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Join the HOF Class of 2015 as it explores the wonderful, exciting land known as 'Twitter World'

HOF Class of 2015 holds fan Q&A on Twitter

The latest stop on the victory tour for the most recent electees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame included a 21st century staple: a Twitter Q&A.  

So Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz spent Wednesday afternoon answering a smattering of questions from fans online. For Johnson and Martinez, who have Twitter accounts of their own, it was old hat. But for Biggio and Smoltz, it was a brave new world.

The social media-fueled Q&As were full of spectacular tidbits of info about the Class of 2015.

We learned that Pedro was a carbo-loader:

And the one guy Smoltz hated to face as a batter. We'll give you one guess:

Though actually, Smoltz went a respectable 2-for-13 against Martinez in his career. Better than some others -- like Ken Griffey Jr. -- fared. 

It turns out that Biggio is a bit of a '90s hipster -- better get him a spot on Portlandia

Johnson thinks he's lost a bit since his retirement five years ago, but we're going to politely disagree: 

And career highlights for Smoltz and Martinez are a couple of no-brainers:

You can check out the whole Q&A session on MLB's Twitter timeline

So what did our Twitter novices think of the whole experience?

"I don't do Twitter, as you can tell," Biggio said.

Smoltz ended with a tagline: "Twitter World: I don't know anything about it." 

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