"Twitter made me do it!"

That's a fame-seeking fan's excuse after rushing the field during the middle of Tuesday night's MLB All-Star Game.

Our antagonistic proganonist's tale begins with this Tuesday afternoon tweet:

Sure enough, as you'll notice, the post racked up well over the required 1,000 retweets, and young @MasoneDylan stayed true to his word. He live-tweeted his approach to the field and even shared screenshots of a text-message exchange with his horrified mother before doing the deed.

More on that in just a bit — but first, here's a bit of Instagram video of Dylan's fifth-inning stunt, and a security guard's rather epic takedown right next to second base. See how that guard gets low, wraps up the legs and drives with his hips?

Now that we've seen that, here's the ramp-up narrative Dylan provided via his Twitter feed before running onto the field. First he reiterated that he is, in fact, a man of his word:

if i get 1000 RTs id really do it — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 16, 2013

But he probably wasn't expecting to actually get so many retweets:

@TravisQuattrini i hope i dont get to 1k lmao — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013

i have 24% i need to see it before my phone dies — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013

Then, uh-oh ...

Holy shit lmao — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013

lmao this is gonna be terrible — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013

i hate all of you — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013

But someone tipped off Mom, who was none too pleased:

Nonetheless ...

alright.. i guess have no choice.. gonna try to get out by left field — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013

blame it on social media, love you all — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013

Another stellar exchange with Mom:

ma stop yelling at me... pic.twitter.com/a2ly1HFxs7 — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013

The moment of truth approaches ...

next inning — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013

im going for 2nd — dyl (@MasoneDylan) July 17, 2013

And this, ladies and gents, is sports in 2013.

What do you think: Hilarious Twitter stunt or jerk move? Let us know in the comments.

Image: Drew Hallowell/Getty Images