The headline covers most of what the following post will be. But I’ll make a few quick points. Baseball is fun and it’s a lot of fun to follow along and interact with people on Twitter about it. The following list has a few rules. First, these are not people you follow for news. Ken Rosenthal breaks lots of stories, but this list is about people who you follow because of their interesting commentary, not their ability as a reporter. Current players are also not eligible. Second, the account doesn’t have to reflect a person but it can’t be an entity like MLB or ESPN. Three, I’m not listing anyone I have a professional affiliation with. It wouldn’t really matter because this is a fun list and I can’t imagine anyone finding a way to profit from this, but it just felt more ethical. Finally, these accounts are being judged only by baseball tweeting. No points for your literature or food tweeting. Both quality and quantity are considered. Just like “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” everything is made up and the points don’t matter.

Honorable Mention. Batting Stance Guy

On the list for humor. I don’t follow him, but got some recommendations to put him on the list and I’m all about listening:

9. Keith Law

Law is pretty popular for his “snark” and hilarious ability to retweet people who don’t know the difference between your and you’re, but he’s worth a follow because he provides solid baseball commentary in most cases and it well informed on prospects. Mostly, his invention of #umpshow is reason enough.

8. Heard on MLB Tonight

This is the designated Twitter account for pointing out hilariously off base baseball commentary.

7. MLB Fake Rumors

This is a great play on MLB Trade Rumors. Their only failure is that they don’t tweet often enough.

6. Mark Simon

Simon posts a ton of statistical breakdowns and tidbits and is great about looking into advanced data for followers.

5. Dave Cameron

Cameron is the managing editor of FanGraphs and is just an excellent baseball analyst.

4. Can Predict Ball

These guys tweet when something hilariously predictable happens. Must follow.

3. Brian Kenny

Kenny is the mainstream media’s sabermetric champion and does a nice job providing commentary and taking people to task for not opening their minds.

https://twitter.com/MrBrianKenny/status/365670704982671360

2. Jeff Sullivan

Sullivan makes excellent observations about baseball, but is also supremely funny and always tweets what I’m thinking about national writers who tweet silly rumors.

1. You Can’t Predict Ball

They tweet when unpredictable things happen, which is just about the best thing about baseball.