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    2020 Reflections: The #BauerToAnaheim Movement and Social Media

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    This post is going to be a little "Inside Baseball" as I reflect on 2020 from the perspective of someone who was asked to add content to AngelsWin Twitter account over the past year.

     

    There are a few of us who run the @AngelsWin Twitter account, with myself and @Chuckster70 being the primary ones who will post and retweet on the account. I probably account for about 70 percent of the content on the AngelsWin Twitter every since Chuck asked me a while ago to take a more active role in Social Media for AW (I don't do much with the Facebook account because I despise Facebook, so I believe that is Chuck and Geoff), so if you see a poorly done photoshopped meme, it's usually me doing it.

    My first few months I really struggled with what to do on the account, honestly it was kind of nervous being in the drivers seat for a Twitter account with almost 7000 followers. The idea that I controlled the social media face of one of my closest friend's websites kind of weighed on me, and since this is the age of social media justice, I was very worried about getting AW "cancelled", so I stuck to kind of dry stats and not so creative posts while I tried to get my bearings running one of the largest Angels based Twitter accounts, meanwhile the account would actually LOSE like 5-10 followers a month, and I was really second guessing myself.

    There was actually a part of me was glad when the season was over because I felt like I could "rest" the Angelswin Twitter account during the slow points of the offseason. I still didn't feel completely comfortable and creative in my role and I felt like I was letting Chuck down, as I never felt I was giving my full potential to the account. I felt (and still feel) like there are far more creative folks on our board who could do a better job with it, Imposter syndrome is very real, lol

    And then came the #BauerToAnaheim movement on Twitter.....

    I actually missed the early part of #BauerToAnaheim. I was not as active on social media as I was dealing with my own mental health issues related to almost 7 months of covid related lockdown, in fact I first noticed it when @angelsnationtalk tagged the AW account to get us involved and Chuck was the one who responded. So I switched over to the AW Twitter account and started engaging followers, and retweeting the hashtag, while still being in somewhat of a social media funk.

    I noticed that this was different, anytime I would post anything related #BauerToAnaheim, the engagement on the tweets would go through the roof, the account would gain followers, and it seemed like the Angels Twitter community would just start buzzing, hanging on every word and post from Trevor Bauer. This really got my "meme generating" juices going as I finally felt like this social media movement was right in my wheelhouse since Trevor Bauer was actively looking at and rating poorly photoshopped memes and fake headlines. I think the first poorly photoshop I did was taking the Angels hat and pasting it on top of all the other team hats:

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    And I was really excited to start seeing this used all over Twitter attached to the #BauerToAnaheim trend, and I was starting to feel like I was finally contributing something to AngelsWin,

    I decided to make another photoshop of a fake news headline (I actually did this on a board post here years ago to make fun of Chuck for flexing his biceps in a picture for the millionth time), and decided to use a similar strategy for Bauer:

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    After doing the above picture, I then came up with the idea of the "12 Days of #BauerToAnaheim" even though I had no idea if I could come up with 11 other creative "Days". Honestly it's was hit or miss, as some days were funnier than others, and I could see that the days that I was really proud of getting more engagement than the days that I was like "it's good enough",

    The coolest part of the whole thing is that the Angels Twitter fanbase as a whole are so engaged, it was actually the #1 trend on sports Twitter for a few days, trends regularly still, and in turn has made me feel more comfortable in my role of running the AW Twitter account. Honestly this entire #BauerToAnaheim thing has been a lot of fun to participate in, even if he doesn't end up signing with us (Which I can promise will cause a shitstorm on Twitter, and Bauer's courtship of other fanbases promises to piss off a lot of people on twitter whenever he signs to a team)

    So to kind of summarize the whole thing since my post is long, the #BauerToAnaheim thing on twitter has been really good for the Angels fanbase during a slow offseason (unless he signs with another team, lol), has been really good for AngelsWin and our social media presence, but more importantly has been really good for me personally as it has helped me get out of a personal funk, and helped me regain some of my creativity.

     

    These are the Twitter analytics over the past month for the AngelsWin account, hopefully Chuck wont mind if I share these, but this should give you guys the scale of #BauerToAnaheim and its effect on social media:

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    My goal is to hopefully get the Twitter account to 7000 followers, and also get it verified on Twitter so we can get the cool little blue checkmark (Targeting early 2021 when verification submissions restart), and then the larger goal of 10,000.

     

    Also here is my latest low effort meme related to #BauerToAnaheim

     

    On the 12th Day of #BauerToAnaheim the Angels gave to me....(Insert your idea here)

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted

    9 hours ago, stormngt said:

    To be honest. O am tired of Baur's self aggrandizing.   He maybe baseball's version of Donald Trump.

    So i'm conflicted on him.

     

    One of the things I think baseball needs is more stars who show their true personalities, because baseball culture has always been one of those unwritten rules where the players are fairly bland in interviews but actually are quite charming and funny in real life (Mike Trout is a good example, when you hear him in the clubhouse or mic'd up the dude is hilarious).

     

    Trevor Bauer is someone who is stepping out and just being himself, and the dude is very opinionated, social media savvy, and that can come off pretty harsh to a lot of people, but honestly I would prefer to see the real Bauer out in public instead of some bland person.

     

    If I were to compare the personality situation to another sport I would say that Trevor Bauer is the Tony Stewart of Baseball, with Mike Trout being Jimmie Johnson (I mean that as a compliment to both). Tony Stewart could come off like douche a lot of times, but he always said what was on his mind while Jimmie Johnson was likeable and unoffensive (and also dominant for many years).

     

    I think Bauer would actually fit into the clubhouse really well, as I think his public persona matches a lot of baseball players private clubhouse persona.

    On the 12th Day of #BauerToAnaheim the Angels gave to me....(Insert your idea here)

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted

    So for any of you who have been following the @AngelsWin Twitter, we have been doing the "!2 Days of #BauerToAnaheim" with a new one each day.

    I have written out the first 11 days and did my usual low effort photoshopping, but I left the 12th day open on purpose.

    This is the most current one:

     

    I wanted to cede the floor to members of the AW Forum to come up with the best "On the 12th day of #BauerToAnaheim the @Angels gave to me...". 

     

    If its funny, and doesn't risk getting the @Angelswin Twitter account cancelled (*cough* @tdawg87 *cough*), I'll use it as the 12th day. This isn't a contest or anything, but I will credit the person who came up with the idea in the tweet. You guys can even vote for your favorites with reactions if you want. 

    I'll try to photoshop a picture related to it although you're welcome to make one if you want

     

    The "12th Day" will be next Wednesday, so I guess that will be the "deadline"

     

    Here are the first 11 days:

     

    11 Salmon's Upstream
    10 Seasons with Mike Trout
    9 Division Titles
    8 In-n-Out Double-Doubles
    7 Smiling Rendons
    6 OC Beaches
    5 FUTURE WORLD SERIES RINGS!
    4 Nolan Ryan No Hitters
    3 Trout MVPs
    2 Sexy Fletchers
    &
    @BauerOutage to the Angels in Free Agency

     

    Good luck, and please don't let me down and make me ask @Chuckster70 to come up with it, lol

    Cleveland Indians changing their team name

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted

    I think what really pisses me off is that changing the name of a sports team because a bunch of SJW's find it offensive does nothing to actually help people who live on the Reservation, it would have been more helpful for them to put resources towards helping find a high number of missing Indigenous women, or education, or poverty, but instead we get the "Cleveland Baseball Team" 

    Cleveland Indians changing their team name

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted

    Just now, Redondo said:

    I wouldn't think the Indians is a slur in any way.

    But PC pressure is strong. 

    It's not, in fact if you were to walk up to my grandparents and call them Native Americans they would give you crap and tell you to call them either Indians or members of the First Nations, and tell you how this whole thing was brought about by white social justice warriors.

    Holy Hell, Trevor Bauer!

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted

    11 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

     

    I've written and (poorly) photoshopped 12 of these for each day  on the @AngelsWin Twitter account, Bauer better not sign with another team lol

     

    If he signs with the Halos before the 12 days are up, I'll still do the full "12 Days of #BauerToAnaheim"

     

    Honestly it really cool to see our fanbase get this trending, and its caught his attention. I seriously doubt that he is going to chose his team based on which fanbase can get a hashtag trending (Hint: It's going to be all about $$$), but its been pretty fun to participate in.

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