MLB: Brainy Bauer Helps Cleveland Indians Fan with Homework
Season after season, fans support their team by showing up and cheering them on through the thick and thin. In a unique turn of events, Trevor Bauer returned the favor and supported one lucky fan on a math problem.
Nine days after the World Series, Cleveland Indians right-handed pitcher Trevor Bauer showed off one of his many talents. His love for drones and knowledge of mathematics gave him the ability to help a fan over Twitter with a math problem.
Prior to his scheduled start in Game 2 of the ALCS, Bauer suffered an unusual finger injury. Apparently, he plugged in his drone while it was turned on and the propeller starting spinning at full speed, slicing his right pinkie finger and requiring 10 stitches. The Indians pushed his start back to Game 3, where he pitched just shy of an innings before his finger began to bleed profusely on the mound.
Incidentally, this is not Bauer’s first encounter with a fan over Twitter. Shortly after his finger injury, a Cubs fan sent the injured right-handed a brand new drone. Moreover, the gift came with a note, say “Hi Trevor, Go Cubs Go! From Jason Mollett.” Bauer responded to the well-spirited taunt with a lighthearted Tweet that expressed his gratitude.
I see the @Cubs fans love me! How nice of them to send me a gift! pic.twitter.com/P3roBJn6Cg
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) October 26, 2016
In fact, he brought the drone to a press conference a few days later and confessed he intends to use it during the offseason.
Tutor Time
On Saturday, Nov. 12 at 4:45 pm, a fan called out Bauer on Twitter and asked him about where he flies his drone in Ohio. To her shock, Bauer took only five minutes to respond and revealed he seeks out parks without any people to fly his drone.
@BauerOutage when you are in Ohio where do you fly your drone+ how much did your drone cost?
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
@m_martin2021 I find a park with no people at it and depending what gear I have on it between 350 and 1000 ish each
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 12, 2016
For the next 15 minutes, the two talked back and forth about their fascination with drones. She asked the major league pitcher about a drone’s battery life and their cost, while Bauer spent no more than five minutes to answer her questions. At one point she shared her excitement about talking with Bauer. Yet little did she know the extent their conversation would go.
At 5:46, the fan sparked up the Twitter conversation again, only this time about math. With his degree in mechanical engineering from UCLA, Bauer was well equipped and willing to help with the fan’s math problem.
@BauerOutage oh and also do you understand the slope of a line and y intercept? I have a math test coming up I don’t get certain things
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
What followed was an over hour-long conversation, in which the right-hander successfully helped his newest fan with her math problem. In the end, the fan figured out the right answer and got a free tutoring lesson from a major league pitcher.
@BauerOutage ooohhh I think I got it now thank you so much
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
@m_martin2021 hope that helped!
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 12, 2016
@BauerOutage it did! I got the question right and I never would have without your help thank you you have no idea how much that meant to me
— Maddie Martin (@m_martin2021) November 12, 2016
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