A series of deeply personal, pro-Mets tweets supposedly sent out by Mayor Bill de Blasio during Sunday night’s World Series Game 5 weren’t as personal as they were cracked up to be — since they were actually sent out by a lowly staffer, according to a report.
The oft-retweeted messages appeared to come straight from the mayor’s Red Sox-loving, Mets-sympathizing heart, as they liberally used the pronoun “I.”
It’s been a privilege to watch this team. I’m a born and bred Red Sox fan.
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) November 2, 2015
“It’s been a privilege to watch this team. I’m a born and bred Red Sox fan,” the account tweeted, giving no hint it was not de Blasio’s personal game-time musings, the New York Times reported.
“Something happens when you’re a Sox fan living here for a few decades,” he added as the Amazin’s went down to defeat. “You slowly fall in love with the Mets.”
Something happens when you’re a Sox fan living here for a few decades. You slowly fall in love with the Mets.
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) November 2, 2015
One tweet even took a poke at Yankees fans, as the writer recalled the Red Sox’s come-from-behind ALCS victory in 2004, when Boston pitcher Curt Schilling beat the Bombers with an injured ankle that bled through his sock.
And of course that bloody sock. I've seen magic in this world. Real, honest to god magic…
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) November 2, 2015
“And of course that bloody sock,” the pseudo-mayor tweeted. “I’ve seen magic in this world. Real, honest to god magic . . .”
The bogus mayor using the authentic account then tweeted, in an apparent effort to rally Mets fans, “This is all to say . . . I’ve seen it happen. I’ve been witness. I’ve been here.”
Despite those very personal-sounding tweets, the messages were written and sent out by a City Hall aide, de Blasio’s staff admitted Monday.
“While [the mayor] has written some of his own tweets, an aide wrote the Sunday night tweets,” spokeswoman Karen Hinton told the Times. “The mayor indicated he might have written them differently, but they essentially captured his views on the New York Mets, the Red Sox and all things baseball.”
While it is common for politicians to have a staffer put out offical tweets, it’s unusual to post personal messages without giving notice of who is writing them.
The tweets had many Twitter users believing they were reading de Blasio’s inner monologue, and many did not like it.
“Just when I thought I couldn’t like @BilldeBlasio less. . .” said Adam Goodkind.
“@BilldeBlasio you don’t have to do this,” added user Jason Sparks.
While tweeter Tyler Durden simply said: “Shut up Bill.”
