On Wednesday night, the New York Yankees finalized their blockbuster trade for Juan Soto. Or should we say, “Jon Soto?”
The team’s X account announced the trade with a post that read, “Jon Soto appears headed to Yankees.”
Jon Soto appears headed to Yankees
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) December 7, 2023
While you wouldn’t be faulted for assuming a social media manager was about to get fired, terminally online baseball fans understood the reference immediately.
Wednesday also happened to be the first anniversary of Jon Heyman’s tweet heard ’round the baseball world, when he hurriedly fired off a tweet that read “Arson Judge appears headed to Giants.”
The baseball world had a field day with “Arson Judge,” even after Heyman deleted the tweet and replaced it with a revised version clarifying that *Aaron* Judge was signing with the Giants, before retracting his report altogether, saying that the Giants still hadn’t heard from Judge.
Judge re-signed with the Yankees a few weeks later.
It appears that the Yankees did not forget about Heyman’s hustle and incorrect reporting. That the Soto deal just so happened to go down the same day, one year later, was too good of an opportunity to pass up.
You could argue this was the Yankees’ biggest win in years, at least according to some of the reactions.
THIS IS THE MOST LEGENDARY TWEET OF ALL-TIME
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) December 7, 2023
On the anniversary of Arson Judge signing with the Giants … the Evil Empire strikes back. https://t.co/PdfJWNaob1
— Max Goodman (@MaxTGoodman) December 7, 2023
Yankees admin swooped in with the Tweet of the Year on December 6th https://t.co/BeOC51QfN6
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) December 7, 2023
Twitter admin joking around with an Arson Judge reference. This is fun.
This is the next chapter of New York Yankees baseball. https://t.co/uEaKryyGjg
— Jake Marsh (@PMTsportsbiz) December 7, 2023
Hopefully, Heyman doesn’t block the Yankees like he did others who pointed out the anniversary on Wednesday.
About Sean Keeley
Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Managing Editor for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.