The Marlins did a lot of swinging and missing over the weekend, particularly on social media.
It all started Saturday, when the Marlins tweeted a Statcast video of Brian Anderson’s outfield assist from Saturday’s game at Tropicana Field. A rather innocuous back-and-forth ensued.
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But things went to another level Sunday, when the Rays trolled the Marlins after completing the series sweep. The Marlins’ social media team then elected to invoke Steve Irwin, the legendary animal enthusiast who died in 2006 from cardiac arrest after a stingray attack. It … didn’t go over well.
Take a look:
yOU'RE LITERALLY THE ANIMAL THAT KILLED STEVE IRWIN LOG OFF
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) August 4, 2019
Now, check out some of the reaction:
https://twitter.com/Baseball1727/status/1158110113716195328
https://twitter.com/hittsrays/status/1158133346385440771
This is really really low. Not a fan of either team. But despicable to bring up Steve Irwin. @mlb should discipline the Marlins twitter bully and relieve them from their duties.
— Luke Mott (@Mott447) August 4, 2019
This is not a good tweet, guys. Put yourself in his kids’ shoes, and imagine them reading this.
— Chris Guzman 🏆 (@christopherguz) August 5, 2019
How 2006 of you. I'm sure that the #Irwin family would appreciate your sense of humor……
— Big Rig 🤘🏻🍻🤓 (@bigrig98rock) August 4, 2019
Rather than delete the tweet, the Marlins issued an apology in a reply.
Hi, guys. Like everyone who grew up watching him, we miss Steve. We’re so sorry to have made light of his passing.
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) August 5, 2019
Now, let’s all move on and watch a video of Irwin talking about snakes:
R.I.P.
