Have the Cubs finally done it, is “the curse” finally broken? For those of you who don’t know, for decades, the Chicago Cubs have apparently had a supernatural hex over Wrigley Field – The Curse of Billy the Goat. The team jinx has been a long-standing “explanation” of why the Chicago Cubs have not won […]
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Welcome to October, a month jam packed with clutch hitters, key pitchers, and Twitter marvels. That’s right, MLB fans aren’t the only ones tweeting and favoring this post-season. Teams and players are celebrating victories, giving crowd shout outs, starting trends all on their own, and taking social media to a whole new level of fan […]
Across the World Wide Web, it’s invariably apparent that a user’s vernacular has evolved–devolved, rather–insofar as introducing new words to describe and replace certain terms. The oversimplification of language permeates online communication. Dating back to prior to the turn of the 21st century–well before current web and social media interfaces became ubiquitous–The New York Times […]
The stars of Major League Baseball have removed their team uniform and headed to the New York Mets’ home ballpark, Citi Field, to represent their league in the 2013 All-Star game this week. But prior to Thursday, you wouldn’t have known that from scrolling through the Mets’ social media sites. Aside from a profile photo […]
