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Done, I am following Eric Now. I hope it helps.
I am editing my post as well as it doesn't make sense.
Good way to have people follow your son is milb.com, they can bookmark the player of their choice and follow them through the season.
There are many teams that do discourage their young players (if not all) from using twitter. Mainly because many players are young and immature and don't quite understand how things work. I know of one situation where the player (#1 draft choice for that team) made a comment about a situationm he had with the team, and it didn't sit well with them for sure.
Teams encourage blogs and some are done very well. I don't follow any player via twitter, but rather through their daily stats and performance.
This is a learning process, as can be a long one for player as well as their families.
My suggestion is to sit back and enjoy the ride,
I have edited my original post.
Once I understood how to use it effectively, I actually like Twitter. I prefer to follow news sources or writers than players.
My older son found out he was traded a couple of years ago via Twitter (BTW, I don't 'follow' him). Anyways, he saw that his old team (Padres) had acquired a SS and wondered who they traded for that SS...clicked on link and it was him! 
Some teams prefer their players don't have accounts at all. Last year, our son's MiLB team asked (er, demanded) that all players stop using their Twitter accounts for the rest of the season. When they do allow it, they really stress careful use of it and they monitor it too.
You gotta be careful about wanting a bunch of followers. I have read about players receiving really bad stuff by making themselves accessible. Including one pitcher I know who received death threats after losing a playoff game in the 9th inning last year. Pretty disgusting...but it is out there.
Use with caution!
Thats pretty funny justbaseball! I have edited my original post under the advisement of veterans here.
I did not intend to be gauche. 
I find Twitter to be a useful tool if used appropriately and maturely. floridafan- I got your message last night and am now following.
For those interested in correspondence, I'm on Twitter @josh_herz.
The one player I know currently in MLB deleted his FB and Twitter accounts the day after he was put on the 25-man roster.
First Inning is a good alternative to MiLB.com when it comes to following players. I like it better, but that's just personal preference.
My son got himself into a little hot water with his twitter account. In spring training two years ago, he tweeted that he got a double off of Jonathon Paplebon and a single off Daniel Bard who was clocked at 100 mph on the pitch. It might have been ok if he would have left it at that but then he tweeted WHAMMMY!!! Not good. The next day, the Rays had a little hazing routine planned for him where the whole big-league team kind of ridiculed him at the pitcher's mound. In Bradenton that same day, against the Pirates at their home field, they had a special jersey made up for him that instead of saying his last name across the back, it said WHAMMMY. He got one at bat in the game, and when they introduced him at the plate, they introduced him as WHAMMMY. Needless to say, the Pirate faithful let him have it pretty good. I have the WHAMMY shirt hanging in my closet that I like to wear at Halloween time 
Joe Maddon commented on the situation and said the hazing etc. was to teach a lesson that you never say anything about the opposition. He did say most guys would not have reacted well to the hazing but that he respected my son for taking his lumps like a man. Not the best way to get noticed by your superiors...
That IS FUNNY CD!
I see that Tyler has added safeguards to his Twitter account now so that only "confirmed followers" can see them! We will see if he will accept me, lol!
Lesson well learned, CD! I'm emailing this link to Bum, Jr. before it's too.. too lat..(just a sec).. OMG! What did you just write? SON! LMAO Son Too funny!
Several of son's teammates are active in twitter, son has one but I think has tweeted only twice so far. He is more likely to update a post on his facebook now and then. He likes this advice from Phil Robertson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqtIKg1uZNY
CD,
Funny story. 
Kudos to Tyler for handling it so well!
Julie
Just baseball.... been a while.... My fault...
At least the Padres told my son and he called me that they traded him.... before it hit twitter.. Sorry about how you heard. The College teams my sons played for; now have guidelines for Facebook and I'm assuming twitter. I'm not sure if the pro teams do, but as a pro my oldest son, actually had to close down his face book for a few years because he was overwhelmed by fans.