It was a night of celebration for the Blue Jays and their 20-year-old slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. In this day and age, of course, that celebration spilled over onto social media, where many of Major League Baseball’s best posts on Tuesday came from Guerrero’s two-homer game. There was also a basketball enemy in Oakland acting like a baseball friend and a friendly battle-of-Florida spat between the Tampa Bay Rays and Florida Marlins.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit two long home runs, and they will be long remembered, both in Blue Jays’ fans memories and with some savvy Twitter posts.
You’ll never forget where you were for this one!#LetsGoBlueJays pic.twitter.com/ZeuDRgHXi2
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) May 15, 2019
Mi hijo este es el primero de muchos, orgulloso de ti negro. || This is the first of many, im proud of you boy. 💪🏾 https://t.co/8zzj9iOPIY
— Vladimir Guerrero (@VladGuerrero27) May 15, 2019
HE DID IT AGAIN! #LetsGoBlueJays pic.twitter.com/c0eZuyws8f
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) May 15, 2019
Welcome to the trophy case 🏆🏆
Congrats to Vlad Jr. on his first two career @MLB home runs! pic.twitter.com/1vfvVRplaF
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) May 15, 2019
Blazers star Damian Lillard wore a custom Athletics jersey before Game 1 of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals in Oakland. So he was the enemy in basketball, but is “Rooted in Oakland” just like the A’s. Hmm, awkward.
*nervous laughter about what to tweet here*#RootedInOakland https://t.co/at1RtTZXYh
— Oakland A’s (@Athletics) May 14, 2019
So were the Marlins trying to pull Kevin Kiermaier off the bag here? Like, a hidden-ball trick? Or should they have been called for interference. Weird play, cool social media spat.
Nice try, @Marlins. pic.twitter.com/UvTHUvPUT5
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 15, 2019
Kevin get off the ground we are playing a game
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) May 15, 2019
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 15, 2019
And finally, just because, some Very Good Baseball Boys.
Blessing your timeline with some #BaseballDogs. pic.twitter.com/5e5TMPfZBX
— Cut4 (@Cut4) May 14, 2019
