As many from various walks of life have discovered Twitter, they search for its niche that best fits their needs, often via very public trial and error. St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers are among them.
Just this past weekend, an excited Shelby Miller used Twitter to declare to the world his promotion to Double-A Springfield. The word was not unexpected, though its timing had been unknown – until Saturday morning, that is.
Within minutes, the news that the Cardinals top prospect was on the move was quickly amplified, not just across Twitter, but it also quickly spilled into the mainstream news channels as well.
While the announcement elicited excitement from most every corner, there may have been a few exceptions. For example, it eliminated the rumor reporting element of “who knew first” emphasized by some in the media.
Further, consider the players already on the Springfield roster and especially the pitchers that were currently starting at Double-A.
They almost had to have been wondering what possible ramifications Miller’s impending arrival would have on them. Will someone be promoted, or worse, demoted? Will somebody be given his release? Who will be taken out of the rotation to make room?
Ideally, organizations would prefer to control the release of all information, but keeping all the fingers in that dike is becoming a greater and greater challenge by the day.
The reality is that social media is clearly not going away. In fact, it should continue to grow in importance for instant dissemination of information, whether or not all the “I”s have been dotted and the “T”s crossed first.
Though Miller’s promotion and its associated roster moves at both Springfield and Palm Beach have not yet been formally announced – after all, he isn’t starting in Springfield until Friday – we have all known the big news for days now…
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I was on Twitter when the tweet came across. About an hour later, Joe Strauss tweets the news like he has just tweeted a breaking story. He finds out everyone who follows Shelby already knew, but doesn’t know Shelby spilled the beans because he doesn’t follow Shelby. So then Strauss tweets that someone from a blog “poached” his story only to discover that the blogger heard it from Shelby’s tweet. It was hilarious watching him back track.
Hey I have to get some satisfaction from my miserable life.
The Rolling Stones would be proud
The all bat lineup doesn’t seem to be doing much, may Tony should try the all glove lineup tomorrow.
Yadi wasn’t happy about Skip screwing up the tag on that steal. Ball was there.
Hustle makes a guy look good, Jay proved that being right there backing up Colby on a very routine grounder up the middle. Colby was asleep out there. Again.
Wonder why DD came out to pull Motte.
Good to see Franky whiff the side. He really looks relaxed out there.
In fairness to players I rip alot, Skip made a great defensive play to his left in the top of the7th, and Albert looked like his old self stroking a first pitch RBI double. Sweet.
Maybe I’ll create another identity and get a conversation going.
I would come here during the game, but the few times I have, there was nobody here. If I knew I was going to have someone to talk to I would be here.
Westie told me the Cards were going to get swept so I thought why bother
I’m checking in, butt hard to post holding the little guy. This inning has been awesome.
Yah, maybe you should be a lurker for now, Kansas. Good effort.
Craig made a nice grab by the stands. No Steve Bartman.
Colby didn’t come in very aggresively on the can o corn. Hate to see that. He’s not looking too good out there. Getting outplayed by Jay.
I am bringing him up right, watching the Cards.
Colby was not positioned properly to make that catch. No doubles defense and that was a shallow bloop.
Yikes. Greene off the mark there
Nice job by Salas. And Franky.
They did look good. Too bad Carp didn’t get the win. I thought it was a nice effort by Colby on that play. . Good to see no errors on our side
I thought Colby came in tentatively, less than flat out. Like going after that deep fly to the base of the wall in Colorado. Like he couldn’t decide if he was going for the catch or the hop. Maybe he lacks confidence. Its like he’s walking on egg shells out there.
It may not be him, he may have been told to play under control rather than flat out.
The problem with that is, its like hustling. You can do it every time all the time or you can decide case by case if you are going to. It you choose case by case, you will not be in the habit and will have to make a conscious decision each time. Inevitably, you will make the wrong decision when you shouldn’t, or you will forget to make a decision at all. In any case, its a mental distraction, when you should be focused on anticipating and executing.
Now we have the starter missing a turn situation discussed earlier on another thread. So somebody will have to be added to the 40 man. Walters started Tuesday so he’d only have 4 days rest, and besides that, it won’t be him. Anybody else could be ready. Probably not Ottavino either.
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The beat guy is going to be mad again.
So I guess that Mitchell Boggs hasn’t been stretched out enough yet?
Never thought he would be back after just two games.