Real Tracy Murray, UCLA Bruin, Washington Bullet/Wizard, '93-'94 NBA three-point shooting leader. Not some ersatz Tracy Murray, or a Tracy Morgan, or a Traci Lords (though that might've been interesting in its own way). And @gheorghetheblog responded as only he could, running through the early 90s Bullets roster in an extended comic riff. My personal fave:
@gheorghetheblogSo, really weird, but has Ashraf Amaya been calling you a ton lately? RT @RealTracyMurray @gheorghetheblog Big Gheoghe!!! What's up man???Team G:TB has extensive experience with NBA players, to be sure, but even we didn't expect the response we got from Murray. After a multi-tweet extravaganza that featured Don MacLean, Jim Lynam's cabbage smell, Rod Strickland's hot dog fetish, Cluj University, and Lost plot lines, real Gheorghe's former teammate gave us this:
gheorghetheblog Gheorghe The Blog
u da man RT @RealTracyMurray: @BadNewsHughes @gheorghetheblog Lol!!! Me too. Checked out the site. Funny stuff fellas. Yall have a good one.
@RealTracyMurray@gheorghetheblog @BadNewsHughes U had me crackin up with the Ashraf Amaya comment. Thats my boy but havent seen him in awhile.Favorite Retweet
As @gheorghetheblog later told me in an exclusive interview, Tracy Murray is a "good dude". (Contrary to what his twitter persona might lead you to believe, @gheorghetheblog is a man of few words.) Looks like we've got a new FOG:TB, one that actually happens to be a FOG, to boot.
Gheorghe: The Blog, winning friends and influencing people since 2003.
I also like how BadNewsDad randomly found himself in some of those replies.
ReplyDeleteNew twitter sucks.
ReplyDeleteI still have only a conceptual idea of twitter and have no idea how to interpret tweets - who said what to whom in that exchange?
ReplyDeleteSo Iltwitterate...
i love the meta-ness of a FOG:TB also being a FOG:TP.
ReplyDeletedoes this mena we can quit our jobs?
i saw what i thought was a pretty amazing unc/duke stat yesterday - in the 75 games prior to last night's, the difference in points scored was one...something like unc 5878 to duke's 5877. that's crazy insane.
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Mayhugh, that is real life Tracy Murray, who you might remember from his UCLA days (played alongside Don Maclean). He was also a Bullet and teammate of Gheorghe's
ReplyDeleteOut of nowhere he tweeted at me, thinking I was real-life Gheorghe. I had a field day replying to him.
But the dud was a tremendous sports about it.
Some highlights:
ReplyDeleteGlendora High Football Rules! RT @RealTracyMurray @gheorghetheblog Big Gheoghe!!! What's up man???
Coach Lynam was the worst. Smelled like cabbage. Ironic, right? RT @RealTracyMurray @gheorghetheblog Big Gheoghe!!! What's up man???
You ever beat Rod in one of those hotdog eating contests? RT @RealTracyMurray @gheorghetheblog Big Gheoghe!!! What's up man???
You talk to Don MacLean lately? #AmericanPieTweets RT @RealTracyMurray @gheorghetheblog Big Gheoghe!!! What's up man???
Still can't believe Cal Cheaney made more than us RT @RealTracyMurray @gheorghetheblog Big Gheoghe!!! What's up man???
To danimal's point:
ReplyDeleteOver the last 76 college games between the teams, Duke has scored 5943 points, North Carolina 5941 points.[via ESPN]
Yesterday was awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd it wasn't really all that random that I ended up included in Murray's response tweets. You see, I had tweeted out something to the effect of 'I'm giddy that RealTracyMurray mistook @GheorgheTheBlog for Gheorghe Muresan'. Tracy thought this was all very funny too and that's when he sent his initial reply back to me and you, Teej. If the Zman & the Teej ever have a falling out, i think i'm the natural pick to take Zman's spot on air.
I'm working an event at a WW2 airplane museum today. The event started with the presentation of colors & the pledge of allegiance. One problem: somebody forgot to turn the radio/PA off beforehand. So we ended up pledging or allegiance with "Loving You" playing (loudly) in the background. Not sure if it made anybody else laugh, but I was dying.
ReplyDeleteMark, I can't believe you hate that LL Cool J tune...though if it was played on an endless loop by college chicks I can see the reasoning.
ReplyDeleteThe Teej, what are you talking about?
ReplyDeleteThe woeful Wizards.
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