Best of Chicago Cubs Social Media (Week of May 18): @Cubs birthday, Heyward and Dawson talk shop
There’s no baseball this Memorial Day weekend, but maybe you can find a replay or three to tide you over. You might also enjoy combing through social media to see how players are coping with the lack of activity in their own ways. Lucky for you, we’ve already done some homework.
Javy Hosts a Tryout
In a video from spring training, Javy Báez hosted a “tryout” for his friend, Puerto Rican rapper Residente. The full video can be found here.
The Tryout 🇵🇷 #Residente #ElMago https://t.co/6sWkQvXmQ6@MLB @Residente @Cubs pic.twitter.com/o44c0aJiGo
— Javier Báez (@javy23baez) May 18, 2020
Wick’s High Stakes Catch
Rowan Wick is putting in work wherever he can.
A high-stakes game of catch. 😅
@RowanWick pic.twitter.com/zJx2U1HJgr
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 19, 2020
Anthony Rizzo‘s New T-Shirt
KEVIN!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAc90dlneGh/
Heyward and The Hawk
The Cubs shared a conversation between Jason Heyward and Andre Dawson. They talked about playing right field at Wrigley and the unforgiving brick wall behind the ivy.
A couple of Gold Glove outfielders talking shop.
Watch the full conversation with The Hawk and J-Hey in the new episode of The Relay, presented by @Wintrust. ➡️ https://t.co/pzkrJI7vCo pic.twitter.com/ym5EDu9cgr
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 21, 2020
Happy Birthday @Cubs!
The Cubs Twitter account turned 11 years old this week and they celebrated by reminding us not to read the mentions.
Happy 11th birthday to @Cubs! 🥳
From our best tweets to our worst, thanks for being there with us. pic.twitter.com/fUlu2fp5IY
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 19, 2020