Comments on: The Diamondbacks are trying to nip a Twitter problem in the bud http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/05/the-diamondbacks-are-trying-to-nip-a-twitter-problem-in-the-bud/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 25 May 2013 09:25:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: atlsp http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/05/the-diamondbacks-are-trying-to-nip-a-twitter-problem-in-the-bud/comment-page-1/#comment-175104 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:54:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76896#comment-175104 Back in January the Braves held a “Prospect Development Week” for 25 of their top prospects. I got invited as a STH to a Meet and Greet and Frank Wren filled us in on the week. Most of the focus was on off-field stuff and, sure enough, the team hired a group to come in and address media-related issues. They conducted mock interviews (trying to lead the players into “traps” with their questioning) and cautioned players on social media pitfalls.

My favorite anecdote: the Braves provided the firm with email addresses for each of the prospects and the firm had “an attractive young intern” try to befriend each of the players on Facebook. Several accepted so the intern went trolling for any salacious pictures she could find and provided them to the team. When those pictures were shown to the prospects it was a humorous-yet-all-too-real wake-up call.

]]> By: marshmallowsnake http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/05/the-diamondbacks-are-trying-to-nip-a-twitter-problem-in-the-bud/comment-page-1/#comment-175037 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:22:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76896#comment-175037 Before the season, my bowling teammates predicted how many wins the D’Backs would have this year. None of us predicted them to win more then 75 games. They have been surprising this year…the fans here do not know it yet though.

]]> By: Charles Gates http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/05/the-diamondbacks-are-trying-to-nip-a-twitter-problem-in-the-bud/comment-page-1/#comment-175016 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:05:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76896#comment-175016 I’m completely shocked that, as far as we know, teams havn’t had consultants come in and coach their players in social media savy. The immediate connection to the fans has to have a positive effect on both the team’s ticket/merchandise sales as well as the player’s marketability, ie endorsement deals.

]]> By: hansob http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/05/the-diamondbacks-are-trying-to-nip-a-twitter-problem-in-the-bud/comment-page-1/#comment-174991 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:34:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=76896#comment-174991 Melvin Mora wasn’t appropriate for public consumption either, but they still stuffed him down D-back fans’ throats.

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