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A few weeks ago, we asked our Twitter follows a fun and intellectual question:
Describe your baseball experience this year in six words. Go!
— MLB Daily Dish (@mlbdailydish) June 25, 2017
However, we were not prepared for the firestorm of responses soon to follow. We laughed, we cried, our heart string were tugged, and we’ve never felt more unified with Baseball Twitter. We really are all in this together.
Right off the bat, some of the response began to follow a theme:
The Rangers bullpen makes me drink
— Hank Mardukas (@fucksobriety) June 25, 2017
Phillies baseball means more alcohol consumption. https://t.co/HSUUfkPHOz
— jerry (@Jerrywasthere) June 25, 2017
Buying scotch by the case now. https://t.co/wchIAoyDlw
— Fake Buck Showalter (@Fake_Buck) June 25, 2017
Not enough booze in the house https://t.co/528Pk9Gcm2
— drew shaw (@discoshaw) June 25, 2017
Two parts rye two parts vodka https://t.co/0LJm1kMeHE
— obiwannabe (@homerj13) June 25, 2017
Some of our current and former writers chimed in:
We are very very very bad https://t.co/5UqlMZFbPU
— Admiral Buzzkill (@TheOriginalBull) June 25, 2017
Guys, this is fun, I SWEAR.
— Cristiana Caruso (@doublecee21) June 25, 2017
watching the Giants is really sad https://t.co/ZZF3zrnl5H
— Sean O'Leary (@seanmoleary) June 25, 2017
I watched a chicken chase contest. https://t.co/CrcecK5PZh
— Jen Mac Ramos (@jenmacramos) June 25, 2017
And our fellow SB Nation sites couldn’t help but share in the misery:
Pretending to have fun while tanking.
— Gaslamp Ball (@gaslampball) June 25, 2017
Sweet mercy please make it stop https://t.co/8JP3G396zv
— The Good Phight (@TheGoodPhight) June 25, 2017
Marcell Ozuna for National League MVP. https://t.co/k3OExyNNrq
— FishStripes (@fishstripes) June 25, 2017
Judge: our best, largest adult son. https://t.co/TcBQd7KOhK
— Pinstripe Alley (@pinstripealley) June 25, 2017
These people took a hard turn left and never looked back:
Honey, Let's see what's on HBO https://t.co/xwKFSuqC2q
— JSaq (@jsaquella) June 25, 2017
The @penguins won the Stanley Cup. https://t.co/0zSdeol1jL
— bobby cherry [ ] (@GoBobbo) June 25, 2017
We are all gonna die eventually. https://t.co/tGoXqK9dFg
— Kazuto Yamazaki (@Kazuto_Yamazaki) June 25, 2017
Some long held frustrations bubbled over:
Why is Jose Reyes still playing? https://t.co/rqkfNzqJxG
— Andrew Gould (@AndrewGould4) June 25, 2017
Leadoff doubles die at second base. https://t.co/uq76QrLC88
— Mish (@MisheeMore) June 25, 2017
"This lead is not bullpen safe" #Nats
— Ross (@RossShinberg) June 25, 2017
Need contact hitters and competent manager https://t.co/isC9FnVORK
— Dustin DeBerry (@dkdeberry) June 25, 2017
Because at the end of the day, we all know how much baseball rips out our hearts and stops on them, we’ll be back, season after season, ready to be hurt again.
This Is Fine Dog dot gif https://t.co/44SOIMHeDI
— BallHer (@BaseballHer) June 25, 2017
Holy shit this is a lot of fun annnnnnnnd welcome to hell https://t.co/MjZDQYTuOG
— Connor (@connortheOGfam) June 25, 2017
I am constantly miserable by choice. https://t.co/VxhmMm2G5o
— Kate Feldman (@kateefeldman) June 25, 2017
Careful kids they'll break your hearts. https://t.co/bEQd9WJX0V
— Txrzel⚾️ (@rmarie717) June 27, 2017