In case you haven’t left your house or live out of town, it snowed in Denver. A lot. Coors Field was covered, in fact, and the Colorado Rockies’ social media team decided to share an extra-white glimpse of the crown jewel of LoDo.
Some time later, the Rox tweeted a photo of newly-signed reliever Mike Dunn holding a snowball and extended a snowball fight invitation to the Twitterverse. The Cincinnati Reds—boasting their own snow-covered ballpark—accepted.
The lineups:
.@Rockies You're not ready.
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) January 5, 2017
We're gonna roll with:
#Vottomatic
@DatDudeBP
@BillyHamilton
@bfinny29
Raisel
We're getting loose. pic.twitter.com/vGX7lyFnqH
.@Reds @DatDudeBP @BillyHamilton @bfinny29
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) January 5, 2017
And last but certainly not least...
5️⃣ GP @88_gparra is already hard at work. LET'S GO! pic.twitter.com/SOSMDZdmj3
And the highlights:
.@Rockies @DatDudeBP @bfinny29 @88_gparra
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) January 5, 2017
*@BillyHamilton sees CarGo running towards second base, pegs him in leg and watches him tumble* pic.twitter.com/fv3OK84Bsb
.@Reds *Gray pulls off the ol' toss-one-in-the-air-as-a-distraction-then-bring-the-heat to perfection*
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) January 5, 2017
Votto is OK, @MrGrayWolf22 is amped. pic.twitter.com/bZN91cXbjg
.@Rockies *sneaky Raisel pops out of the dugout & pops @MrGrayWolf22 with a sidewinder in the back of the head, soaking his luscious locks* pic.twitter.com/eHrjZ14p4z
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) January 5, 2017
.@Reds WHERE DID NICK MASSET COME FROM!? pic.twitter.com/SOKbiZhZUd
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) January 5, 2017
Brilliance from the Rox there. I lost it, personally.
Even the Milwaukee Brewers got involved for a minute—or, should we say, didn’t get involved.
@Rockies @Reds We will have to sit this one out. #ThatRoofTho pic.twitter.com/P0kM9CYg66
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) January 5, 2017
But the Reds quickly took care of that:
.@Brewers @Rockies Here, you can have this one snowball from us...
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) January 5, 2017
Nah just kidding. pic.twitter.com/DVAr18iv6h
The Rox got past the noise and finished up strong.
.@Reds *Nolan hurdles an incoming snowball, then spins and pegs @BillyHamilton, who was actually running average speed in the snow.* pic.twitter.com/AePQjNTkzA
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) January 5, 2017
What do you think? Who won? We debated back and forth for a while before eventually coming to a consensus:
The club will now be referred to as the Coorado Rockies because they just gave the Reds an L in the snowball fight https://t.co/ENoXJQocxd
— Purple Row (@PurpleRow) January 5, 2017
Regardless of who won, the Rockies continued to show that they have a top-flight Twitter account—not only in MLB, but pro sports as a whole. Nice job, everyone.