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[sittingstill]

per his Twitter

Its been a great journey down hear in #Beantown my agent just confirmed im heading to Tampa to play with the Rays. miss you #Soxnation

Edited by sittingstill, 25 February 2012 - 05:35 PM.

[ItOnceWasMyLife]

WTF???

[Clears Cleaver]

Fake twitter account? even though verified Lester follows him?

i cannot imagine the Sox trading him to tampa. I can't imagine them trading him period.

Edited by Clears Cleaver, 25 February 2012 - 05:28 PM.

[Rasputin]

This has to be someone fucking with us.

We cannot go into the season with nobody but Nick Punto.

No, no no no no nonioasfj'fj'fj'fj'fj'fj'avnl;sifuhnav;j' WE

[sittingstill]

Fake twitter account? even though Lester follows him?

Pete Abe went out of his way to post that it (the twitter account) was for real, FWIW, though that wasn't enough for me not to use the question mark.

Edited by sittingstill, 25 February 2012 - 05:28 PM.

[Foulkey Reese]

Half the team and a bunch of beat writers follow him. It seems legit. WTF indeed.

[Foulkey Reese]

Or not

Rob Bradford ‏ @bradfo
Mike Aviles just told me he does not have a Twitter account and has not been traded

[BannedbyNYYFans.com]

Rob Bradford says it's not his account.

[sittingstill]

Pete Abe went out of his way to post that it (the twitter account) was for real, FWIW, though that wasn't enough for me not to use the question mark.

Here, FWIW

I can report that @adriangon28 (Adrian Gonzalez) and @MikeAviles3 are the actual guys.

I don't see a way to edit thread title... dopes?

[edit: found it!]

Edited by sittingstill, 25 February 2012 - 05:35 PM.

[Rasputin]

Is there a decent list of baseball types to follow somewhere?

[SoxScout]

It is hilarious how Abraham confirmed it was real...... then AFTER this he says he confirmed it was fake today. Just, awesome.

[EvilEmpire]

Just the idea that Mike Aviles trade rumors would generate concern is awesome.

[Yaz4Ever]

It is hilarious how Abraham confirmed it was real...... then AFTER this he says he confirmed it was fake today. Just, awesome.

He texted fake Aviles and said, "are you Aviles" and they replied, "yes". He did his due diligence to confirm authenticity. It wasn't until later, when the, "nah, I'm just screwing with you" text came that Abraham realized he had been had.

[BucketOBalls]

This may have been a heart attack.

Rob Bradford ‏ @bradfo
Mike Aviles just told me he does not have a Twitter account and has not been traded

But this makes me like Aviles a little bit more.

[E5 Yaz]

PeteAbe
A few #RedSox people thought that account was real, as did several of the players. It's not. Again, @MikeAviles3 is a fake.

And I suppose if Jimmy jumped off the Sagamore Bridge, then Pete would jump off the Sagamore Bridge

Edited by E5 Yaz, 25 February 2012 - 05:58 PM.

[SoxScout]

Aviles, however, quickly shot down the rumor when reached by WEEI.com. "I don't have a Twitter account," he said. "My agent is looking into starting one, but right now I don't have one."

http://www.weei.com/...rade-rumor-hoax

I hope your agent does a good job, Mike, it's really a pain in the ass getting one going.

[someoneanywhere]

It is hilarious how Abraham confirmed it was real...... then AFTER this he says he confirmed it was fake today. Just, awesome.

Abraham is getting his ass kicked daily by the Herald and especially by Gordo. He's lazy.

And that makes him the perfect successor to Cafardo.

[PortageeExpress]

Abraham is the Lackey of beat writing.

[Titoschew]

[b]

And I suppose if Jimmy jumped off the Sagamore Bridge, then Pete would jump off the Sagamore Bridge

Pete would jump off the New Bedford/Fairhaven bridge, Sagamore would be too much an effort.

[BucketOBalls]

http://www.weei.com/...rade-rumor-hoax

I hope your agent does a good job, Mike, it's really a pain in the ass getting one going.

Well, now I can go back to disliking him.

[Montana Fan]

Sounds like a Sean Berry production.

[Rice4HOF]

Is there a decent list of baseball types to follow somewhere?

This is my list of people in the Red Sox organization that I know of on twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/RSN_Alberta/current-red-sox/members
Includes the verified accounts of Lester, Ortiz, Bailey and more, as well as several prospects (Kalish, Westmoreland etc.), most of those aren't verified.

This one has former Red Sox: https://twitter.com/#!/RSN_Alberta/former-red-sox/members All the way from Remy, Eck, Clemens to recent ones such as Reddick.

[Beomoose]

Abraham is getting his ass kicked daily by the Herald and especially by Gordo. He's lazy.

And that makes him the perfect successor to Cafardo.

This post, I agree with it.

[Rasputin]

This is my list of people in the Red Sox organization that I know of on twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/RSN_Alberta/current-red-sox/members
Includes the verified accounts of Lester, Ortiz, Bailey and more, as well as several prospects (Kalish, Westmoreland etc.), most of those aren't verified.

This one has former Red Sox: https://twitter.com/#!/RSN_Alberta/former-red-sox/members All the way from Remy, Eck, Clemens to recent ones such as Reddick.

thanks,

[RingoOSU]

Can we please stop starting threads based on twitter posts now?

[pokey_reese]

It turns out somebody was impersonating Aviles on the social network. “You really need a life if you’re impersonating me,’’ Aviles said. “I had no idea what was going on.’’

http://www.boston.co.../?camp=obinsite

[Sprowl]

http://www.boston.co.../?camp=obinsite

“You really need a life if you’re impersonating me,’’ Aviles said.

I'm starting to like this guy.

[HriniakPosterChild]

I'm starting to like this guy.

One of us ought to help him get a Twitter feed going. Who knows how long it could take his agent to get it setup.

[Manramsclan]

One of us ought to help him get a Twitter feed going. Who knows how long it could take his agent to get it setup.

This joke was already taken and with better execution.

http://www.weei.com/...rade-rumor-hoax

I hope your agent does a good job, Mike, it's really a pain in the ass getting one going.

[HangingW/ScottCooper]

There's a list of verified MLB twitter accounts somewhere on MLB.com, but I can't seem to find it.

Edit: It's a decent list: http://twitter.mlblo...ers-on-twitter/

Edited by HangingW/ScottCooper, 28 February 2012 - 12:43 PM.