Something Weird On Twitter

by afh4 on Apr 11, 2011 4:56 PM EDT

It looks to me like TribeInsider, which is the Indians PR twitter, was responding to a CAA_Baseball tweet that asserted the scoreless appearance fact as a great thing about Chris Perez. CAA_Baseball is the Twitter account of the agency that represents Perez. TribeInsider pointed out that Sipp has also done this.

Here's where it gets odd: someone replies from the ChrisPerez54 account (Perez's official account) and tells TribeInsider, cordially, that Sipp's irrelevant b/c he's not a CAA client.

The corresponding CAA_Baseball tweet is already gone. Obvious question is, does Chris Perez's agent actually run his Twitter account? That's the obvious explanation here—meaning to reply from the CAA_Baseball account but forgot to log out of the ChrisPerez54 account. And, of course, that wouldn't be shocking—many athlete Twitter accounts are obviously run by PR people. One of the reason's Perez is popular is that it comes across as considerably more authentic. Alternatively, was Chris Perez making some weird joke?

Not a whole lot to see here but a little odd, nonetheless.

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If it was meant to come from the CAA_Baseball account, wouldn’t it be odd to add the “@CAA_Baseball”?

by JRontherim on Apr 11, 2011 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

When you reply to a tweet with multiple @s in it, it automatically adds them all.

by TheDanimal on Apr 11, 2011 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, to expand, if somebody just hit reply to the TribeInsider tweet it’s going automatically add an “@” for everyone in the original tweet except for the writer.

by afh4 on Apr 11, 2011 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Writer of the reply tweet that is.

I should also add, it’s likely that they actually wanted to send this as a DM (direct message) but got mixed up, as happens often—Hoynes was doing this with regularity for a while.

by afh4 on Apr 11, 2011 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Huh. I must have conveniently forgotten that.

I still think the person would notice “@CAA_Baseball” popping up instead of “@ChrisPerez54”, but maybe that’s just me being hopeful that people aren’t that dumb.

The way I took it at face value was just Perez making a joke that, since Sipp isn’t a client, CAA has no interest in how well he does. They’re plugging a client instead of making an actual statement about baseball.

by JRontherim on Apr 11, 2011 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, it’s just a little short for that, though, in my eyes. Like, if he wanted to make a joke, couldn’t he make a full on joke?

by afh4 on Apr 11, 2011 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Chris Perez controls CAA Baseball’s Twitter account. Case closed.

by VA tribe fan on Apr 11, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Can’t blame CAA. Chris Perez controls everything.

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Apr 11, 2011 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions

In other twitter news, C_M_Cook is a bit of a pig.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Apr 11, 2011 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

That’s Kyle Blair, actually. Cook took the picture.

by afh4 on Apr 11, 2011 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah thanks, I should read more carefully next time.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Apr 11, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

C_M_Cook gave up like 3 HR yesterday while pitching with the LCC. HR are still relatively rare down there. That’s a really bad start.

by jhon on Apr 11, 2011 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I think this is being overanalyzed, boys. I think Perez was just pointing out (just as a friendly jab to Bart Swain) that Tony Sipp isn’t a CAA client.

by cozmeesah on Apr 11, 2011 5:33 PM EDT reply actions

I think it’s more likely that someone at CAA posts for Perez.

by Roger Dorn on Apr 11, 2011 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions

They may be able to, and this case may be one of those times. But I’d be willing to bet that 99% of the tweets are from Perez himself. CAA may be the ones retweeting all the posts from people that are praising CPez. That has never seemed like Chris would do it.

by cozmeesah on Apr 11, 2011 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Normally I’d chalk this up to CAA is behind his account. But Perez has tweeted some odd stuff. The “suck it” comes to mind.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Apr 11, 2011 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Just what I was thinking. What agent, bent on controlling public image, tweets that?

by Brad D on Apr 12, 2011 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions

That might be the public image they are trying to craft. And successfully so, I might add.

by jakesinger777 on Apr 12, 2011 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I still lean towards the idea that CAA and Perez both have access to the account.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Apr 12, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

That seems the most realistic to me. Perez can tweet, but his agency reserves the right to use his account for promoting their client, or for damage control if he happens to say anything offensive. It seems like that’s how it would probably work for any professional athlete who wants to use Twitter.

by VA tribe fan on Apr 12, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s the other way around. CAA sets up the account and “manages” it, sets it up to tweet on his smartphone. Perez just tweets from it.

by Jay on Apr 12, 2011 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I think they are probably able to post for him, but I doubt everything posted to that twitter is written by them.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Apr 11, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions

agreed

by TheDanimal on Apr 12, 2011 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions

The whole thing is dumb, obviously, but the original CAA post is inaccurate as it makes it seem like Perez has done something no other Indians pitcher has done in ten years when, in fact, Perez’s own teammate did it before Perez (since Sipp pitches the 8th). It’s lousy PR by CAA, however you cut it.

by afh4 on Apr 11, 2011 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s sorta fitting got Pure Rage though don’t you think?

by 9James on Apr 12, 2011 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Are you (or someone with a personal account) going to inquire? With Ryan and Jay (and Evan) foraying into interviews, might as well become investigative journalists as well.

Or maybe Pure_Rage can do it.

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Apr 11, 2011 8:28 PM EDT reply actions

Pure Rage can do anything he puts his mullet to.

by emd2k3 on Apr 11, 2011 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Nothing wrong with asking. I’ll do so. In this case, might not be able to get very far; they’re likely to ignore inquiries.

I simply can not buy the idea that Perez never tweets for himself – not after the Castro comments.

But if we’re applying Occam’s Razor here, it certainly points to the agency making that particular tweet. If Perez were being cheeky, I doubt it’d have been removed so quickly.

by tabler84 on Apr 13, 2011 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions