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Apr 25, 2012, 3:03 PM EDT

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Simple pleasures on a Wednesday afternoon:  word has gotten around that if you tweet something with the hash tag “ #GoDbacks,” that it automatically goes up on the scoreboard at Chase Field where the Dbacks and Phillies are getting ready to play in less than an hour.

Not sure if it’s true or if it’s just some myth, but the Twitterverse — led by a bunch of Phillies fans — has decided that a boring afternoon can be lightened up by playing Monkeywrench Gang with the Dbacks.  Some of the fun ones:

 

 

 

There are literally hundreds if you click that hashtag and check them out.

If there was no one filtering these when they began, you can bet they are now. But I hope at least some of them got through to the big board.

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  1. sportsdrenched.com - Apr 25, 2012 at 3:10 PM

    This might be the best story I have read all day.

  2. stairwayto7 - Apr 25, 2012 at 3:13 PM

    This is true. All you have to do it put the #go dbacks and they will put it up. Been doing in all season.

  3. easports82 - Apr 25, 2012 at 3:14 PM

    Thank you, Internet. I know what I’ll be doing for the rest of the work day.

  4. illegalblues - Apr 25, 2012 at 3:16 PM

    i don’t know why, but this is just the funniest thing ever.

  5. ajcardsfan - Apr 25, 2012 at 3:18 PM

    I have a twitter account I never use…this might just motivate me..

  6. gerryb323 - Apr 25, 2012 at 3:22 PM

    #PedroGomezNeverDenied his mancrush on Willie Bloomquist. #GoDbacks!

  7. heyblueyoustink - Apr 25, 2012 at 3:48 PM

    I’m proud of my bretheren, and will be joining in shortly.

  8. phukyouk - Apr 25, 2012 at 4:01 PM

    its actually b a b a start

    • easports82 - Apr 25, 2012 at 4:21 PM

      Select Start, if memory serves

      • phukyouk - Apr 25, 2012 at 4:24 PM

        Select start if one is not a selfish prick and wants to let their little brother play along and all he does is stand at the back of the screen preventing you from moving forward and causing your death that little shit!!!!

    • marshmallowsnake - Apr 25, 2012 at 5:21 PM

      up down up down left right left right b a start… c’mon guys

      • phukyouk - Apr 25, 2012 at 5:30 PM

        You serious? Arguably the most famous cheat code in video game history. Its b a b a start. I know this cause I play Contra almost every night before bed. Yea… on my original Nintendo.

      • marshmallowsnake - Apr 25, 2012 at 7:03 PM

        Obviously you do not…and I got it wrong too.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code

        So yeah, I was serious.

      • phukyouk - Apr 26, 2012 at 9:25 AM

        no… its b a b a TRUST me.. i mean your source is wikipedia… and yea the full thing is
        up up down down left right left right b a b a start

      • marshmallowsnake - Apr 26, 2012 at 11:50 AM

        Just admit you are wrong. I will get more sources if you wish.

      • marshmallowsnake - Apr 26, 2012 at 12:00 PM

        http://www.pressthebuttons.com/2005/12/exploring_the_k.html

        http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/konami-code

        http://contra.wikia.com/wiki/Konami_Code

        http://www.gamewinners.com/nes/Contra.htm (multiple codes, but not the one you mention)

        Good enough? Or are all websites bad sources? Just in case you say yes, here is one from a video game review website:

        http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/05/08/konami-code-infects-facebook

  9. stex52 - Apr 25, 2012 at 5:24 PM

    Damn, someone in the PR group wasn’t thinking. I love it. Best thread all day.

  10. WhenMattStairsIsKing - Apr 25, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #GoDbacks

  11. brownsbraves11 - Apr 25, 2012 at 10:40 PM

    Up up down down left right left right b a b a select start.

  12. Gamera the Brave - Apr 26, 2012 at 11:13 AM

    Almost can’t read this through tears of laughter.
    Another episode of “My co-workers are wondering why the hell I am laughing out loud at my desk, and they all think I’m nuts”.
    I HATE that the “Car Battery” one was the one that set me off. But it did…

  13. marshmallowsnake - Apr 26, 2012 at 11:59 AM

    http://www.pressthebuttons.com/2005/12/exploring_the_k.html

    http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/konami-code

    http://contra.wikia.com/wiki/Konami_Code

    http://www.gamewinners.com/nes/Contra.htm (multiple codes, but not the one you mention)

    Good enough? Or are all websites bad sources? Just in case you say yes, here is one from a video game review website:

    http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/05/08/konami-code-infects-facebook

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