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With the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks set to square off in the NFC Championship game Sunday, for the right to head to the Super Bowl, each respective city is obviously rallying around its team. That includes the San Francisco Giants and Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball and whoever runs each respective Twitter account.
Follow the chain here.
First, the Giants simply post something about Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
From First Pitch to NFC Championship, Kap is the man #SFUnite … http://t.co/9L7RppjK61 #QuestForSix
— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) January 17, 2014
Next, the Mariners reply with a similar sentiment about Seahawks signal-caller Russell Wilson.
.@SFGiants Our guy has been throwing strikes since the offseason. http://t.co/vy415kQIjK #GoHawks
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) January 17, 2014
And now, the Giants decided to get into a Twitter brawl:
. @Mariners he had a longer offseason last season.
— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) January 17, 2014
Boom! The Mariners aren't about to take it lying down. And it was, as they say, on.
.@SFGiants Colin's record at the CLink: 0-2. Combined score: SEA 71 - SF 16 #KissThis
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) January 17, 2014
.@Mariners check his road playoff record and then let us know if you want to make this game a bit more interesting #SFUnite
— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) January 17, 2014
.@SFGiants We’re in. WHEN we win, you have to post a photo of Lou Seal going #FeastMode on some Skittles. #GoHawks
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) January 17, 2014
.@Mariners when we win, post a pic of Mariner Moose #Kaepernicking #SFUnite #SaveYourSkittles pic.twitter.com/hf8E4p9S7H
— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) January 17, 2014
.@SFGiants It's on. #TasteTheRainbow #GoHawks pic.twitter.com/zDsFVhS363
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) January 17, 2014
Most of our CBSSports.com staff is picking the Seahawks and the NFC title game takes place Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
