Everyday sports teams find new ways to engage their fans on Twitter. For many smaller teams, especially those in the minor leagues, Twitter is an easy way to grow your brand beyond your immediate geographic area. To that end, many Minor League Baseball (MiLB) teams and personnel have taken to using Twitter to reach fans.

Our “Teams & Leagues” directory already contains over 100 MiLB teams on Twitter. One thing I’ve heard consistently from people working in baseball is that they’d like to have a way to reach others in their industry via Twitter.

Today we’re launching the MiLB on Twitter directory here at Sportsin140.com. Our goal is to make it easy for all MiLB personnel on Twitter to find each other. Think about it: if your team is doing well in ticket sales but struggling in sponsorship sales, sometimes you can turn things around just by implementing a suggestion from a colleague from another team.

Twitter is all about sharing information. Professionals that work in the minors already exchange information. This directory is designed to help facilitate that exchange of information in a new way, via Twitter. If you’re already using Twitter, why not let it “work for you?”

This directory is opt-in only. If you work in the industry and would like to be added, please do so by leaving a comment here or by @ replying to @Sportsin140.com on Twitter. Thank you!

2010 Minor League Baseball Personnel on Twitter

Onalee Carson – Director of Media Relations, Eugene Emeralds
Eric Edelstein – General Manager, Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Josh Feinberg – Regional Sales Manager, Lakewood BlueClaws
Jeff Holtke – Director of Media Relations & Client Services, Akron Aeros
Kenny Houser – Director of Group Sales, Iowa Cubs
Jamie Jarrett – Assistant GM, Daytona Cubs
Kelly Kerkvliet – Creative Services & Brand Manager, Boise Hawks
Patrick McMaster – Assistant GM, Charlotte Stone Crabs
Gregg Miller – VP of Business Development, Round Rock Express
Jason Mott – Ticket Sales Manager, Memphis Redbirds
Chris Rufle – Account Executive, Long Island Ducks (Ind.)
Patrick Spence – Box Office Manager, Asheville Tourists
Nathan Steinmetz – Manager of Online Marketing & Ticket Sales, Toledo Mud Hens
Janelle Stevens – Stadium Operations, Iowa Cubs
Marty Teller – Manager of Corporate Partnerships, Trenton Thunder

If you’re a tweeting college hoops fan, Conference USA has a contest for you.

The Irving, Texas based college athletic conference launched its “Tweetest Fan” contest this week and fans can enter to win instant prizes and be entered in a drawing for the grand prize, an all expenses paid trip to the 2010 C-USA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments in Tulsa, Oklahoma in March.

C-USA staffers will tweet trivia questions and other interactive challenges during the contest, which lasts for “several weeks.” Fans will tweet their answers to win prizes and enter the drawing for the grand prize. C-USA says fans can enter multiple times for a greater chance at the grand prize.

Follow @ConferenceUSA1 on Twitter to get started! Good luck everyone!