Twitter Travails: David Huff May Have Scuttled Call-Up, Glen Davis Does the “Dougie”

In case you were worried that the introduction of a bland, regal Twitter account to the sporting landscape would convince other athletes to clam up, I present the cases of David Huff and Glen Davis.

Huff’s is the sad story. The Cleveland Indians AAA stalwart tweeted that he was getting a call-up to the big club Friday afternoon.

⇥Just got called up for a spot start Sunday against the Detriot Tigers at 1 pm EST. See you there!!This would have been cool, except an Indians beat reporter retweeted Huff to say the Indians hadn’t announced it yet, forcing the team’s hand. And now the call-up “may or may not happen” and Huff’s account is gone. Note to all marginal major leaguers: Do not celebrate possible good fortune until it’s no longer fun to be the first to report it. Bad things will happen.Davis, on the other hand, remains odd and funny.

For a big guy, Davis has some surprisingly smooth moves. But that doesn’t make it any less funny that an NBA player had nothing better to do on a Friday night than upload a Twitvid of himself dancing.

So, athletes, two suggestions: Don’t celebrate things that aren’t done and/or completely in your hands, and post your instructional dance videos in the late afternoon rather than late at night. Or, alternatively: Be yourself, unless you’re a farmhand in the Indians organization.

(HTs: Hardball Talk and Black Sports Online.)

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