CHICAGO, IL – MAY 21: Junior Lake #21 of the Chicago Cubs steals second base as Derek Jeter #2 of the New York Yankees makes a tag during the first inning on May 21, 2014 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by David Banks/Getty Images)
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Over the last couple of years, professional sports teams have got pretty good at maintaining enjoyable social media presences. It’s especially fun when teams interact with each other, because the idea of massive billion-dollar franchises teasing each other on Twitter is cute in a very 21st-century way.

The Cubs have a pretty great Twitter account, which made it fairly controversial when Twitter user @liamgordd posted this:

Now, @Cubs probably gets messages like that all the time, but on Monday they decided they weren’t going to take it.

So obviously the Cubs were going to win this poll given that they tweeted it to their own fans, but that 56-44 margin is not very large. Props to Yankee fans for voting in droves.

Naturally the Yankees themselves had to get in on this. First they tweeted this innocent gif…

…to which the Cubs responded…

This could have been the end, but the Yankees decided to channel all the worst stereotypes about them and their fans and counter with the classic “RINGZZZZZZ” argument.

Come on Yanks, you’re better than that!

The Cubs also stayed true to the image of their franchise by effectively cowering in fear at the possibility of a confrontation…

…at which point the Yankees acquiesced.

Long live professional teams interacting on Twitter.

 

About Alex Putterman

Alex is a writer and editor for The Comeback and Awful Announcing. He has written for The Atlantic, VICE Sports, MLB.com, SI.com and more. He is a proud alum of Northwestern University and The Daily Northwestern. You can find him on Twitter @AlexPutterman.

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