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A's, Mariners engage in Twitter battle stemming from 'Happy Felix Day'

The A's and Mariners don't meet in the regular season until April 20, but that didn't stop the division rivals from engaging in a competition on Wednesday.

It started just after 11am when the Mariners tweeted out a video promoting the days that ace Felix Hernandez will pitch. Within the clip, a man presents a ring to his wife and says "Happy Felix Day." The ring has baseball stitches etched in it.

It took just two minutes for the A's to respond.

"Congratulations on inventing a day so that you could finally get a ring," the A's wrote to the Mariners.