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MLBTwitterBy Sam Neumann on

If you happened to check X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday afternoon and saw the New York Mets posted a screenshot of a long announcement, one would imagine that it was the latest blunder of errors that seems to follow this franchise, like the valet who left a lingering scent of B.O. in Jerry’s car on Seinfeld.

But this wasn’t one of those instances. And it only took a few seconds to realize the admin of the social media was in on some Mets Twitter lore and was indeed trolling at a Hall of Fame level.

The official Mets account posted a screenshot that was an announcement from GENY Mets Report (@genymets) on X. The announcement was regarding the future of the Mets’ fan page, which has often come under fire for lifting and stealing other’s content without giving proper accreditation.

So, as the account/page was announcing its final send-off and that it would no longer be in use, the Mets decided to get in on the joke. This time, instead of simply retweeting @genymets, which is no longer an active account, the team put a screenshot of the announcement and shared that it was via @genymets, an ode to what account owner Grant Purpura was accused of doing multiple times throughout that account’s tenure.

https://twitter.com/Mets/status/1772705708552618345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1772705708552618345%7Ctwgr%5E1b42dfd8eb74b45080a33d862bc3d4ec3c13b38a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FMets%2Fstatus%2F1772705708552618345

In the final days of the account, @genymets got in trouble for taking a photo of J.D. Martinez from journalist Tim Healey of Newsday without giving him credit. This wasn’t the first time @genymets had done this, and they only credited Healey after he called them out on it.

It’s happened more often than you think. And now that it’s become more and more prevalent, those on Mets Twitter call it out when they see fit. Not every account on the internet needs to be a Mets insider, but in the case of @genymets, passing off a reporter’s information as its own was a common occurrence, which can be seen below.

Purpura had even gotten his account suspended in the past for instances like these, but that was before Elon Musk took over the social media app, allowing him to do whatever he wanted despite shamefully not having an ounce of original content.

As the announcement indicates, Purpura will now embark on a career in professional baseball, but that won’t be with the Mets— don’t worry. According to his LinkedIn page, he will be a social media manager for a non-major League Baseball organization, one that is not affiliated with anyone. This seems to be a sigh of relief for some, who thought that Purpura was tweeting from the Mets account and not an elite troll job by the account’s admin.

And that troll job received a lot of love from Mets fans in the replies and quote tweets.

It sure seems like geny will not be missed, and it was quite the going-away party on behalf of the Mets. The season hasn’t started yet, but their admin appears to be in mid-season form.

[New York Mets on X]

About Sam Neumann

Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.

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