Say It Isn't So: #CaptainShorts Ditches Shorts In Favor Of Pants, #MetsTwitter Explodes

In a moment of weakness, our hero Captain Shorts gave in to the cold weather and wore, and it pains me to say this...pants.

Mets Twitter did not react well to this...

Sandy Alderson Defends Mets Helicopter Ride On Twitter

Mets Appoint New "Assistant Director Of Beer Vending", Twitter Explodes

File Photo Of Franklin From Shea Stadium

In a procedural move yesterday, the New York Mets appointed Eddie Franklin the new assistant director of beer vending at Citi Field.  Mets fans on the popular social networking site Twitter immediately voiced their displeasure...

#WINNING!

See the photo here.

It's Always Funny In Philadelphia

Via New York Giant Justin Tuck's twitter feed after the Giants victory in Philadelphia:

To paraphrase the Simpsons, it sounds like Philly has a discipline problem.  Maybe that's why we beat them in baseball nearly half the time.

The Apple Achieves Minor Internet Accomplisment, Immediately Over-Celebrates

 

They said I was crazy when I had these shirts made.  Well who's crazy now?  1,000 Twitter followers!!!  Of course when you subtract spammers it's more like 600 but let's party anyway!

ReadTheApple.com Founder Goes On Drunken Bender After Being Blocked By MLB Twitter Account

Sparks were flying yesterday at the offices of The Apple when founder Randy Medina discovered that the site's Twitter account had been officially blocked by Major League Baseball's Twitter account.  According to Larry Smith, Medina launched into an expletive filled tirade and spiraled into a full on bender of Sheentastic proportions with the first two porn stars he could find.

Don't Ever Poke Fun At Alyssa Milano Or You Will Incur The Wrath Of Twitter

I've made fun of a lot of athletes and celebrities on The Apple and sadly, no one ever got offended.  Well it seems I have finally struck a nerve when I added Alyssa Milano, who I actually really like, to my list of unlikely ownership candidates for the Mets.

It seems Alyssa wasn't amused:

Twitter Mocks Mets With Mr. Met Themed "Fail Whale" Graphic

Twitter, one of the biggest social networking sites on the web, decided to take a not so subtle jab at the New York Mets last night using their "fail whale" graphic.  For those of you unfamiliar with the fail whale, when Twitter gets overloaded the site displays a graphic featuring a whale being carried by birds.  Fans of the site have dubbed this the "fail whale". 

Last night, however, the site decided that the whale was not an appropriate enough symbol of failure so last night, when Twitter was over capacity, users were treated to this graphic:

Et tu Twitter?

Twitter has since gone back to their regular graphic and denies ever using this but The Apple knows the truth.

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