San Francisco, Kansas City public libraries get into Twitter battle

The librarians of Kansas City and San Francisco are taking off their dust jackets and getting ready to rumble in the run up to the World Series, as the cities public libraries battle it out on Twitter.

The librarians of Kansas City and San Francisco are taking off their dust jackets and getting ready to rumble in the run up to the World Series, as the cities public libraries battle it out on Twitter.

Not content to let local police departments have all the fun, the official Twitter account of the Kansas City Public Library fired the opening salvo on Tuesday morning as the teams got ready for the first game of the Fall Classic.

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Hey @SFPublicLibrary we have a book for you! http://t.co/k0IiHUuvt1 #BlueOctober #TaketheCrown pic.twitter.com/6g7CVDEhOd

— KCMO Public Library (@KCLibrary) October 21, 2014

The San Francisco library fired back quickly and another Twitter beef was born.

@KCLibrary Thanks, but maybe you should read this: http://t.co/retK4JHVi4 #OrangeOctober #OctoberTogether @SFGiants pic.twitter.com/N8CoydSBFV

— SF Public Library (@SFPublicLibrary) October 21, 2014

.@SFPublicLibrary @SFGiants Hard to argue with Willie Mays, but at least our history reads "From Kansas City to Kansas City" @Royals

— KCMO Public Library (@KCLibrary) October 21, 2014

@KCLibrary @Royals No argument about terrific Kansas City, but @SFGiants history shows we've been amazing coast to coast #OrangeOctober

— SF Public Library (@SFPublicLibrary) October 21, 2014

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.@SFPublicLibrary So courteous! May Madison Bumgarner & @SFGiants only lose 1-0 tonight :) #GoRoyals #BlueOctober #TakeTheCrown

— KCMO Public Library (@KCLibrary) October 21, 2014

.@KCLibrary We're polite but fierce! Get ready to cry some blue tears for @Royals when @SFGiants take the win tonight. #OrangeOctober

— SF Public Library (@SFPublicLibrary) October 21, 2014

Let's hope cooler heads have prevailed, because we may have an Alexandria situation on our hands if this fight gets any hotter.

- Brendan Maloy