ‘Go Cubs Go’ and a highlight of one of their nine wins (in 19 tries) against the Cubs in 2017:
Hey, Wisconsin, whaddaya say? Let’s sell out all these games today.https://t.co/fageshEv5A pic.twitter.com/wjDtrp1WHD
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) February 9, 2018
I still think you’ll wind up selling to plenty of Cubs fans, but hey, you do you.
#AtCubs, never one to be outdone, responded with a perfectly IN THE FACE subtweet:
https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/962000819146186752
If you don’t immediately get it, here’s the reference:
Thus:
In the great #AtCubs – #AtBrewers Twitter battle of February 2018, I declare … pic.twitter.com/E2m21qhE2Z
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) February 9, 2018
Bonus fun from all of this, a notorious Twitter photoshopper played on the pre-sale with notorious Brewers fan Kato Kaelin:
— Ramblin Grimace (@RamblinGrimace) February 8, 2018
And Kaelin himself was impressed:
Hilario!!! @Brewers
— Kato Kaelin (@Kato_Kaelin) February 8, 2018
This is 2018. One of the star witnesses in the O.J. Simpson murder trial is chatting with us on Twitter about a photoshop of a Brewers shot at the Cubs. And people say social media is no good.