Two weeks ago, Dick Vitale live-tweeted a Billy Joel concert in Tampa Bay. It was awesome. This Friday, Vitale was at it again, live tweeting a Barry Manilow concert – a mere day before calling the Duke-Syracuse game from the Carrier Dome. And yes, Dickie V was just about as excited as you could imagine.
Now all my prep is done 4 Cuse & Duke – time to relax – going to hear all the fab hits of BARRY MANILOW ! Oh Mandy – Even Now!
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) January 31, 2014
Dinner -relaxing b4 BARRY MANILOW CONCERT – keep my lady happy!Yes Sat hoops – Friday my wife's night! pic.twitter.com/txXfMuGtDx
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
Now that the pre-concert festivities are over, it's time to have some fun.
BARRY MANILOW – – Baby I WantYou Now ! #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOW – LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT !#BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOW I CAN't SMILE WITHOUT YOU #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOOW American Bandstand #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOW STAY #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOW EVEN NOW #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
Can you just imagine Vitale sitting in his box, tweeting out each song of Manilow's playlist while trying to enjoy himself at the same time?
Oh, and in the midst of tweeting, he managed to get in another plug for the game.
Tonight I am with my ppl -BARRY MANILOW – Sat I will be 16 @ Cuse & Duke game. @richarddeitsch Living the LIFE
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
Back to the hits!
BARRY MANILOW BROOKLYN BLUES #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOW I AM YOUR CHILD #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
That last tweet may be the pinnacle of his live-tweeting. Amazing.
Time to plug the game again!
BARRY MANILOW THIS ONE IS FOR YOU #BARRY RESPECT = COACH K – JIM B – Can't Wait! CUSE WILL BE THE CAPITAL OF THE BASKETBALL WORLD!
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
Back to live-tweeting.
BARRY MANILOW NEW YORK CITY RHYTHM. #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
And back to plugging.
BARRY MANILOW Does a little Garth Brooks IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES – wow I would be so down – CUSE & Duke 6:30 ESPN @JL23TV @fittingLee
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
And… back to the concert.
BARRY MANILOW BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
Barry MANILOW WHEN WILL I HOLD YOU AGAIN / come on dudes if u can't get lucky with this song GIVE UP BABY @richarddeitsch
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOW SONGS OF THE. 90 'a #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOW DOING Frankie Valli hits Can't Take My Eyes Off You – happened to me 1st time I laid my eyes on my wife 42 yrs ago @jksports
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOW SINGING LOVE SONG FROM PLAY HARMONY ! Wrote the music to play #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY telling crowd do what u love & u will feel so young AMEN my MAN #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOW I MADE IT THRU THE RAIN #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BARRY MANILOW OH MANDY #BARRY a legend – Icon
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
BAREY MANILOW AT THE COPA #BARRY
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
And finally…one more plug for the game before turning in.
BARRY MANILOW I WRITE THE SONGS #BARRY Absolutely fantastic – hope Cuse & Duke game as good – #AwesomeBaby @KeithOlbermann @espnmikes
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) February 1, 2014
You may have noticed the random people tagged in some of these tweets. Well, they were commenting about Vitale's fantastic tweeting throughout the night.
Anybody heard from @DickieV tonight?
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) February 1, 2014
It's from you, it's for me MT@DickieV BARRY MANILOW I WRITE THE SONGS Absolutely fantastic.hope Cuse/Duke game as good AwesomeBaby@espnmikes
— Mike Soltys (@espnmikes) February 1, 2014
I think a 40-year-old woman in 1978 has hacked @DickieV tonight.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) February 1, 2014
Dick Vitale's Twitter accounts is one of the greatest developments in sports in the past decade.
I do have some bad news though – this is probably going to be the last time we're going to get Dickie V tweeting from a concert for awhile, because the schedule at the Tampa Bay Times Forum is sparse over the next couple of months. How disappointing…
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