The Durham Bulls have been doing a nice job with their Twitter feed this year -- even offering discount $1 tickets to the first fans to reply last week, something they said was a one-time thing.
Now a Twitter update from the Bulls' account has created something of a fun guessing game over at the Tampa Bay Rays fan site DRaysBay.
This tweet started it all, late night on Thursday:
So the Bulls seem to have lost two players to the Major Leagues -- but who?
Is this the seekret code Wool E. Bull and the Blue Monster use to communicate without interference from their Capitol Broadcasting overlords (recently intercepted message: "If another tyke pulls my tail, I'm loadin' my t-shirt gun with grenades, as soon as I bust outta this cage!")
Will pitching phenoms David Price or Wade Davis be gone, to help out the Rays' struggling pitching rotation? Or will it be another position player heading up?
No matter what, this innocent (or not) little tweet has led to almost 600 comments at DRaysBay. Check out the thread here.
Certainly the mystery is leading some of the Rays' rabid fans an opportunity to impatiently mutter words best represented by characters like *#@+;!.
(Hat tip to Watching Durham Bulls Baseball for the run-down.)
Well one was definitely Isringhausen. I'm guessing Price was the other one.
Posted by: Syd | May 22, 2009 at 01:53 PM
Izzy got called up at the start of the week. This is different.
Posted by: 9/9 | May 22, 2009 at 02:30 PM
Word on the internets is that it is Brignac and Thayer.
Posted by: DRR | May 22, 2009 at 03:51 PM
Just saw on Sportcenter that David Price is starting Monday for the Rays.
Posted by: Erik Landfried | May 22, 2009 at 06:16 PM
mlb.com is reporting Brignac & Thayer. Price must have gotten the call-up earlier.
Posted by: Matt | May 22, 2009 at 06:30 PM
Kazmir and Percival are hitting the DL: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/05/22/kazmir.percival.ap/index.html
Posted by: Michael Bacon | May 22, 2009 at 08:44 PM
Price will start for the Rays on Monday, but hasn't gotten the call up yet (though he is skipping his start for the Bulls tomorrow). Price will probably get the call Sunday so that the Rays can keep an extra arm in the bullpen until then. I suspect Thayer will get sent back down when Price goes up.
Also, there is speculation that Percy is going to call it a career.
Posted by: DRR | May 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Brignac and Thayer were promoted; Price followed shortly afterwards. With Iwamura's injury today in Tampa's game vs. the Marlins, expect Brignac's stay to be prolonged unless the Rays go out and sign or trade for another infielder.
Check indyweekblogs.com/sports for breaking news and analysis of moves involving Bulls players.
Posted by: Bulls Guy | May 24, 2009 at 11:18 PM