Clubhouse clown Trevor Bauer made fun of himself during Indians Twitter takeover
Best of Tribe's Trevor Bauer Twitter takeover
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer has done in-depth research into the physics of pitching and embraces technology and video techniques in order to improve his biomechanics and velocity in hopes of adding to one of baseball's most promising pitching staffs. But that's only one side to him.
Once considered quiet and quirky, Bauer has been increasingly showing off his great sense of humor. He rocks a bright blue wig when Duke's basketball team has a game and even laughed off a clubhouse prank in which Goodyear police officers presented him with the back-to-back-to-back home run balls he yielded to the Cubs on Tuesday.
For Friday's split-squad game against the D-backs, the Indians let their new class clown (@BauerOutage on Twitter) take over the team's official Twitter account for live in-game commentary.
Bauer did not disappoint.
After Indians pitcher Zach McAllister struck out Arizona's Jake Lamb in the second inning, Bauer was reminded of the stylings of comedian Will Ferrell, who took the mound for the Dodgers as part of his 10-position Cactus League circus on Thursday:
Z Mac with his first strikeout. I cant be sure but that looked like the Will Ferrell "Splurge" he learned last night on @MlbNetwork
- Cleveland Indians (@Indians) March 13, 2015Tribe shortstop Jose Ramirez connected for a leadoff home run in the second inning. Bauer went the self-deprecating route, this time:
#BOOM Jose mini me ramirez with a line drive homer to make it 2-0. only 1200 more feet to equal the length of the 3 i gave up last outing
- Cleveland Indians (@Indians) March 13, 2015When the D-backs turned to the bullpen in the second, initiating the pitch timer in center field, Bauer joked that Arizona's new pitcher better hurry:
pitching change with the bases loaded here in the second. tick tock tick tock. shot clock is winding down. might have a buzzer beater here.
- Cleveland Indians (@Indians) March 13, 2015Bauer was not going to miss a chance to crack some jokes at the expense of reliever Scott Atchison who has a target on his back with his 39th birthday coming up. First, Bauer quipped that everything in Goodyear turned black and white when Atchison took the mound. Then this:
atchison with a clean inning. still 6-0 good guys here in goodyear. Atch is probably done as it is close to his bedtime
- Cleveland Indians (@Indians) March 13, 2015A huge college basketball fan, Bauer was not going to miss the chance to sneak in a reference to his favorite team. He found the perfect moment when Matt Szczur homered for the Cubs in Cleveland's split-squad road game:
Meanwhile in Mesa...homer for Szczur of the cubs to tie the game at 1. I can spell krzyzewski but that name got me all confused
- Cleveland Indians (@Indians) March 13, 2015Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian.