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Chrissy Teigen, noted Seattle Mariners fan and arguably the best follow on Twitter, must have caught wind of the fact that Derek Jeter and Michael Jordan are among the folks buying the Miami Marlins and decided that she too wanted in on the action.
Apparently changing Safeco Field’s name to Teigen Field when Safeco’s sponsorship deal runs out wasn’t good enough for her so she decided to ask Twitter which sports team she should purchase.
Hello I would like to buy a team
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 11, 2017
imagine having "buying teams" money
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 11, 2017
What's the cheapest professional sports team to buy? I need a goal
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 11, 2017
That was all it took and Twitter was off and running with one excellent suggestion after another…
Or did you mean a team? Not sure they're for sale. pic.twitter.com/AAqHUweppY
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) August 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/jakewoolf/status/896110634156216320
https://twitter.com/kaylakato/status/896110601344237568
https://twitter.com/LincolnO1995/status/896110690762506242
ice hockey please…we need you to sort out hockey twitter as well
— Lauren (@lenofi) August 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/fauxpaj/status/896111824981991424
Vancouver Canucks
— Taj (@taj1944) August 12, 2017
My son's 4th/5th Boys and Girls Club team is available for the right price. Make an offer!
— A real, good guy (@Berzirk) August 11, 2017
Toronto Argonauts #CFL
— derick (@infidelatheist) August 11, 2017
Please buy the Cavs
— Scoops (@ejmaroun) August 12, 2017
Part ownership of the Tennessee Titans opened up this week. 😬
— Just Lee (@CaptnSparrow) August 11, 2017
However, the most support seemed to come in the form of tweets like these…
Buy the Mets. John can have a piano set up at Citi Field to play songs whenever he wants to.
— green man (@real_green_man) August 11, 2017
girl have you heard of @NWSL
— anna buttermore (@annabuttermore) August 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/artologica/status/896110925752578048
https://twitter.com/artologica/status/896111045852278784
Eventually, after much consideration, Chrissy made her decision…
Cleveland Browns it is
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 11, 2017
Could she really do worse than current ownership?
Naturally, ESPN seemed to take Teigen semi-seriously…
Chrissy Teigen is looking to expand her professional portfolio into the sports world. https://t.co/LYhSEiNyHd
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 11, 2017
To which Chrissy replied (awesomely)…
It was a joke I have no team buying money are you insane https://t.co/schWGxEzwG
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 11, 2017