I love that you came up with new terminology for “influencers,” and that you used baseball as an analogy. As a former softball player, I greatly enjoyed this comparison. I think too often we just look at “hitters/influencers” as one large group. It’s important, to distinguish the different types (as you mentioned) because it determines are approach, follow-up & relationship with them.

Also, thanks for sharing some of the tools you use. There were some that are new to me (Kurrently, Nearby tweets,What The Trend and Trendsmap). I’m excited to check them out! I’m also going to check your follow-up post. I’m always looking for better ways to track and organize my outreach efforts.