Stephen Colbert Takes Over MLB Twitter Feed For The Day

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert has "taken over" the MLB Twitter account for the day. His stint began at midnight ET and will end at 11:59pm tonight. Colbert "won the keys fair and square by defeating MLB in the Beat the Streak Challenge" on June 14 (MLB.com, 8/5).

Colbert’s first tweet came shortly after midnight, when he posted, “SCORE UPDATE! Seattle Salamanders 7, Albuquerque Balloons, aught. Also, it's Toss Your Trash On The Field Day at all stadiums!” He followed that up immediately with, “Well, I've exhausted my baseball knowledge. On to pole vaulting! How about Chelsea Johnson taking the silver in the '09 Worlds?” Colbert later added, “I can't wait to see Ken Burns' nine-part documentary about my control of baseball's twitter feed” (TWITTER.com, 8/5). Colbert last night previewed what his takeover of the MLB Twitter feed would look like during the "Sports Report" segment on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."