Last Sunday, while watching Colorado’s in-progress sweep in Atlanta, Rockies fan Collin Ingram heard the broadcasters commenting on the added value that the Braves’ organist brought to SunTrust Park.
That prompted to take to Twitter, where he engaged the team’s official account in an attempt to draw attention to the dearth of raw musical notes in the LoDo air.
The Rockies responded to Ingram’s joke-tweet by telling him the club would buy an organ — and make him its master — for the 2019 season if the fan amassed 5,280,000 retweets.
.@CollinIngram asked us to buy an organ and let him be the organist at Coors Field next season.
We told him, “DEAL”—at a cost of 5,280,000 retweets.
He came up *just* short with 130,000+ but we thought that deserved something, so we hooked him up today.
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies)
Over 130,000 retweets later, Ingram fell well short of the goal, but the Rockies still hosted him ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Cardinals. That included an up-close visit with the club’s original organ, now housed in the team’s historical archives.
But still, even with Ingram’s viral push seemingly having come to a close, the man’s question persists:
