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[WaitTilNextYear]

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The Trevor Bauer profile you've been waiting for:

https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/02/19/trevor-bauer-cleveland-indians-training-tools-twitter-controversy-cy-young

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"On his recruiting trip to UCLA, he wore a hat bearing the logo of his favorite college basketball team: Duke. The Bruins’ hoops coach, Ben Howland, met the baseball recruits and shook their hands, but pulled his hand away when he saw Bauer. “You’re going to have to take off that hat,” Howland said.*

Did he? “No, of course not.”

"He will drop everything to help out a teammate who asks, he says, but most don’t. “I could’ve fixed Cody Allen’s curveball in two days last year, but I couldn’t tell him anything because he’s a veteran and he doesn’t want to listen,” Bauer says. Allen, the Indians’ former closer, saw his ERA rise from 2.90 to 4.70, and his free agency value plummet.*"

"When Bauer meets a potential romantic partner, he outlines for her the parameters of any possible relationship on their very first date. “I have three rules,” he says. “One: no feelings. As soon as I sense you’re developing feelings, I’m going to cut it off, because I’m not interested in a relationship and I’m emotionally unavailable. Two: no social media posts about me while we’re together, because private life stays private. Three: I sleep with other people. I’m going to continue to sleep with other people. If you’re not O.K. with that, we won’t sleep together, and that’s perfectly fine. We can just be perfectly polite platonic friends.”

"“I want to be a billionaire,” he says. “Not for any other reason than just to say I did it.”

He’ll have more time to devote to that pursuit because, as a ballplayer, he is nearly a finished product. Just ask him. “There’s optimization to be done, but I’m going to have one of the top 10 changeups in baseball, a top*10 slider in baseball, a top 10 curveball in baseball. I’m going to throw above league average velocity. I’m going to post a mid-two ERA. I’m going to win the Cy Young in 2019. What else do I have to work on?”

Bauer sounds like a guy that needs a good punch to the face AND groin. I can't imagine spending 8-9 months a year in his presence.

This guy is a caricature of a caricature. This can't be a real person. At least the character assassination isn't coming from an arbitration hearing this time. lol

[Speedy]

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The Trevor Bauer profile you've been waiting for:

https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/02/19/trevor-bauer-cleveland-indians-training-tools-twitter-controversy-cy-young

Spoiler

"On his recruiting trip to UCLA, he wore a hat bearing the logo of his favorite college basketball team: Duke. The Bruins’ hoops coach, Ben Howland, met the baseball recruits and shook their hands, but pulled his hand away when he saw Bauer. “You’re going to have to take off that hat,” Howland said.*

Did he? “No, of course not.”

"He will drop everything to help out a teammate who asks, he says, but most don’t. “I could’ve fixed Cody Allen’s curveball in two days last year, but I couldn’t tell him anything because he’s a veteran and he doesn’t want to listen,” Bauer says. Allen, the Indians’ former closer, saw his ERA rise from 2.90 to 4.70, and his free agency value plummet.*"

"When Bauer meets a potential romantic partner, he outlines for her the parameters of any possible relationship on their very first date. “I have three rules,” he says. “One: no feelings. As soon as I sense you’re developing feelings, I’m going to cut it off, because I’m not interested in a relationship and I’m emotionally unavailable. Two: no social media posts about me while we’re together, because private life stays private. Three: I sleep with other people. I’m going to continue to sleep with other people. If you’re not O.K. with that, we won’t sleep together, and that’s perfectly fine. We can just be perfectly polite platonic friends.”

"“I want to be a billionaire,” he says. “Not for any other reason than just to say I did it.”

He’ll have more time to devote to that pursuit because, as a ballplayer, he is nearly a finished product. Just ask him. “There’s optimization to be done, but I’m going to have one of the top 10 changeups in baseball, a top*10 slider in baseball, a top 10 curveball in baseball. I’m going to throw above league average velocity. I’m going to post a mid-two ERA. I’m going to win the Cy Young in 2019. What else do I have to work on?”

That quote about Cody Allen...holy crap. [emoji23]

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[Themayorofawsometown]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

The Trevor Bauer profile you've been waiting for:

https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/02/19/trevor-bauer-cleveland-indians-training-tools-twitter-controversy-cy-young

Spoiler

"On his recruiting trip to UCLA, he wore a hat bearing the logo of his favorite college basketball team: Duke. The Bruins’ hoops coach, Ben Howland, met the baseball recruits and shook their hands, but pulled his hand away when he saw Bauer. “You’re going to have to take off that hat,” Howland said.*

Did he? “No, of course not.”

"He will drop everything to help out a teammate who asks, he says, but most don’t. “I could’ve fixed Cody Allen’s curveball in two days last year, but I couldn’t tell him anything because he’s a veteran and he doesn’t want to listen,” Bauer says. Allen, the Indians’ former closer, saw his ERA rise from 2.90 to 4.70, and his free agency value plummet.*"

"When Bauer meets a potential romantic partner, he outlines for her the parameters of any possible relationship on their very first date. “I have three rules,” he says. “One: no feelings. As soon as I sense you’re developing feelings, I’m going to cut it off, because I’m not interested in a relationship and I’m emotionally unavailable. Two: no social media posts about me while we’re together, because private life stays private. Three: I sleep with other people. I’m going to continue to sleep with other people. If you’re not O.K. with that, we won’t sleep together, and that’s perfectly fine. We can just be perfectly polite platonic friends.”

"“I want to be a billionaire,” he says. “Not for any other reason than just to say I did it.”

He’ll have more time to devote to that pursuit because, as a ballplayer, he is nearly a finished product. Just ask him. “There’s optimization to be done, but I’m going to have one of the top 10 changeups in baseball, a top*10 slider in baseball, a top 10 curveball in baseball. I’m going to throw above league average velocity. I’m going to post a mid-two ERA. I’m going to win the Cy Young in 2019. What else do I have to work on?”

Bauer might as well just ignore women with these rules

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[PhilliesFan13]

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Trevor Bauer probably eats his Snickers with a knife and fork.

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[ImTellinTim]

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He’s like if Dennis from IASIP were a real person.


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[CMH]

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The whole article is fascinating. Take away the guy's attitude and he's really a phenomenal case study.

He's also obviously a smart guy that understands his research and training. I think his college coach had it best. You can keep doing what you do as long as it works.

And it's working.

Unfortunately, copycats will see Bauer and think their way rules above all even when their way doesn't work. Bauer has proven to be right countless times. It's good coaching to just let the guy keep going.

But yeah, as a person, he sucks. He also doesn't care that I think that so more power to him.

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[SPTO]

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The whole article is fascinating. Take away the guy's attitude and he's really a phenomenal case study.

He's also obviously a smart guy that understands his research and training. I think his college coach had it best. You can keep doing what you do as long as it works.

And it's working.

Unfortunately, copycats will see Bauer and think their way rules above all even when their way doesn't work. Bauer has proven to be right countless times. It's good coaching to just let the guy keep going.

But yeah, as a person, he sucks. He also doesn't care that I think that so more power to him.

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I think you're right, some guys who are geniuses when it comes research and training are often some of the worst people you could ever meet and that's all well and good but in this day and age he just seems like knuckle dragger as a person.

That being said, more power to him.

[dubcity]

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Bauer might as well just ignore women with these rules

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I'm pretty sure the thousands of MLB groupies are fine with those rules.

[DieHardYankee26]

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What a random place to take that line of thought lol.

[CMH]

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Wonder if...

Delete this, man.

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[SPTO]

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Delete this, man.

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Thanks for saving my bacon.

[Sportsforever]

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I am actually a bigger fan of Bauer now having read that. He’s different, but I like his approach.


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[BigOscar]

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Sounds like he should have taken up golf, not a team sport where 24 other guys have to put up with you every day for 6 months.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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I am actually a bigger fan of Bauer now having read that. He’s different, but I like his approach.


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That's an interesting take.

For me, Trevor Bauer will always be the guy who turned his hand into hamburger meat because he needed to play with his drone while his team had a real shot at a World Series title. I don't need any more information than that. But, I think all the other info supports the fact that Trevor Bauer might be one of the most selfish, high-functioning sociopaths in pro sport.

[Jr.]

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Trevor Bauer probably eats his Snickers with a knife and fork.

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Is that not how y'all do it?


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