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Kevin Sweeney

The Orioles Expertly Trolled the Yankees After Win With Perfect Taylor Swift Lyrics

The Orioles’ Twitter account used Taylor Swift lyrics to troll the Yankees after a 9–6 win Wednesday night, and the internet loved it.

It all started when the Yankees’ account, after a Gleyber Torres home run gave the Bronx Bombers a 5–1 lead, tweeted a picture of Torres’ celebration with the caption “’Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play,” referencing Swift’s popular 2014 song “Shake It Off.” Swift brings her popular Eras Tour to the New York area this weekend.

But things quickly went south for the Yankees, giving up eight runs in the seventh inning to see that big lead vanish and set up an eventual 9–6 defeat. And when the game went final, the Orioles social media team knew exactly what to do.

Here’s the Yankees’ tweet that started it:

And here’s the Orioles’ Tweet that ended it:

Take a bow, Orioles Twitter.

Fans, predictably, loved it.

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