Luis Gonzalez joins Twitter, tries to figure out how to work it
Diamondbacks legend Luis Gonzalez joined Twitter this week.
#DBACKNATION BIG NEWS!! Welcome @Luisgonzo20 to Twitter! pic.twitter.com/SM0yohtNGl
— DbackNation (@RealDbackNation) May 20, 2016
And many fans were satisfied with these developments.
my kids made me do it. although I'm not verified like you yet!
— Luis Gonzalez (@Luisgonzo20) May 19, 2016
Gonzalez’s first tweet made it abundantly clear that he joined against his will.
Thank you! Baby steps. My kids are Still trying to help me figure this out.
— Luis Gonzalez (@Luisgonzo20) May 20, 2016
The only man to hand Mariano Rivera a postseason loss– and a Diamondbacks World Series win– had a tough time figuring out how to Tweet. Go figure.
that's messed up. I would block you if I knew how
— Luis Gonzalez (@Luisgonzo20) May 20, 2016
Gonzo hit 57 home runs in 2001, but can’t figure out how to block someone on Twitter.
Despite Gonzalez’s Twitter struggles, some of baseball’s big names welcomed him into the Twitterverse. Like Buster Olney, whose book, “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” chronicles Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.
Not many players have ended a World Series with a hit. @LuisGonzo20 did, and he's on Twitter.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) May 21, 2016
Former teammate Reggie Sanders also welcomed him to Twitter.
@Luisgonzo20 Welcome to twitter my friend.
— r e g g i e s a n d e r s (@ReggieSanders) May 21, 2016
Hopefully Gonzalez’s Twitter game becomes as good as his hitting game was in 2001. And hopefully Twitter verifies his account soon. There’s a million nobody Instagram models that are verified, but you can’t verify the man behind one of baseball’s most iconic hits?