Last night, Zack Greinke shocked the world by signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks. And then Twitter exploded. This is that story, as told through the tweets.
First, Ken Rosenthal broke the story:
Sources: Greinke in agreement with #DBacks, pending physical.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 5, 2015
And then, everything went nuts:
Holy hell. https://t.co/xg5nc0YITV — Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) December 5, 2015
— Julie DiCaro (@JulieDiCaro) December 5, 2015
I… what https://t.co/OmoWbwaSfB — Bless You Boys (@blessyouboys) December 5, 2015
Whoa. https://t.co/E8hW9ARgGD
— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) December 5, 2015
Oh crap https://t.co/LP6VbYOWi1 — Nick Stellini (@StelliniTweets) December 5, 2015
— Joe Lucia (@Joe_TOC) December 5, 2015
excuse me https://t.co/rrrKnQmdlS — Lana Berry (@Lana) December 5, 2015
Well then
— Eric Stephen (@truebluela) December 5, 2015
wait what — Nathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) December 5, 2015
So that happened
— Ahmed Fareed (@AhmedFareedCSN) December 5, 2015
Fascinating https://t.co/TFIuwnMYt4 — Kevin Kernan (@WheresKernan) December 5, 2015
what
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) December 5, 2015
Dumbfounded. Disappointed. Distraught. D’Backs. — Wendy Thurm (@hangingsliders) December 5, 2015
Well.
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) December 5, 2015
What in the holy hell Zack Greinke — Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) December 5, 2015
HAHAHAHAHAH WHAT
— Lindsey Adler (@Lahlahlindsey) December 5, 2015
Buh? https://t.co/oBdZL3ge8t — Emma Span (@emmaspan) December 5, 2015
And that, friends, is how Zack Greinke and the Diamondbacks totally rendered almost everyone on Twitter incapable of meaningful speech.
Well, except for Larry King:
Crying in my iced coffee right now. Looks like the #Dodgers lost #Greinke. Sad, sad, sad…
— Larry King (@kingsthings) December 5, 2015
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