A's become official sponsor of baseball emoji

With the MLB world talking trades, the CBA, and Yoenis Cespedes' new contract, the Oakland Athletics made a social media splash of their own, announcing they've officially sponsored the baseball emoji.

No, really.

Through the Unicode Consortium's Adopt-a-Character program, the club adopted the baseball, elephant, and oak tree emoji.

"The baseball symbol will now forever be associated with the Oakland Athletics. This sponsorship represents our rich history and tradition," said A's president Dave Kaval in a press release. "We're also excited to adopt the elephant character to honor our mascot, Stomper and the oak tree which symbols the city of Oakland."

The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit corporation that enables people around the globe to use computers in any language.

So, if you plan on using any of those three emojis, from now on, just know you're speaking on behalf of the A's.