Royals minor-league affiliate was in a Twitter spat over ‘Better Call Saul’
You don’t have to be a fan of the TV shows “Better Call Saul” or “Breaking Bad,” to enjoy this Twitter dispute.
Heck, you don’t even have to have seen either show, because here’s the background:
In “Breaking Bad,” we saw the lawyer Saul Goodman leaving Albuquerque, N.M., to start a new life in Nebraska. It was, shall we say, in his best interest to relocate with a new name. That fact was referenced in the start of “Better Call Saul.”
The Royals’ Class AAA affiliate tweeted this gem after the series premiered earlier this month:
#BetterCallSaul @AbqTopes - The perks of Saul's move to #Omaha=Easier to Spell, Fewer Cartels & Championship Baseball pic.twitter.com/LGsApBgtr6
— Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) February 17, 2015Uh-oh. The Albuquerque Isotopes were not pleased and a Twitter skirmish was started.
@OMAStormChasers Why do you push Omaha so much? You’re in Papillion….
— Albuquerque Isotopes (@AbqTopes) February 17, 2015A nice bit of photo reworking here:
.@AbqTopes Even Saul changed his name to get more clients. Don't be salty you lost a ticket holder. #BetterCallSaul pic.twitter.com/u0foIlFter
— Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) February 17, 2015But Albuquerque brought out the big guns (stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Jonathan Banks from “Breaking Bad”):
.@OMAStormChasers Our fan base is just fine. Thanks though. #BreakingBad #BetterCallSaul pic.twitter.com/qBW7qWG8AD
— Albuquerque Isotopes (@AbqTopes) February 17, 2015Omaha then remembered this happened:
.@AbqTopes Fun picture. Got any photos from Sept. 9, 2012 when the Storm Chasers celebrated on your field? pic.twitter.com/5rxUXhOoLa
— Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) February 17, 2015The Isotopes again trotted out their stars:
.@OMAStormChasers We only have this photo from 2012 but why are we talking baseball? I thought this was about TV... pic.twitter.com/gFrnPj1BJh
— Albuquerque Isotopes (@AbqTopes) February 17, 2015The “disagreement” was all in good fun, right?
@whov1an We’ll let Tuco answer that. @OMAStormChasers
— Albuquerque Isotopes (@AbqTopes) February 17, 2015That’s not good ... unless you have some fulminated mercury, right?
Hat tip to SBNation.
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This story was originally published February 19, 2015 at 1:51 PM.