Yankees, Patriots among sports teams finding creative ways to celebrate 280 characters on Twitter
Welcome to the age of elongated tweets.
On Tuesday night, Twitter changed its character limit from 140 to 280. And naturally, the sports community had some fun with it.
Here’s the New York Yankees showboating their 27 World Series championships:
2009
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1996
1978
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1962
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1923Wow. We've never been able to do that before! Thanks, @twitter. pic.twitter.com/4W1U7qpLlj
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) November 8, 2017
The New England Patriots tried (and failed) to count all 214 of Tom Brady’s wins:
Finally! Enough characters to count all of Tom’s wins.
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Hey @Twitter, can we get some more characters?— New England Patriots (@Patriots) November 8, 2017
And the NBA referees Twitter account seemed excited(?) and hopeful for the future of fan complaints:
Now that we all have #280Characters, we expect your Twitter complaints about specific calls against your favorite teams to be calm, well-reasoned, and full of complete sentences. Thanks in advance for this positive step forward in basketball officiating-related discourse."
— NBA Referees (@OfficialNBARefs) November 7, 2017
Here are some other great celebrations of the new 280-character limit by sports teams:
#Steelers in the Hall of Fame:
Bettis
Bell
Blount
Bradshaw
Butler
Dawson
Dudley
J. Greene
K. Greene
Ham
Harris
Johnson
Kiesling
Lambert
Layne
McNally
Noll
A. Rooney, Sr.
D. Rooney
Stallworth
Stautner
Swann
Webster
Woodson#280characters— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) November 8, 2017
Hear that growlin' mean & angry
Here he comes a prowlin' lean & hungry
An offensive brute
Run pass or boot
& defensively he's rough, tough
Cincinnati
That's the team we're going to cheer to victory
Touchdown get some points upon that board
& win a game for Cincinnati— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) November 8, 2017
The Autumn Wind is a pirate,
Blustering in from sea.With a rollicking song, he sweeps along,
Swaggering boisterously.His face is weather beaten.
He wears a hooded sash,
With a silver hat about his head,
And a bristling black mustache.#RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/yPdA95A8dM— OAKLAND RAIDERS (@RAIDERS) November 8, 2017
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) November 8, 2017
WWWLWWWWWLWLWWLWWLWWWW
LWWWWWWWWLLWWLLWLWLLLWWWWWWL
WWWWLWLWLWWLWLWWWLLLLWLLWWWL
LLLWLLLLLWWWLWLWWLWLLWWWLW
WWWWWWWWWWLLWWWWLWLWWWWLLWWW
WWLWWLLWLWWLWLWLLWWWWLWWWLTWLW
WWLW
WLLWWW
LWLLWWW— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) November 8, 2017
And the 1-1 delivery
A swing and a drive
To deep right
A waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone! pic.twitter.com/ew1rqnydPE
— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) November 8, 2017
YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOARD, YES! #280characters
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) November 8, 2017
oooooooOOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOO
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oooooooOOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOO#NYCFC pic.twitter.com/XtMZUsJRTE— New York City FC (@NYCFC) November 8, 2017
280 characters still aren't enough for this goal call…
GOAL GOAL GOAL!
QUE GOLAZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL pic.twitter.com/rm9bm4mSTU
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) November 8, 2017
SIXERS
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WIN !— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) November 8, 2017
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