Tuesday, June 23, 2009

TIGERS HOST FIRST-EVER LIVE TWITTER EVENT JUNE 23

FANS ENCOURAGED TO ASK QUESTIONS DURING TIGERS-CUBS GAME ON WEDNESDAY

DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers will host the club’s first-ever live Twitter event this Wednesday, June 23 as the team and special guests will answer questions from followers of their official Twitter page, @official_tigers. The Twitter event will start at 7:00 p.m. and continue until the seventh inning stretch of their home game against the Chicago Cubs. The Tigers encourage all followers of @official_tigers to visit tigers.com/tweetevent for the event details and to follow along for the opportunity to win tickets to a future Tigers home game.

“We are looking forward to fielding the questions from our fans and having an open dialogue,” said Ellen Hill Zeringue, the Tigers’ Vice President of Marketing. “We’ve identified social media as a valuable relationship building vehicle and it’s exciting to give fans this access during a live game.”

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